A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
ekebergite
ekebergite
noun
(archaic, mineralogy) Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.
garnetlike
garnetwork
gastrodisk
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
grannyknot
grapestalk
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
grottowork
grottowork
noun
artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
jogjakarta
karinghota
keithsburg
kentigerma
keratalgia
keratalgia
noun
Pain of the cornea
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
khagiarite
khagiarite
noun
(mineralogy) A black vitreous variety of pantellerite.
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmatgar
khitmatgar
noun
(British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kinghunter
klagenfurt
koniggratz
krageroite
kratogenic
lagerkvist
marketings
marketings
noun
plural of marketing
networking
networking
noun
The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.
The use of computer networks.
verb
present participle of network
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
outrocking
outrocking
verb
present participle of outrock
outworking
outworking
noun
The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something.
verb
present participle of outwork
overtaking
overtaking
noun
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
verb
present participle of overtake
piatigorsk
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
reknitting
reknitting
verb
present participle of reknit
reknotting
reknotting
verb
present participle of reknot
restacking
restacking
noun
The act or result of stacking something again.
verb
present participle of restack
restocking
restocking
noun
An act of replenishing stock.
verb
present participle of restock
restriking
restriking
verb
present participle of restrike
rethinking
rethinking
noun
The act of thinking again or differently.
verb
present participle of rethink
retracking
retracking
verb
present participle of retrack
skeltering
skeltering
verb
present participle of skelter
skirtingly
skirtingly
adv
So as to skirt or go around something.
skittering
skittering
noun
The act of one who skitters.
verb
present participle of skitter
skywriting
skywriting
noun
Messages, left by leaving a trail of smoke from an airplane, that are visible from the ground.
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
stackering
stackgarth
stockinger
stockinger
noun
One who weaves stockings.
strackling
strickling
strickling
verb
present participle of strickle
strikingly
strikingly
adv
(degree) To a remarkable degree or extent.
(evaluative) Remarkably, surprisingly.
(manner) In a striking way.
Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor.
stringlike
stringlike
adj
Resembling string or a piece of string.
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.