(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).
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
auchinleck
backhandedly
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
bankalachi
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blagoveshchensk
blankenship
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bolshevikian
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bundelkhand
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chainlike
chainlike
adj
Having the form of a chain
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
chalkline
chalkone
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
chalukyan
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkline
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
chelyabinsk
chelyuskin
chickenbill
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
chinalike
chinalike
adj
Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
chinkle
chinkle
noun
(nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To chink or jingle.
(transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
chlorpikrin
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
choleokinase
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.
chuckingly
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
chunkily
chunkily
adv
In a chunky way.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
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
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
czechoslovakian
czechoslovakian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
Noun
A person from Czechoslovakia.
czechoslovakians
deathlikeness
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketone
dolphinlike
dolphinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
ducklingship
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
elephantlike
elephantlike
adj
(figuratively) (Of memory) which is very good
Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
elkanah
elkanah
Proper noun
Any of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Samuel.
name of Biblical origin.
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
falkenhayn
fliegerabwehrkanone
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
folkething
folkishness
folkishness
noun
The quality of being folkish.
frankheartedly
frenchlick
gelsenkirchen
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
gumpoldskirchner
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackling
hackling
verb
present participle of hackle
hackneyedly
haeckelian
haeckelian
Adjective
Of or relating to the zoologist (1834-1919).
hakenkreuzler
haliplankton
haliplankton
noun
(biology) oceanic plankton
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
hallmarking
hallmarking
noun
The action of making a hallmark
verb
present participle of hallmark
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
handlike
handlike
adj
Resembling a hand.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
hankel
hankeringly
hankeringly
adv
In a hankering manner.
hankle
hanksville
hankul
hanselka
harnesslike
harnesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a harness.
harpoonlike
hawkinsville
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heavenlike
heavenlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a heaven; heavenly.
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
heckling
heckling
noun
The act of one who heckles.
The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.