(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
alkahestical
alkahestical
adj
Alternative form of alkahestic
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
backchecking
backchecking
verb
present participle of backcheck
backhandedly
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
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
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
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
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
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
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
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
chakravartin
chakravartin
noun
(India, religion) An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world.
chalkography
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chandrakanta
changchiakow
changepocket
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checkerbelly
checkerberry
checkerberry
Noun
The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
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.
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
cheekinesses
cheekinesses
noun
plural of cheekiness
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chemokinesis
chemokinesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chickahominy
chickenberry
chickenshits
chickenshits
noun
plural of chickenshit
chokeberries
chokeberries
noun
plural of chokeberry
choleokinase
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockleshells
cockleshells
noun
plural of cockleshell
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
conshohocken
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
crooktoothed
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people
deutschemark
ducklingship
electroshock
electroshock
noun
(An) electric shock.
(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
verb
(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
fishybacking
forecheckers
forecheckers
noun
plural of forechecker
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
hackettstown
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
headkerchief
headkerchief
noun
A kerchief worn on the head
hemikaryotic
hickorywithe
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
homesickness
homesickness
noun
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
honeystucker
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
housewrecker
hucklebacked
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
hurleyhacket
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
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.
hydrokinetic
hydrokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics
Of or pertaining to the kinetic energy of moving fluids
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperkinetic
hyperkinetic
adj
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
interchoking
jackhammered
jackhammered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackhammer
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
kanchenjunga
karyochylema
karyoschisis
kataphoretic
kataphoretic
adj
Alternative form of cataphoretic
khachaturian
kinaesthetic
kinaesthetic
adj
Alternative form of kinesthetic
kinchinjunga
kinetochores
kinetochores
noun
plural of kinetochore
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenettes
kitchenettes
noun
plural of kitchenette
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
kittikachorn
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
leatherbacks
leatherbacks
noun
plural of leatherback
leathernecks
leathernecks
noun
plural of leatherneck
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
lockstitched
lockstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lockstitch
lockstitches
lockstitches
noun
plural of lockstitch
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
matchmarking
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
nackenheimer
neckerchiefs
neckerchiefs
noun
plural of neckerchief
neugkroschen
nonchokebore
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.
packthreaded
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
philokleptic
photokinetic
photokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to photokinesis.
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
poppycockish
poppycockish
adj
Full of poppycock; nonsensical; ridiculous.
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quickhearted
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
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.
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
schmalkaldic
schnorkeling
schomburgkia
schoolkeeper
scrimshanker
scrimshanker
noun
(UK, military, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.