(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickeys
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
brickeys
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
candylike
candylike
adj
Resembling candy, especially in flavor or appearance
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
chelyabinsk
chelyuskin
cherrylike
cherrylike
adj
Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor
chickenberry
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickery
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
citylike
citylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a city.
claylike
claylike
Adjective
Resembling clay.
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clinkery
clinkery
adj
Having the characteristics of clinker.
cockeysville
cockneity
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
cockneyfies
cockneyfies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockneyfy
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockneyisms
cockneyisms
noun
plural of cockneyism
cockneyize
cockneyize
verb
To make vulgar and tasteless.
To pronounce with a cockney accent.
cockneylike
cockneyship
commiskey
corymblike
creakily
creakily
adv
In a creaky manner.
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
crickety
crickety
adj
(informal) Of or pertaining to the sport of cricket.
Full of crickets.
Of or pertaining to crickets.
intj
Alternative form of crikey
crickey
crikey
crikey
intj
(UK, Ireland, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand) An exclamation of astonishment.
crystallike
cycadlike
cycadlike
adj
Having the characteristics of a cycad.
cylinderlike
cylinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cylinder.
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
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.
cytokinetic
cytokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to cytokinesis or to cytokinetics
dickey
dickey
adj
Alternative form of dicky (“doubtful, troublesome, in poor condition”)
noun
Alternative form of dicky
dickeybird
dickeys
dickeys
noun
plural of dickey
dickeyville
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
dyakisdodecahedron
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
fruitcakey
gimcrackery
gimcrackery
noun
tastelessness
gimmickery
gimmickery
noun
Alternative form of gimmickry
glykopectic
glykopexic
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hemikaryotic
heterokaryotic
heterokaryotic
adj
Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons
hickey
hickey
noun
(US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
(informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
(originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
(printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
(printing, informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.
A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
hickeyes
hickeys
hickeys
noun
plural of hickey
hickorywithe
hinckley
homesickly
homesickly
adv
In a homesick way.
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hydrokinetic
hydrokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics
Of or pertaining to the kinetic energy of moving fluids
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hyperkinetic
hyperkinetic
adj
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
hystericky
hystericky
adj
(informal) Hysterical; inclined to hysterics.
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
jockeylike
jockeylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jockey (rider of racehorses).
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
kaleidoscopically
kaleidoscopically
adv
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
karyokinetic
karyokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
karyomicrosome
karyosystematics
karyosystematics
noun
The systematics of karyotypes
keltically
kenogenetically
keratolytic
keratolytic
adj
Pertaining to keratolysis.
noun
Any substance that promotes keratolysis.
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kerystic
kerystic
adj
(religion, rare) Concerning preaching, particularly preaching of the gospels.
kerystics
ketolytic
ketolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That causes the decomposition of ketones
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
keyserlick
kickseys
kilocycle
kilocycle
noun
(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.
A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
kilocycles
kilocycles
noun
plural of kilocycle
kilomegacycle
kilomegacycle
noun
gigahertz (1000 megacycles)
kinaesthetically
kinaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of kinesthetically
kinematically
kinematically
adv
In a kinematic manner
With regard to kinematics
kinematographically
kinesically
kinesically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, kinesics.
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kinetically
kinetically
adv
Concerning kinetics.
In a kinetic manner.
kinetogenetically
kionectomy
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
kitcheny
kitcheny
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a kitchen.
kittycorner
kittycornered
knickknackery
knickknackery
noun
Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
kylikec
kynurenic
kynurenic
adj
Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
kyschtymite
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
lackeyism
lackeyism
noun
Fawning servility.
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
lackwittedly
leschetizky
leukoctyoid
leukocythemia
leukocytic
leukocytic
adj
Relating to, or containing leukocytes
leukocytoid
leukocytoid
adj
Resembling a leukocyte
leukocytopenia
leukocytopenia
noun
(medicine) Leukopenia.
leukocytosis
leukocytosis
noun
Alternative spelling of leucocytosis
leukocytotic
lickerishly
lickerishly
adv
In a lickerish manner.
lickety
lickety
adv
(US, informal, usually compounded with a noun) At full speed, fast.