A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
bromopikrin
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
bumpkinet
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chipmuck
chipmuck
noun
Archaic form of chipmunk.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
crackpotism
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
demipike
desmopyknosis
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disworkmanship
dressmakership
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
epimanikia
epimanikia
noun
plural of epimanikion
epimanikion
epimanikion
noun
A cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches.
gamekeeping
gamekeeping
noun
The keeping of game; the occupation of a gamekeeper.
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
gumpoldskirchner
hemiplankton
hemplike
hemplike
adj
Resembling hemp or some aspect of it.
hermokopid
homekeeping
homekeeping
adj
Staying at home.
noun
Synonym of housekeeping (“looking after domestic affairs in a house”)
hopkinsianism
humperdinck
hyperkalemia
hyperkalemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperkaliemia
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemia
hypokalemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood (below the reference range).
hypokalemias
hypokalemias
noun
plural of hypokalemia
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypokaliemia
hypokeimenometry
hypokinemia
impack
impackment
impark
impark
verb
(transitive) To enclose or confine in, or as if in, a park.
(transitive) To enclose or fence in (land) to make a park.
imparkation
imparked
imparked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impark
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
imparks
imparks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impark
impocket
impocket
verb
(transitive, rare) To place into a pocket.
kalumpit
kamarupic
kamperite
kampliles
kampmeier
kampsville
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
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
karyoplasmic
karyoplasmic
adj
Relating to, or composed of karyoplasm
katamorphic
katamorphism
katamorphism
noun
(geology) Any form of metamorphism that occurs near the Earth's surface
kempis
kempite
kempite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal emerald green mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
kenipsim
kilampere
kiloampere
kiloampere
noun
One thousand amperes
kimper
kimpo
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kingdomship
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
kinsmanship
kinsmanship
noun
kinship
kiplingism
kiplingism
Noun
An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
kleptomania
kleptomania
noun
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniac
noun
One who steals compulsively.
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacal
adj
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
kleptomanias
kleptomanias
noun
plural of kleptomania
kleptomanist
kneippism
kneippism
Noun
The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.
kompeni
kopagmiut
krypticism
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
lakemanship
lakemanship
noun
Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
lampmaking
lampmaking
noun
The manufacture of lamps.
lampwick
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
limnoplankton
limnoplankton
noun
(biology) The plankton of fresh waters, especially of lakes
limpkin
limpkin
noun
A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.
limpkins
limpkins
noun
plural of limpkin
lumpkin
lumpkin
noun
A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.
lymphokines
lymphokines
noun
plural of lymphokine
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
maikop
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
maplelike
maplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree.
maplike
maplike
adj
Having the characteristics of a map.
mapmaking
mapmaking
noun
Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
marksmanship
marksmanship
noun
The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
marksmanships
marksmanships
noun
plural of marksmanship
marlinespike
marlinespike
noun
Alternative spelling of marlinspike
marlinespikes
marlinespikes
noun
plural of marlinespike
marlingspike
marlinspike
marlinspike
noun
A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.
marlinspikes
marlinspikes
noun
plural of marlinspike
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
melanoplakia
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
microphakia
microphakia
noun
Abnormal small size of the lens of the eye.
microplakite
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
micropoikilitic
milkshop
milksop
milksop
noun
(by extension, derogatory) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.