(organic chemistry, transitive) To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process.
dealkylation
dealkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of alkyl groups from a compound
deuterotoky
deuterotoky
noun
The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis.
dickty
dickty
noun
(African-American Vernacular) An upper-class black.
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dikaryophytic
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
diktyonite
diktyonite
noun
(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketol
dimethylketone
domeykite
domeykite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric copper arsenide mineral, Cu₃As.
doostoevsky
dostoevsky
dostoyevski
dostoyevsky
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
dukhobortsy
dyskeratosis
dyskeratosis
noun
(medicine) Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
frankheartedly
hydrofranklinite
hydrokineter
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
hydroxyketone
hydroxyketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.
karyatid
karyatid
noun
Alternative form of caryatid
katalyzed
katalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of katalyze
katydid
katydid
noun
A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.
katydids
katydids
noun
plural of katydid
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
keynoted
keynoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keynote
keystoned
keystoned
adj
Having a keystone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keystone
kidneyroot
kidneywort
kidneywort
noun
hepatica (Hepatica spp.)
navelwort
kindheartedly
kindheartedly
adv
In a kindhearted manner.
kittycornered
klendusity
klendusity
noun
(botany) resistance to infection
kneadability
kneadability
noun
Ability to be kneaded, or worked into a mass.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kshatriyahood
kshatriyahood
noun
The quality of being a kshatriya.
kythed
kythed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kythe
lackadaisicality
lackadaisicality
noun
The quality of being lackadaisical.
lackwittedly
leukoctyoid
leukocytoid
leukocytoid
adj
Resembling a leukocyte
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
outjockeyed
outjockeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outjockey
prickmedainty
radetzky
satyashodak
skyrocketed
skyrocketed
adj
Suddenly and rapidly increased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyrocket
stackyard
stackyard
noun
A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
stiffneckedly
stinkardly
stockyard
stockyard
noun
(US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
stockyards
stockyards
noun
plural of stockyard
streakedly
streakedly
adv
With a pattern of streaks.
takhtadjy
tekedye
thickheadedly
thickheadedly
adv
In a thickheaded manner
thorndyke
thorndyke
Proper noun
alternative form of Thorndike
thylakoid
thylakoid
noun
(biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
tiddledywinks
tiddledywinks
noun
Alternative form of tiddlywinks
plural of tiddledywink
tiddleywink
tiddleywink
noun
Alternative form of tiddlywink
tiddlywink
tiddlywink
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) An alcoholic drink.
(dialectal, slang) An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.
(games) A game played using dominoes.
(tiddlywinks) A small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks; (by extension) a similar disc or counter used in other games.
verb
Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
To play tiddlywinks.
tiddlywinker
tiddlywinker
noun
(tiddlywinks) A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
tiddlywinking
tiddlywinks
tiddlywinks
noun
(figuratively) Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.
plural of tiddlywink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tiddlywink
tokodynamometer
turkeydom
typhoidlike
typhoidlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of typhoid.
undertakerly
undertakery
undertakingly
underturnkey
underturnkey
noun
A subordinate turnkey.
unmistakedly
unmistakedly
adv
Archaic form of unmistakenly.
weakheartedly
weakheartedly
adv
In a weakhearted manner.
winterdykes
yardstick
yardstick
noun
(figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.