A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
cathedrallike
cathedrallike
adj
Resembling a cathedral
chalkosideric
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerbreast
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
chuckfarthing
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
czechoslovaks
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
ficklehearted
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
handkerchiefs
heartsickness
heartsickness
noun
The condition of being heartsick
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
katachromasis
keraunophonic
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
knickknackish
knuckleheaded
knuckleheaded
adj
Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
leatherjacket
leatherjacket
noun
Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack
Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish
The larva of some crane flies
leukocythemia
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
novocherkassk
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pickthankness
psychokinesia
psychokinesia
noun
(pathology, obsolete) Abnormal impulsive behaviour unaccompanied by depression or other mental disorder.
schnabelkanne
schweizerkase
shattuckville
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
skiagraphical
skiagraphical
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphical
sticksmanship
sticksmanship
noun
(informal) The art or skill of a drummer in popular music.
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
