(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
cockatrices
cockatrices
noun
plural of cockatrice
crackpotism
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
downpatrick
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
foretalking
franklinton
handistroke
imbarkation
imparkation
kakortokite
kakortokite
noun
(mineralogy) A eudialytic nepheline syenite mineral.
karyomerite
karyomitoic
karyomitome
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katacrotism
katamorphic
katipuneros
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
keratolysis
keratolysis
noun
(pathology) The periodic exfoliation of the epidermis.
The removal of dead surface skin cells, used to treat various types of wart.
keratolytic
keratolytic
adj
Pertaining to keratolysis.
noun
Any substance that promotes keratolysis.
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
kilometrage
kilometrage
noun
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per kilometre.
The number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
The total distance travelled, in kilometres.
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
koreshanity
kristianson
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
nordmarkite
nordmarkite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of syenite with quartz, mostly composed of microperthite.
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
overtalking
overtalking
verb
present participle of overtalk
overtasking
overtasking
verb
present participle of overtask
perestroika
perestroika
noun
(countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
(historical, uncountable) The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
piatigorsky
postmarking
postmarking
verb
present participle of postmark
prokaryotic
prokaryotic
adj
Of cells, lacking a nucleus.
Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
realpolitik
realpolitik
noun
(politics) Pragmatic government policy concerned with perceived interests of the state.
strikeboard
tandstickor
tetrakisazo
theodorakis
toolmarking
tornadolike
tornadolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tornado.
traitorlike
traitorlike
adj
traitorly
turkomanize
turkophilia
turkophobia
unactorlike
unactorlike
adj
Not actorlike.
wikstroemia
workability
workability
noun
The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.
workstation
workstation
noun
a desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics