(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archidiskodon
archworkmaster
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
boschvark
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
brockish
brockish
adj
(obsolete) beastly; brutal
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
chalkosideric
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkrooms
checkrooms
noun
plural of checkroom
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
cherokees
chickories
chickories
noun
plural of chickory
chokeberries
chokeberries
noun
plural of chokeberry
chokecherries
chokecherries
noun
plural of chokecherry
chokers
chokers
noun
plural of choker
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockhorse
cockhorse
adj
(figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
noun
(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
(obsolete) A high or tall horse.
cockhorses
cockhorses
noun
plural of cockhorse
cockroaches
cockroaches
noun
plural of cockroach
corkish
corkish
adj
corklike
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
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.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
crookshouldered
crosscheck
crosscheck
noun
(ice hockey) A penalty where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick.
(lacrosse) A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.
verb
(lacrosse) To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.
To re-examine; to double-check.
crosshackle
dikaryophasic
droschken
dyakisdodecahedron
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
electroshock
electroshock
noun
(An) electric shock.
(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
verb
(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
forecheckers
forecheckers
noun
plural of forechecker
foreshock
foreshock
noun
(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
gumpoldskirchner
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
havockers
havockers
noun
plural of havocker
hendrickson
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hickories
hickories
noun
plural of hickory
hickscorner
hockers
hockers
noun
plural of hocker
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
horrocks
horseback
horseback
adv
On the back of a horse.
noun
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
horsejockey
horselock
housewrecker
hydrocracks
hydrocracks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrocrack
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
karyoschisis
katachromasis
keratohelcosis
kinetochores
kinetochores
noun
plural of kinetochore
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
marcushook
markgenossenschaft
marshlocks
netherstock
netherstock
noun
(historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks.
A stocking.
neugkroschen
novocherkassk
octakishexahedron
octakishexahedron
noun
(geometry, rare) A polyhedron with 48 faces.
ostrichlike
ostrichlike
adj
Ignoring an imminent threat or unpleasant reality; head-in-the-sand
Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
overthickness
packhorse
packhorse
noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
packhorses
packhorses
noun
plural of packhorse
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
prickshot
psychoquackeries
rhinoceroslike
rhinoceroslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rhinoceros.
rockbrush
rockfish
rockfish
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
rockfishes
rockfishes
noun
plural of rockfish
rockholds
rockhoppers
rockhoppers
noun
plural of rockhopper
rockhouse
rockish
rockish
adj
(music) That has the characteristics of rock music.
Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous
rockshaft
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
schnorkel
schnorkel
noun
Alternative form of snorkel
schnorkeled
schnorkeling
schnorkle
schokker
scholarlike
scholarlike
adj
scholarly
adv
in a scholarly fashion
schomburgkia
schoolkeeper
schoolmasterlike
schoolwork
schoolwork
noun
Work done for school, including both in class and homework.
schoolworks
schwarzkopf
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shackatory
shacklefords
shamrock
shamrock
noun
Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.
The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
shamrocks
shamrocks
noun
plural of shamrock
shcherbakov
sheepcrook
sheetrock
sheetrock
noun
(uncountable) A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall
verb
To install and finish sheetrock.
sheetrocked
sheetrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sheetrock
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
sherlock
sherlock
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Sherlock
sherlocke
sherlocks
sherlocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sherlock
shirlcock
shocker
shocker
noun
(agriculture, rare) Synonym of stooker.
(colloquial) One who or that which shocks or startles.
(slang, vulgar, colloquial) A particular hand gesture with a sexual connotation.
(slang, vulgar, colloquial) Sexual act related to the shocker hand gesture: two in the pink, one in the stink.
A device for giving electric shocks.
shockers
shockers
noun
plural of shocker
shockproof
shockproof
adj
Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.
Protected from imparting electric shocks.
verb
(transitive) To protect from imparting electric shocks.
shornick
shortcake
shortcake
noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
shortcakes
shortcakes
noun
plural of shortcake
shredcock
shurlock
shurlocke
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphic
adj
(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
smokechaser
smokechaser
noun
A person employed to locate and extinguish a wildfire.
starchworks
stitchwork
stitchwork
noun
Work produced by stitching.
stockfather
stockholder
stockholder
noun
(finance) One who owns stock.
a company that maintains a stock of certain products.