A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
broomshank
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
bushmaking
byrthynsak
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
checkstone
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
chelyuskin
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
cruikshank
dashnakist
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dobzhansky
dzerzhinsk
evtushenko
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
frankhouse
frithsoken
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
hackensack
hackneyism
haimsucken
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handshakes
handshakes
noun
plural of handshake
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hanksville
hexokinase
hexokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hodgkinson
honkytonks
honkytonks
noun
plural of honkytonk
hookedness
hookedness
noun
The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hoskinston
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
inkhornism
inkhornism
noun
(countable) An inkhorn term.
Pedantry.
inkhornist
inkhornist
noun
One who uses or favours inkhorn terms.
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
jinrikisha
jinrikisha
noun
Alternative form of jinriksha
kanephoros
kashmirian
kazakhstan
kazakhstan
Proper noun
country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.
keeshonden
kentishman
kentishmen
kerhonkson
kermanshah
kermanshah
Proper noun
A city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran.
A province of Iran.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
khakanship
khakanship
noun
Synonym of khanship
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kirmanshah
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
knappishly
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
koshkonong
krishnaism
krishnaist
krishnaite
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lakishness
lakishness
noun
The quality of being lakish.
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
longshanks
longshanks
noun
A bird, the stilt.
longshucks
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
minkfishes
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
monkshoods
monkshoods
noun
plural of monkshood
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
nachtmusik
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightstock
nonbookish
oklahomans
okuninushi
overshrink
overshrink
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To shrink excessively.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
piankashaw
picnickish
picnickish
adj
Resembling, characteristic of, or suitable for a picnic.
pinkfishes
planksheer
prankishly
prankishly
adv
In a prankish way.
preshrinks
preshrinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preshrink
pukishness
pumpkinish
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
rakishness
rakishness
noun
The property of being rakish.
reichsbank
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
sanjakship
scharwenka
scrimshank
scrimshank
verb
(UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.
shackanite
shackleton
shakedowns
shakedowns
noun
plural of shakedown
shakescene
shakuntala
shakyamuni
shankpiece
shantylike
shantylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shanty.
sharkskins
sharkskins
noun
plural of sharkskin
sheepshank
sheepshank
noun
(nautical) A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
verb
(transitive) To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.
sheepskins
sheepskins
noun
plural of sheepskin
shikarring
shikarring
verb
present participle of shikar
shinnecock
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shockingly
shockingly
adv
In a shocking manner.
To a shocking degree.
shoemaking
shoemaking
noun
The making of shoes.
shonkinite
shonkinite
noun
(mineralogy) A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
shrinelike
shrinelike
adj
Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
shrinkages
shrinkages
noun
plural of shrinkage
shrinkhead
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
shunpiking
shunpiking
verb
present participle of shunpike
shylocking
shylocking
verb
present participle of shylock
siphonlike
siphonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a siphon.
skreeghing
skreighing
skupshtina
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
sneakishly
sneakishly
adv
In a sneakish manner.
sphinxlike
sphinxlike
adj
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx. Especially, not showing emotion
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance
tashnakist
thickeners
thickeners
noun
plural of thickener
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.