simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bareknuckled
biscuitmaker
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
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.
buddenbrooks
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
buttermaking
butterworker
buttresslike
buttresslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cocksureness
cocksureness
noun
the state or condition of being cocksure
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
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.
counterprick
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deutschemark
dumbstricken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
flickermouse
frankfurters
frankfurters
noun
plural of frankfurter
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
honeystucker
housebreaker
housebreaker
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
housewrecker
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
hurleyhacket
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
interleukins
interleukins
noun
plural of interleukin
journeyworks
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
keraphyllous
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
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.
keraunoscopy
koelreuteria
kulturkreise
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
leukorrhoeal
leukorrhoeal
adj
Alternative form of leukorrheal
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
loudspeakers
loudspeakers
noun
plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
markleysburg
marlinsucker
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.
mushroomlike
mushroomlike
adj
Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom
narsarsukite
narsarsukite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing fluorine, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
neugkroschen
neurokeratin
neurokeratin
noun
(biochemistry) The protein component of the myelin sheath.
neuromalakia
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
perukiership
picturemaker
prankfulness
prankfulness
noun
The quality of being prankful.
preundertake
preundertook
proleukocyte
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
pumpernickel
pumpernickel
noun
A German sourdough bread made from rye.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quakerstreet
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quickhearted
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
simple past tense and past participle of rubberneck
rubbernecker
rubbernecker
noun
(originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.
ruckersville
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphic
adj
(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
skullduggery
skullduggery
noun
Alternative spelling of skulduggery (US) in
skutterudite
skutterudite
noun
(mineralogy) A class of mixed cobalt and nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals.
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
squirrellike
squirrellike
adj
Similar to or characteristic of a squirrel.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a squirrel.
strumpetlike
strumpetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strumpet.
stuccoworker
stumpknocker
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
subnetworked
suckerfishes
suckerfishes
noun
plural of suckerfish
superbazooka
supermarkets
supermarkets
noun
plural of supermarket
superstrikes
superstrikes
noun
plural of superstrike
supertankers
supertankers
noun
plural of supertanker
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.
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
thundercrack
thundercrack
noun
A peal of thunder; thunderclap.
thunderstick
thunderstick
noun
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle.
A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
troublemaker
troublemaker
noun
A complainer.
One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
trucebreaker
trucebreaker
noun
One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
truckmasters
truckmasters
noun
plural of truckmaster
tuberclelike
tuberclelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tubercle.
tuckermanity
tuckermanity
noun
(rare) Poetry or literature, especially that which is excessively proper or moralist; literature by or in the style of Henry T. Tuckerman.
turkeyfishes
turkeyfishes
noun
plural of turkeyfish
turkmenistan
turtlenecked
turtlenecked
adj
(slang) Not circumcised; uncircumcised.
Wearing a turtleneck.
umbrellalike
umbrellalike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an umbrella.
unartistlike
unartistlike
adj
Not artistlike; unartistic.
unbrokenness
unbrokenness
noun
The state or condition of being unbroken.
unchurchlike
unchurchlike
adj
Not churchlike.
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underkingdom
underkingdom
noun
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
The realm of an underking.
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing