(organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
alkoxide
alkoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
aloelike
aloelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of aloe.
alopekai
billhook
billhook
noun
(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
verb
To use a billhook
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
blockish
blockish
adj
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Rude; clumsy; rough.
bloomkin
boatlike
boatlike
adj
Resembling a boat
bobolink
bobolink
noun
An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.
bokeelia
bolelike
boltlike
boltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
Resembling or characteristic of a bolt, as of lightning.
bonelike
bonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bone.
booklice
booklice
noun
plural of booklouse
booklift
booklike
booklike
adj
Resembling a book
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
bootlick
bootlick
noun
(US) A toady or sycophant.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
(transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
bothlike
bowllike
bowllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.
brinklow
brocklin
brooklin
cacolike
cityfolk
clintock
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
clocking
clocking
noun
A time measurement made according to a clock.
verb
present participle of clock
clodlike
cloglike
cloglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
clonking
clonking
verb
present participle of clonk
cockbill
cockbill
verb
(nautical, transitive) To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead preparatory to letting it go.
(nautical, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
cocklike
cocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cock (the bird).
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
cocktail
cocktail
adj
(obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
noun
(UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.
(by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.
A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
A mixed alcoholic beverage.
A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
verb
(transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
(transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.
cokelike
cokelike
adj
Resembling coke (coal residue) or some aspect of it.
colicker
coltlike
coltlike
adj
In the manner of a colt
coltskin
coltskin
noun
The skin of a colt.
comblike
comblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
conelike
conelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cone.
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
corkhill
corklike
corklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cork.
corkline
corkline
noun
(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
cormlike
cormlike
adj
Resembling a corm.
cowlicks
cowlicks
noun
plural of cowlick
croakily
croakily
adv
In a croaky manner.
discloak
discloak
verb
(obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
domelike
domelike
adj
Resembling a dome.
doomlike
doomlike
adj
Suggesting doom.
doorlike
doorlike
adj
Resembling a door.
dovelike
dovelike
adj
(figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.
Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
adv
(archaic) As much so as those of a dove
In a manner similar to a dove
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
enkolpia
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flokatis
flokatis
noun
plural of flokati
florikan
floriken
floriken
Noun
An Indian bustard (Otis aurita).
foamlike
foamlike
adj
Resembling foam; foamy.
folklike
folklike
adj
(music) Resembling the style of folk music
folksier
folksier
adj
comparative form of folksy: more folksy
folksily
folksily
adv
In a folksy manner.
fondlike
foollike
footlike
footlike
adj
Resembling a foot.
foremilk
foremilk
noun
The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.
forklift
forklift
noun
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.
verb
To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
forklike
forklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fork.
forktail
forktail
noun
(UK, dialect) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
froglike
froglike
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
frolicks
frolicks
noun
plural of frolick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frolick
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
goatlike
goatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goat.
gobylike
gobylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
goldlike
goldlike
adj
Similar to it in color.
Similar to it in value.
gonglike
gonglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gong.
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gorkhali
gorlicki
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
hairlock
hairlock
noun
A lock of hair.
halolike
halolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a halo.
herolike
herolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
hillocks
hillocks
noun
plural of hillock
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
hockling
homelike
homelike
adj
Having the comfortable characteristics of a home.
hoodlike
hoodlike
adj
Resembling a hood.
hooflike
hooflike
adj
Resembling a hoof.
hooklike
hooklike
adj
Resembling a hook.
hoolakin
hooplike
hooplike
adj
Resembling a hoop.
hornlike
hornlike
adj
Of a hard substance, similar to horn.
Projecting like a horn.
hoselike
hoselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hose.
ilkeston
ilkeston
Proper noun
A town in Derbyshire, England.
ilokanos
inkblots
inkblots
noun
plural of inkblot
inlooker
iraklion
iraklion
Proper noun
The capital city of Crete, Greece.
ironlike
ironlike
adj
Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
jokingly
jokingly
adv
In a joking manner.
kairolin
kalathoi
kalathoi
noun
plural of kalathos
kaliform
kaliform
adj
Characteristic of the tumbleweed Kali.
kaoliang
kaoliang
noun
A sorghum-based variety of baijiu.
Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.
kaolines
kaolines
noun
plural of kaoline
kaolinic
kaolinic
adj
Containing or relating to kaolin.
karolina
karoline
kasolite
kasolite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.
keitloas
keitloas
noun
plural of keitloa
keloidal
keloidal
adj
Of, pertaining to or causing keloids.
kerolite
kerolite
noun
(mineralogy) A metamorphic nickel-bearing phyllosilicate mineral similar to talc and serpentine.
killawog
killcrop
killcrop
noun
(obsolete) A changeling.
killjoys
killjoys
noun
plural of killjoy
killocks
killocks
noun
plural of killock
killogie
killogie
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The fireplace of a kiln.
killoran
killwort
killwort
noun
The plant Chelidonium majus.
kilnhole
kilnhole
noun
The opening of a kiln into which material is fed.
kilobars
kilobars
noun
plural of kilobar
kilobaud
kilobaud
noun
(computing) one thousand baud; symbol kBd
kilobits
kilobits
noun
plural of kilobit
kilobuck
kilobuck
noun
(informal, usually in the plural) A thousand dollars.
kilobyte
kilobyte
noun
(computing, especially RAM) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 (2¹⁰) bytes : a kibibyte. Frequently abbreviated KB.
(computing, especially networking) 1000 (10³) bytes. SI Symbol: kB
kilodyne
kilodyne
noun
A unit of force equal to one thousand dynes.
kilogram
kilogram
noun
(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
kiloline
kilomole
kilomole
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10³ moles. Symbol: kmol
kilorads
kilorads
noun
plural of kilorad
kilotons
kilotons
noun
plural of kiloton
kilovolt
kilovolt
noun
One thousand ( 10³ ) volts. Symbol: kV or KV.
kiloware
kiloware
noun
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
kiloword
kiloword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 words.
kinfolks
kinfolks
noun
plural of kinfolk
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
kinnelon
kinology
kinology
noun
The branch of physics that deals with the laws of motion.
kinsfolk
kinsfolk
noun
Alternative spelling of kinfolk
kittisol
kittysol
kittysol
noun
(historical) A Chinese parasol of paper and bamboo.