(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
ankylophobia
ankylophobia
noun
The fear of ankylosis.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bolshevikian
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
chalkography
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
changchiakow
changepocket
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checkerboard
checkerboard
noun
(film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
verb
(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
chickahominy
choleokinase
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
hackettstown
haliplankton
haliplankton
noun
(biology) oceanic plankton
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
hammarskjold
hammerskjold
hemikaryotic
hemiplankton
heterokaryon
heterokaryon
noun
(biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei
heterokontae
heterokontan
heterokontan
adj
Belonging to the heterokonts.
holidaymaker
holidaymaker
noun
(Britain) someone who is on holiday
holoplankton
holoplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
hopkinsonian
horsebreaker
horsebreaker
noun
One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
housebreaker
housebreaker
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
hydrocracked
hydrocracked
adj
That has been subjected to hydrocracking
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrocrack
hydrocracker
hydrocracker
noun
(organic chemistry) A chemical engineering plant in which hydrocracking takes place.
hypoalkaline
hypokalemias
hypokalemias
noun
plural of hypokalemia
hypokaliemia
hypoplankton
hyposkeletal
hyposkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial.
kaleidophone
kaleidophone
noun
(obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate, that produces optical figures that correspond to the mode of vibration of the rod or plate
kaliophilite
kaliophilite
noun
a rare mineral, a form of KAlSiO₄, found in volcanic rocks in parts of Italy
kalokagathia
kalokagathia
noun
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.
karyochylema
karyorrhexis
karyorrhexis
noun
The destructive fragmentation of the nucleus of a dying cell whereby its chromatin is distributed irregularly throughout the cytoplasm.
karyoschisis
katamorphism
katamorphism
noun
(geology) Any form of metamorphism that occurs near the Earth's surface
kataphoresis
kataphoresis
noun
Alternative form of cataphoresis
kataphoretic
kataphoretic
adj
Alternative form of cataphoretic
katharometer
katharometer
noun
(sciences) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
katholikoses
katholikoses
noun
plural of katholikos
keraphyllous
keraulophone
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
khorramshahr
khorramshahr
Proper noun
A port city of Khuzestan province, located in southwestern Iran
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophobia
kittikachorn
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
kwashiorkors
kwashiorkors
noun
plural of kwashiorkor
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
leukorrhoeal
leukorrhoeal
adj
Alternative form of leukorrheal
loansharking
loansharking
verb
present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
nonhackneyed
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
rheoplankton
sambhogakaya
sambhogakaya
noun
(Buddhism) The second aspect of the Trikaya: a subtle body of limitless form.
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
schomburgkia
shacklebones
shacklefords
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
shostakovich
speakerphone
speakerphone
noun
A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree.
A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
stakeholders
stakeholders
noun
plural of stakeholder
stakhanovism
stakhanovism
Noun
A system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity
stakhanovite
stakhanovite
Noun
An extremely productive or hard-working worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.
Adjective
Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working.
tappahannock
tappahannock
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of