(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptship
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttermaking
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
chaunoprockt
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
counterprick
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
cuckoopintle
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
dumbstricken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
fountainlike
fountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
frankfurters
frankfurters
noun
plural of frankfurter
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
graustarkian
honeystucker
interleukins
interleukins
noun
plural of interleukin
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
katsuwonidae
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
ketosuccinic
ketosuccinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ketosuccinic acid or its derivatives
khachaturian
klutzinesses
kommandatura
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
mantuamaking
mantuamaking
noun
The manufacture of mantuas.
monumentlike
monumentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monument.
mountainlike
mountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mountain.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankly
multitasking
multitasking
noun
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
verb
present participle of multitask
narsarsukite
narsarsukite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing fluorine, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
neurokeratin
neurokeratin
noun
(biochemistry) The protein component of the myelin sheath.
novokuznetsk
novokuznetsk
Proper noun
A city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed