(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
beothukan
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
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
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bottonhook
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.
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
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.
changepocket
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkstone
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choukoutien
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
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
diadochokinetic
diadochokinetic
adj
Relating to diadochokinesis.
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketone
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.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
evtushenko
folkething
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
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
frithsoken
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
hackathorn
hackettstown
hackthorn
haliplankton
haliplankton
noun
(biology) oceanic plankton
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
handistroke
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hemiplankton
heterokaryon
heterokaryon
noun
(biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei
heterokinesia
heterokinesis
heterokinetic
heterokontae
heterokontan
heterokontan
adj
Belonging to the heterokonts.
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hexakistetrahedron
hexakistetrahedron
noun
A polyhedron with 24 faces.
hianakoto
hockingport
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
hokaltecan
holoplankton
holoplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honkytonks
honkytonks
noun
plural of honkytonk
hookerton
hookstown
hopkinton
hoskinston
hydrofranklinite
hydrokineter
hydrokinetic
hydrokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics
Of or pertaining to the kinetic energy of moving fluids
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hydroxyketone
hydroxyketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.
hypoalkalinity
hypokeimenometry
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
hypokoristikon
hypoplankton
hypoplanktonic
ikhnaton
inkhornist
inkhornist
noun
One who uses or favours inkhorn terms.
interchoke
interchoked
interchoking
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
kameelthorn
kantharoi
kantharoi
noun
plural of kantharos
kantharos
kantharos
noun
Alternative form of cantharus (“ancient drinking-cup”)
karinghota
katabothron
kathemoglobin
kathenotheism
kathenotheism
noun
Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
kathopanishad
katonah
kenhorst
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
khlustino
khojent
khotan
khotana
khotanese
khotanese
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
kinchinmort
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetochore
kinetochore
noun
(biology) The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
kinetochores
kinetochores
noun
plural of kinetochore
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophobia
kinetophone
kinetophone
noun
(historical) A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.