The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterreckoning
afterworking
agkistrodon
akroterion
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
alkylarylsulfonate
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
anakinetomer
anakinetomeric
anaktoron
anaktoron
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
ankylenteron
ankyloproctia
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
arosaguntacook
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arrenotoky
arrenotoky
noun
Alternative form of arrhenotoky
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
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.
attiwendaronk
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backpointer
backpointers
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bakerstown
bakerton
barkstone
barnstock
betokener
betokener
noun
That which betokens.
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
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bradyteleokinesis
branstock
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brideknot
brinktown
brockton
brockton
Proper noun
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a small town in Montana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
a township in parish, Shropshire, England
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.
bromoketone
bromoketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any brominated derivative of a ketone
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
brookston
brookton
brooktondale
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.
burrknot
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cankerroot
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
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
cardiokinetic
cardiokinetic
adj
That excites or stimulates the heart.
noun
A drug that stimulates the heart.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
cementwork
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
clarkston
clarkton
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstck
concertstuck
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
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
coronetlike
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
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
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
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.
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.
counterdike
counterlocking
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
counterprick
counterreckoning
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
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
coxankylometer
crackpottedness
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
crooksterned
crookston
crookston
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
cryoplankton
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
dnepropetrovsk
downpatrick
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
drakonite
drawknot
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
dunkerton
ekaterinodar
ekaterinoslav
ekronite
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
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