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.
crooksville
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
dominickers
dominickers
noun
plural of dominicker
dorkinesses
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
folksingers
folksingers
noun
plural of folksinger
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forkinesses
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
fredrickson
handistroke
hendrickson
hickscorner
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
irksomeness
irksomeness
noun
The state of being irksome
ironworkers
ironworkers
noun
plural of ironworker
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
karyogamies
karyogamies
noun
plural of karyogamy
karyologies
karyologies
noun
plural of karyology
katipuneros
keratolysis
keratolysis
noun
(pathology) The periodic exfoliation of the epidermis.
The removal of dead surface skin cells, used to treat various types of wart.
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.
ketosteroid
ketosteroid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any steroid having a ketone functional group.
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keystroking
keystroking
verb
present participle of keystroke
kilohertzes
kilohertzes
noun
plural of kilohertz
kilooersted
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
kinosternon
knobkerries
knobkerries
noun
plural of knobkerrie
plural of knobkerry
koenigsberg
koreshanity
leopardskin
leopardskin
noun
(uncountable, attributive) A design, especially on fabric, similar to the markings of a leopard.
Such a skin forming a simple article of clothing.
The skin or pelt of a leopard.
lobsterlike
lobsterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lobster.
makroskelic
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
milksoppery
milksoppery
noun
weak, timid, ineffectual behaviour
misprovoked
misreckoned
misreckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misreckon
monsterlike
monsterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monster; monstrous, deformed.
moviemakers
moviemakers
noun
plural of moviemaker
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
noisemakers
noisemakers
noun
plural of noisemaker
nondrinkers
nondrinkers
noun
plural of nondrinker
nonstrikers
nonstrikers
noun
plural of nonstriker
ostrichlike
ostrichlike
adj
Ignoring an imminent threat or unpleasant reality; head-in-the-sand
Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
overbookish
overbookish
adj
Excessively bookish.
overskipper
oversmoking
oversmoking
verb
present participle of oversmoke
oversoaking
oversoaking
verb
present participle of oversoak
overstrikes
overstrikes
noun
plural of overstrike
overtasking
overtasking
verb
present participle of overtask
paraskenion
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.
perovskites
perovskites
noun
plural of perovskite
poisonmaker
pokeberries
pokeberries
noun
plural of pokeberry
politickers
politickers
noun
plural of politicker
porkinesses
prisonbreak
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
rockinesses
rockinesses
noun
plural of rockiness
rockskipper
rollicksome
rollicksome
adj
Rollicking; lively, boisterous.
scholarlike
scholarlike
adj
scholarly
adv
in a scholarly fashion
scissorlike
scissorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scissors.
shriekproof
sidestrokes
sidestrokes
noun
plural of sidestroke
sokemanries
sokemanries
noun
plural of sokemanry
soldierlike
soldierlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a soldier.
sparrowlike
sparrowlike
adj
Resembling a sparrow in some way; vivacious, chirpy, frail, etc.