(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backstitches
backstitches
noun
plural of backstitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch
bankruptship
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blackshirted
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blatherskite
blatherskite
noun
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
bletherskate
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bolshevikian
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
bushelbasket
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
choleokinase
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people
deutschemark
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
earthshakers
earthshakers
noun
plural of earthshaker
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
fishybacking
freakishness
freakishness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
hackettstown
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
halterbreaks
halterbreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halterbreak
hammarskjold
hammerskjold
hawkinsville
headshrinker
headshrinker
noun
Alternative form of head-shrinker
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.
hyperkinesia
hyperkinesia
noun
hyperkinesis
hypermarkets
hypermarkets
noun
plural of hypermarket
hypokalemias
hypokalemias
noun
plural of hypokalemia
hyposkeletal
hyposkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial.
javakishvili
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
katholikoses
katholikoses
noun
plural of katholikos
keraphyllous
khorramshahr
khorramshahr
Proper noun
A port city of Khuzestan province, located in southwestern Iran
kinaesthesia
kinaesthesia
noun
Alternative spelling of kinesthesia
kinaesthesis
kinaesthesis
noun
Alternative form of kinesthesis
kinaesthetic
kinaesthetic
adj
Alternative form of kinesthetic
kinesthesias
kinesthesias
noun
plural of kinesthesia
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kwashiorkors
kwashiorkors
noun
plural of kwashiorkor
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
leatherbacks
leatherbacks
noun
plural of leatherback
leathernecks
leathernecks
noun
plural of leatherneck
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.)
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
marksmanship
marksmanship
noun
The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
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.
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
phrasemakers
phrasemakers
noun
plural of phrasemaker
phrasemaking
phrasemaking
noun
The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
prankishness
prankishness
noun
Prankish behaviour; mischief.
preshrinkage
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
rakishnesses
rathskellers
rathskellers
noun
plural of rathskeller
sambhogakaya
sambhogakaya
noun
(Buddhism) The second aspect of the Trikaya: a subtle body of limitless form.
saskatchewan
saskatchewan
Proper noun
A river in Canada.
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.
schaapsteker
schaapsteker
noun
Alternative form of skaapsteker
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.
schmalkaldic
schomburgkia
scrimshanker
scrimshanker
noun
(UK, military, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.
searcherlike
shacklebones
shacklefords
sharkishness
shellackings
shellackings
noun
plural of shellacking
shellcracker
shellcracker
noun
redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus.
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
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
skiagraphing
skiagraphing
verb
present participle of skiagraph
skrimshander
skrimshander
noun
Alternative form of scrimshander
sneakishness
sneakishness
noun
The quality of being sneakish.
sparkishness
sparkishness
noun
The quality of being sparkish.
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.
speakerships
speakerships
noun
plural of speakership
speechmaking
speechmaking
noun
The delivery of speeches
spindleshank
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.
starchmaking
starkweather
stickhandled
stickhandled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stickhandle
stickhandler
stickhandler
noun
(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.
stickhandles
stickhandles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stickhandle
svarabhaktic
svarabhaktic
adj
Of or relating to svarabhakti.
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
switchbacker
tadzhikistan
thankfullest
thankfullest
adj
superlative form of thankful: most thankful
thankfulness
thankfulness
noun
The state of being thankful.
thanksgiving
thanksgiving
noun
A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
thessalonike
thondrakians
trackmanship
trackmanship
noun
The role or work of a trackman.
trackshifter
tschaikovsky
unfreakishly
unfreakishly
adv
Not freakishly.
unshakenness
unshakenness
noun
The quality of being unshaken.
unshrinkable
unshrinkable
adj
That will not shrink
unsketchable
unsketchable
adj
Not sketchable.
unthinkables
warwickshire
warwickshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.