Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
honeylike
honeylike
adj
Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
hookwormy
hookwormy
adj
Infested with hookworms.
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
hulkingly
hulkingly
adv
In a hulking manner.
hygrodeik
hygrodeik
noun
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
hymnbooks
hymnbooks
noun
plural of hymnbook
irksomely
irksomely
adv
In an irksome manner; tediously.
ispraynik
ivorylike
ivorylike
adj
Resembling ivory.
jablonsky
jackstays
jackstays
noun
plural of jackstay
jawlensky
jayhawker
jayhawker
noun
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
jaywalked
jaywalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jaywalk
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jellylike
jellylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of jelly.
jerkingly
jerkingly
adv
With jerking motions; unsteadily.
jinnywink
jockeydom
jockeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of jockeys (riders of racehorses).
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
joysticks
joysticks
noun
plural of joystick
junkyards
junkyards
noun
plural of junkyard
kadiyevka
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
kailyards
kailyards
noun
plural of kailyard
kaleyards
kaleyards
noun
plural of kaleyard
kallitype
kallitype
noun
An early photograph produced using an organic salt of iron, preferably the ferric oxalate.
kalyptras
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
kanamycin
kanamycin
noun
(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
kandinsky
kandiyohi
kandiyohi
Proper noun
a small city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA.
karnofsky
karyaster
karyocyte
karyocyte
noun
(cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus
karyogamy
karyogamy
noun
(biology) The fusion of two nuclei within a cell, especially as the second stage of syngamy.
karyology
karyology
noun
(biology, medicine) The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.
(biology, medicine) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
karyomere
karyomere
noun
A saclike vesicle containing a small portion of the nuclear material after atypical mitosis
karyosoma
karyosome
karyosome
noun
(cytology) The chromatin material inside a cell nucleus when the cell is not undergoing mitotic division.
karyotins
karyotype
karyotype
noun
(genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
(obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.
verb
To investigate or record such characteristics
katalyses
katalyses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of katalyse
katalysis
katalysis
noun
Alternative form of catalysis (preferring the older Greek etymological base rather than the Latin.)
katalytic
katalytic
adj
Alternative form of catalytic
katalyzed
katalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of katalyze
katalyzer
kataplexy
kataplexy
noun
Alternative form of cataplexy
kathlynne
katsuyama
kayibanda
kaysville
kelyphite
kelyphite
noun
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
kerectomy
kerectomy
noun
Synonym of keratectomy
kerygmata
kerygmata
noun
plural of kerygma
kerykeion
kerykeion
noun
A herald's staff.
kerystics
ketolyses
ketolysis
ketolysis
noun
(biochemistry) The breakdown of ketones (formed by fatty acid oxidation)
ketolytic
ketolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That causes the decomposition of ketones
keyboards
keyboards
noun
plural of keyboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keyboard
keybutton
keybutton
noun
(dated) A key on a keyboard.
keyesport
keynesian
keynesian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946.
Noun
A proponent of Keynesian economic doctrine.
keynoters
keynoters
noun
plural of keynoter
keynoting
keynoting
verb
present participle of keynote
keyseater
keyseater
noun
(engineering) An instrument for keyseating.
keystoned
keystoned
adj
Having a keystone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keystone
keystoner
keystones
keystones
noun
plural of keystone
keystroke
keystroke
noun
The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device.
verb
To enter (data etc.) by pressing keys on a keyboard.
keysville
kiddingly
kiddingly
adv
In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.
killarney
killingly
killingly
adv
(figuratively) So as to incapacitate with laughter.
So as to kill; fatally.
kilobytes
kilobytes
noun
plural of kilobyte
kilocycle
kilocycle
noun
(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.
A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
kimberley
kimberley
Proper noun
Any of several places, notably a city in South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
The northernmost region in Western Australia.
name derived from the surname or the place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s, more often spelled Kimberly.
kimberlyn
kindredly
kindredly
adj
Characteristic of kindred; showing kinship.
kingsbury
kingsbury
Proper noun
a suburb in the London Borough of England
a village in district, Warwickshire, England
a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
a village municipality in region, Quebec, Canada.
a town in Indiana, USA.
a CDP in Nevada, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA.
kinsmanly
kinsmanly
adj
Characteristic of a kinsman.
kionotomy
kirkcaldy
kirkcaldy
Proper noun
a town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (as it was called then) between 1975 and 1996.
kissingly
kissingly
adv
So as to kiss, or make contact as if kissing.
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
kittyhawk
klystrons
klystrons
noun
plural of klystron
knackaway
knavishly
knavishly
adv
In a knavish manner.
knaydlach
knobkerry
knobkerry
noun
Alternative form of knobkierie
knockaway
knotberry
knotberry
noun
(archaic) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus.
knowingly
knowingly
adv
In the manner of one who knows.
With knowledge of all relevant facts.
kobayashi
koksaghyz
koksaghyz
noun
The plant Taraxacum kok-saghyz, whose latex is used in rubber production.
koniology
koniology
noun
the study of dust, pollen and other airborne particles.
korzybski
koumysses
kreymborg
kritarchy
kritarchy
noun
Rule by judges.
krupskaya
kryolites
kryolites
noun
plural of kryolite
kryoliths
krystalle
kshatriya
kshatriya
noun
The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
kuibyshev
kuniyoshi
kyanising
kyanising
verb
present participle of kyanise
kyanizing
kyanizing
verb
present participle of kyanize
kylertown
kymograms
kymograms
noun
plural of kymogram
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
kynurenic
kynurenic
adj
Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
kyongsong
kyoodling
kyoodling
verb
present participle of kyoodle
kyprianou
kyurinish
laceybark
lackeydom
lackeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of lackeys.
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
lackeyism
lackeyism
noun
Fawning servility.
ladyclock
ladyclock
noun
(Scotland, dialect, dated) A ladybird.
larkingly
larkingly
adv
While sporting or frolicking; playfully.
larkishly
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
leukocyte
leukocyte
noun
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.
leukotomy
leukotomy
noun
(surgery) lobotomy
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lurkingly
lurkingly
adv
So as to lurk; in sinister concealment.
lyricking
mackenboy
mackinboy
makeready
makeready
noun
Alternative spelling of make-ready
makeyevka
malarkeys
malarkeys
noun
plural of malarkey
mankindly
mankindly
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of mankind; humanly, humane.