(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
cockatrices
cockatrices
noun
plural of cockatrice
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
coronetlike
counterdike
countersink
countersink
noun
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.
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
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
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
foretalking
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
greenockite
greenockite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
handistroke
interchoked
interlocked
interlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlock
interlocker
interlocker
noun
A device that interlocks.
An individual who holds more than one role in a power structure.
interworked
interworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwork
kakortokite
kakortokite
noun
(mineralogy) A eudialytic nepheline syenite mineral.
karyomerite
karyomitome
katipuneros
kenningwort
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.
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
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.
kilooersted
kinemometer
kinemometer
noun
(medicine) An electromagnetic device, similar to the velocity ballistocardiograph, for measuring contraction and relaxation in a tendon reflex.
A highly sensitive type of tachometer.
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.
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.
kinetomeric
kinosternon
kittycorner
koreshanity
kreittonite
krocidolite
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leukotriene
leukotriene
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
lobsterlike
lobsterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lobster.
mininetwork
monsterlike
monsterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monster; monstrous, deformed.
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
nightworker
nonstrikers
nonstrikers
noun
plural of nonstriker
nordmarkite
nordmarkite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of syenite with quartz, mostly composed of microperthite.
ostrichlike
ostrichlike
adj
Ignoring an imminent threat or unpleasant reality; head-in-the-sand
Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
overstrikes
overstrikes
noun
plural of overstrike
overtalking
overtalking
verb
present participle of overtalk
overtasking
overtasking
verb
present participle of overtask
overthickly
pedricktown
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
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
politickers
politickers
noun
plural of politicker
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
prophetlike
prophetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet.
protonickel
realpolitik
realpolitik
noun
(politics) Pragmatic government policy concerned with perceived interests of the state.