(organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.
asphaltlike
asphaltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.
backpointers
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstrip
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptship
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
cockpits
cockpits
noun
plural of cockpit
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
crackpotism
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
episkeletal
episkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Above or outside the endoskeleton; epaxial.
episkotister
episkotister
noun
Alternative form of episcotister
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
groupthinks
highpockets
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hoopstick
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hyperkeratosis
hyperkeratosis
noun
(pathology) Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypokoristikon
inkpots
inkpots
noun
plural of inkpot
interspeaker
interspeaker
adj
(linguistics) Between speakers of a language.
intersprinkle
intersprinkle
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle between.
intersprinkled
intersprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intersprinkle
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
kapellmeister
kapellmeister
noun
(music) A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
(music, historical) Person in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
kappellmeister
karyoplasmatic
katamorphism
katamorphism
noun
(geology) Any form of metamorphism that occurs near the Earth's surface
kataphoresis
kataphoresis
noun
Alternative form of cataphoresis
kataplasia
kataplasia
noun
Alternative form of cataplasia
kathopanishad
katipuneros
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keratoplasties
keratoplasties
noun
plural of keratoplasty
kineplasty
kinesipathy
kinesipathy
noun
kinesiatrics
kinesitherapy
kinesitherapy
Noun
kinesiatrics
kinetoplast
kinetoplast
noun
(microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
A kinetoplastid.
kinetoplastic
kinetoplastic
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
kinetoplasts
kinetoplasts
noun
plural of kinetoplast
kinetoscope
kinetoscope
noun
An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.
kinetoscopes
kinetoscopes
noun
plural of kinetoscope
kinetoscopic
kinetoscopic
adj
Relating to the kinetoscope.
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsport
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
kittlepins
kittlepins
Noun
The game of skittles.
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
kleptistic
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
kleptomanias
kleptomanias
noun
plural of kleptomania
kleptomanist
knifepoints
knifepoints
noun
plural of knifepoint
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
krypticism
kyphoscoliotic
kyphoscoliotic
adj
Relating to kyphoscoliosis.
leptokurtosis
leptokurtosis
noun
(statistics) The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
lickspit
lickspit
noun
Synonym of lickspittle
lickspits
lickspits
noun
plural of lickspit
lickspittle
lickspittle
noun
(by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
verb
(transitive and intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
lickspittles
lickspittles
noun
plural of lickspittle
lickspittling
lickspittling
verb
present participle of lickspittle
lipetsk
lipstick
lipstick
noun
(countable) A stick of this makeup.
(countable, colloquial) A dog's penis.
(uncountable) Makeup for the lips.
verb
(transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.
lipsticks
lipsticks
noun
plural of lipstick
lockspit
lockspit
noun
(cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
verb
to dig a such a trench
lopstick
lopstick
noun
Alternative form of lobstick
lopsticks
lopsticks
noun
plural of lopstick
meatpackings
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
miskept
miskept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miskeep
mistakeproof
mistakeproof
adj
Resistant to mistakes.
mopstick
mopstick
noun
(music, historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.
The long handle of a mop.
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nitpickiest
nitpickiest
adj
superlative form of nitpicky: most nitpicky
nitpicks
nitpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nitpick
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
nutpicks
nutpicks
noun
plural of nutpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nutpick
oikoplast
outpoliticks
outpoliticks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpolitick
outskip
outskip
verb
(transitive) To avoid by flight or fleeing; escape.
(transitive) To surpass in skipping; surpass in skipping stones.
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
outskipping
outskipping
verb
present participle of outskip
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
overskeptticism
painstaker
painstaker
noun
One who takes pains; a careful worker.
painstaking
painstaking
adj
Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
noun
The application of careful and attentive effort.
painstakingly
painstakingly
adv
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
painstakings
painstakings
noun
plural of painstaking
pakistan
pakistani
pakistanis
paligorskite
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
papistlike
parakeratosis
parakeratosis
noun
(pathology) Retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum layer of skin.
parasitelike
parasitelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parasite.
pastelki
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
patricksburg
pawkiest
pawkiest
adj
superlative form of pawky: most pawky
peacockiest
peacockiest
adj
superlative form of peacocky: most peacocky
peakiest
peakiest
adj
superlative form of peaky: most peaky
peasantlike
peasantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a peasant.
peastaking
peastick
peasticking
peckiest
penstick
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
perestroika
perestroika
noun
(countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
(historical, uncountable) The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
perestroikas
perestroikas
noun
plural of perestroika
perjinkities
perkiest
perkiest
adj
superlative form of perky: most perky
perkinston
pernicketiness
pernicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being pernickety.
perofskite
perofskite
noun
Alternative form of perovskite
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.