(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
atokous
atokous
adj
(zoology) Producing only asexual individuals.
auklets
auklets
noun
plural of auklet
autarkies
autarkies
noun
plural of autarky
autarkist
autarkist
noun
A proponent of autarky.
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.
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bankruptship
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
betusked
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
biscuitmaker
biscuitmaking
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
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.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
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
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
breakouts
breakouts
noun
plural of breakout
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
bruskest
bruskest
adj
superlative form of brusk: most brusk
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckeystown
buckholts
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
bucksport
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buckstone
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
bucktooths
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bulkiest
bulkiest
adj
superlative form of bulk: most bulk
bullsticker
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
burkettsville
burkites
burkittsville
bushelbasket
busket
busket
noun
(obsolete) A small bush.
(obsolete) A sprig or bouquet.
(obsolete) Part of a garden devoted to shrubs.
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buttinski
buttinski
noun
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Alternative spelling of buttinsky
buttinskies
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
buttocks
buttocks
noun
plural of buttock.
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
buttresslike
buttresslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
buttstock
buttstock
noun
The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
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
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
chikamatsu
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cockshuts
cockshuts
noun
plural of cockshut
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
cookouts
cookouts
noun
plural of cookout
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
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
creekstuff
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cuckstool
cutbacks
cutbacks
noun
plural of cutback
cutbanks
cutbanks
noun
plural of cutbank
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
dashnaktzutiun
deuterotokous
deuterotokous
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
deutschemark
deutschmark
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
duckstone
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
dukhobortsy
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
duskiest
duskiest
adj
superlative form of dusky: most dusky
duskingtide
dustlike
dustlike
adj
Resembling dust.
dustuck
dustuk
earthquakes
earthquakes
noun
plural of earthquake
eduskunta
eskilstuna
evtushenko
flukiest
flukiest
adj
superlative form of fluky: most fluky
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
frakturs
frakturs
noun
plural of fraktur
frankfurters
frankfurters
noun
plural of frankfurter
frankfurts
frankfurts
noun
plural of frankfurt
freakouts
freakouts
noun
plural of freakout
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.