(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
choukoutien
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
interchoked
kinaestheic
kinesthetic
kinesthetic
adj
Of or relating to kinesthesia.
kinetochore
kinetochore
noun
(biology) The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
kingtehchen
kitchenette
kitchenette
noun
small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room instead of a separate room
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwife
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
landsknecht
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
metchnikoff
netherstock
netherstock
noun
(historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks.
A stocking.
resketching
resketching
verb
present participle of resketch
sketchiness
sketchiness
noun
The property of being sketchy.
sketchingly
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
stockhausen
stretchneck
thackerayan
thackerayan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.
thickenings
thickenings
noun
plural of thickening
thicknesses
thicknesses
noun
plural of thickness
unthickened
unthickened
adj
Not thickened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unthicken