(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
archidiskodon
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
backscratcher
backscratcher
noun
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.
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
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
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
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
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
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.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chinkerinchee
chinkerinchee
noun
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, a flowering plant endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa.
chokecherries
chokecherries
noun
plural of chokecherry
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
chuckfarthing
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
czechoslovaks
deathlikeness
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dimethylketol
dislikelihood
dislikelihood
noun
(obsolete) improbability
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
featherworker
feinschmecker
ficklehearted
gelsenkirchen
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
ghostlikeness
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
hakenkreuzler
handkerchiefs
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heartsickness
heartsickness
noun
The condition of being heartsick
heterokinesia
heterokinesis
heterokinetic
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
holidaymaking
holidaymaking
noun
(Britain) Going on holiday.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
homoeokinesis
hopkinsianism
housebreakers
housebreakers
noun
plural of housebreaker
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
hunkerousness
hunkerousness
noun
The quality of being hunkerous.
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
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hydroxyketone
hydroxyketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.
hyperkaliemia
jeewhillikens
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
katachromasis
kathemoglobin
kathenotheism
kathenotheism
noun
Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
kathopanishad
keratorrhexis
keratorrhexis
noun
rupture of the cornea
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
keraunophonic
kinaesthesias
kinaesthesias
noun
plural of kinaesthesia
kindheartedly
kindheartedly
adv
In a kindhearted manner.
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinesitherapy
kinesitherapy
Noun
kinesiatrics
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kirkcudbright
kittenhearted
kittenishness
kittenishness
noun
The state or condition of being kittenish.
klaprotholite
klaprotholite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of klaprothite
knickknackish
knightsbridge
knuckleheaded
knuckleheaded
adj
Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
koridethianus
kshatriyahood
kshatriyahood
noun
The quality of being a kshatriya.
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
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
leatherworker
leatherworker
noun
A person who makes things from leather.
leukocythemia
leukophoresis
leukophoresis
noun
Leukapheresis.
lickerishness
lickerishness
noun
Quality of being lickerish.
lightninglike
lightninglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
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
makeshiftness
makeshiftness
noun
The quality of being makeshift.
marksmanships
marksmanships
noun
plural of marksmanship
mawkishnesses
mawkishnesses
noun
plural of mawkishness
mcknightstown
monkeyishness
monkeyishness
noun
The quality of being monkeyish.
monkishnesses
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neckerchieves
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
novocherkassk
ordzhonikidze
ordzhonikidze
Proper noun
a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
outskirmisher
overbookishly
overthickness
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
phosphokinase
phosphokinase
noun
(biochemistry) kinase
phytoplankton
phytoplankton
noun
Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.
pickthankness
poikilothermy
poikilothermy
noun
(biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.
porokaiwhiria
porokaiwhiria
noun
(New Zealand) pigeonwood
preearthquake
psychokineses
psychokineses
noun
plural of psychokinesis
psychokinesia
psychokinesia
noun
(pathology, obsolete) Abnormal impulsive behaviour unaccompanied by depression or other mental disorder.
psychokinesis
psychokinesis
noun
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.
psychokinetic
psychokinetic
adj
Of or relating to psychokinesis.
noun
A person having the paranormal ability of psychokinesis.
quakerishness
radhakrishnan
sabbathkeeper
schnabelkanne
schnecksville
schoolbookish
schoolbookish
adj
Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.
schoolkeeping
schweizerkase
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
scutcheonlike
shakespearean
shakespearean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.
Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
Composed of Shakespearean sonnets.
Noun
A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.
A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.
shakespearian
shakespearize
shattuckville
sheakleyville
shopkeeperess
shopkeeperess
noun
(dated) female equivalent of shopkeeper
shopkeeperish
shopkeeperish
adj
Characteristic of a shopkeeper.
shopkeeperism
shopkeeperism
noun
The characteristic attitudes and behaviours of a shopkeeper.