a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
ankylostoma
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antiknocks
antiknocks
noun
plural of antiknock
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
antistock
antistock
adj
(rare) Opposing the farming of livestock.
arosaguntacook
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
aspartokinase
aspartokinase
noun
(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.
atkinson
atkinson
Proper noun
An English and Irish patronymic surname.
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
backpointers
backstone
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
bakerstown
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
bankston
barkstone
barnstock
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
beknots
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
blackstone
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bockstein
bonteboks
bonteboks
noun
plural of bontebok
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bontoks
bookstand
bookstand
noun
A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
A small stall where books are sold.
A stand, made for holding books open.
bootikins
bootikins
noun
plural of bootikin
botkins
botkins
noun
plural of botkin
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
bradyteleokinesis
branstock
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brookston
buckeystown
buckstone
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
cabinetworks
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
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.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkstone
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
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clarkston
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
cockstone
coltskin
coltskin
noun
The skin of a colt.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstck
concertstuck
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cookstown
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
cornstook
counterattacks
counterattacks
noun
plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
countersunk
countersunk
adj
(of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface
verb
past participle of countersink
countersunken
crackpottedness
crooksterned
crookston
crookston
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cytokineses
cytokineses
noun
plural of cytokinesis
cytokinesis
cytokinesis
noun
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
cytoskeleton
cytoskeleton
noun
A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
dakotans
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
dickinsonite
dickinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
dnepropetrovsk
donetsk
donetsk
Proper noun
A city on the Kalmius river in the Donbas region of Ukraine, administrative centre of Donetsk province.
Donetsk province (oblast), in eastern Ukraine.
A town on the Donets river in Russia.
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
drakestone
duckstone
ectoskeleton
ectoskeleton
noun
Alternative form of exoskeleton
ekaterinoslav
electrokinematics
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
endoskeletal
endoskeletal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
endoskeleton
endoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
endoskeletons
endoskeletons
noun
plural of endoskeleton
enterokinase
enterokinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin
enterokinesia
evtushenko
exoskeleton
exoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
exoskeletons
exoskeletons
noun
plural of exoskeleton
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
folkestone
folkestone
Proper noun
A coastal town in Kent, England
folkston
folkston
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
foretokens
foretokens
noun
plural of foretoken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretoken