(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
alkalinuria
alkalinuria
noun
(pathology) The condition of the urine having a higher than normal pH
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkarsin
alkarsin
Noun
cacodyl
alkarsine
alkarsine
Noun
cacodyl
alkitran
alkoranic
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
ankylomerism
ankyloproctia
ankylorrhinia
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(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).
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
auldfarrantlike
baggyrinkle
baggywrinkle
baggywrinkle
noun
(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
bankrolling
bankrolling
verb
present participle of bankroll
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bannerlike
bannerlike
adj
Resembling a banner
adv
So as to resemble a banner
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkpeeling
barnlike
barnlike
adj
Resembling a barn
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
berkeleianism
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
billbroking
bilskirnir
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackprint
blinkard
blinkard
noun
(obsolete) One with bad eyes.
A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinker
blinker
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
(informal, US, automotive) Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
(rare) The eyelid.
(slang) A black eye.
Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
verb
(transitive) To put blinkers on.
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blinkers
blinkers
noun
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
plural of blinker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blinker
blitzkrieging
blockaderunning
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
bolingbroke
bombernickel
bradyteleokinesis
brainlike
brainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brain.
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
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.
brickkiln
brickkiln
noun
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
brickliner
bricklining
brinkless
brinkless
adj
Without a brink.
brinkley
brinklow
brocklin
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brooklandville
brooklin
brookline
brookline
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts, USA, which is an exclave of
a former village in Missouri, USA, now part of the city of
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a neighbourhood in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Vermont, USA.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bunkerville
byrlakin
candlestickward
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carnivallike
carnivallike
adj
Like a carnival; festive.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
cavernlike
cavernlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cavern.
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chlorpikrin
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
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
clarkin
clearskins
clearskins
noun
plural of clearskin
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clerkliness
clerkliness
Noun
scholarship
clinker
clinker
noun
(in the plural) fetters.
(nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
Hardened volcanic lava.
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
Someone or something that clinks.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker.
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
clinkerer
clinkerer
noun
A person who removes clinker from boilers, furnaces &c
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
clinkers
clinkers
noun
(Ulster, anatomy) testicles
plural of clinker
clinkery
clinkery
adj
Having the characteristics of clinker.
clunkier
clunkier
adj
comparative form of clunky: more clunky
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
confervalike
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
corkline
corkline
noun
(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
coronetlike
corpselikeness
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.
counterlocking
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cranelike
cranelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crane (mechanical lifting device).
Resembling or characteristic of a crane (the bird).
crankily
crankily
adv
In a cranky manner.
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
crescentlike
crescentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crescent.
crinkle
crinkle
noun
A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
The act of crinkling
verb
(intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
(transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
crinkles
crinkles
noun
plural of crinkle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crinkle
crinklier
crinklier
adj
comparative form of crinkly: more crinkly
crinkliest
crinkliest
adj
superlative form of crinkly: most crinkly
crinkliness
crinkliness
noun
The state or quality of being crinkly.
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
crinkly
crinkly
adj
Having crinkles; wrinkly.
That crinkles.
noun
(derogatory) An old person.
crokinole
crokinole
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
crosslink
crosslink
noun
Alternative spelling of cross-link
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
cylinderlike
cylinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cylinder.
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
dreamlikeness
dreamlikeness
noun
The state or condition of being dreamlike; resemblance to a dream.
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkable
drinkable
adj
(of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.
(of water) Safe to drink.
Able to be drunk (as liquid).
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
drinkably
drinkless
drinkless
adj
Without a drink, without drinks.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
ekaterinoslav
electrokinematics
electrokinetic
electrokinetic
adj
(physics) Describing any of several phenomena in which electric charge causes movement
(physics) Describing the heating effect of an electric current
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
enkindler
enkindler
noun
One who enkindles.
erlking
erlking
noun
(mythology) In German literature and modern pseudo-mythology, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.