(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antikythera
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
archipenko
archknave
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
brakehand
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chefornak
cherenkov
cherubikon
chickenberry
chickenbreasted
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chinker
chinker
noun
Any material that is used to fill chinks
chinkerinchee
chinkerinchee
noun
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, a flowering plant endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa.
chinkers
chinkier
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
chronodeik
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
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.
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.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
darkheartedness
darkishness
darkishness
noun
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dneprodzerzhinsk
droschken
dyakisdodecahedron
dzerzhinsk
earthkin
earthmaking
earthquaken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
enkerchief
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fingerhook
fliegerabwehrkanone
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
frankenmuth
frankhearted
frankheartedly
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
frankheartness
frankhouse
freakishness
freakishness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
freethink
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
freethinkers
freethinkers
noun
plural of freethinker
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
frenchlick
frithsoken
funfkirchen
gelsenkirchen
gherkin
gherkin
noun
A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
gherkins
gherkins
noun
plural of gherkin
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
greenshanks
greenshanks
noun
plural of greenshank
gumpoldskirchner
hackneyer
hackneyer
noun
One who hackneys (makes uninteresting or trite by frequent use).
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hakenkreuze
hakenkreuzler
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
handbanker
handbrake
handbrake
noun
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
handistroke
handkercher
handkercher
noun
Obsolete form of handkerchief.
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
handkerchiefs
handkerchieves
handkerchieves
noun
plural of handkerchief
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
hankamer
hanker
hanker
verb
To crave, want or desire.
hankered
hankered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hanker
hankerer
hankerer
noun
A person who hankers
hankerers
hankerers
noun
plural of hankerer
hankering
hankering
noun
(often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
verb
present participle of hanker
hankeringly
hankeringly
adv
In a hankering manner.
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hankers
hankers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hanker
harken
harken
verb
(intransitive, US, figuratively) To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).
(transitive, intransitive, chiefly US) Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.
harkened
harkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harken
harkener
harkener
noun
One who harkens; a listener.
harkeners
harkeners
noun
plural of harkener
harkening
harkening
noun
The act of one who harkens or listens.
verb
present participle of harken
harkens
harkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harken