A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backspringing
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
brackettville
brainsickness
brainsickness
noun
The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cardiokinetic
cardiokinetic
adj
That excites or stimulates the heart.
noun
A drug that stimulates the heart.
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
cathedrallike
cathedrallike
adj
Resembling a cathedral
chalkosideric
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerbreast
chinkerinchee
chinkerinchee
noun
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, a flowering plant endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa.
chokecherries
chokecherries
noun
plural of chokecherry
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
chuckfarthing
comstockeries
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
countersunken
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
crackableness
craddockville
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
crookedbacked
crookednesses
crookednesses
noun
plural of crookedness
crookfingered
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
enterokinetic
enterokinetic
adj
Relating to enterokinesis.
feinschmecker
ficklehearted
frankeniaceae
frankincensed
frankincensed
adj
Perfumed with frankincense.
frankincenses
frankincenses
noun
plural of frankincense
fredericktown
gelsenkirchen
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
grainsickness
greensickness
greensickness
noun
Alternative form of green sickness
handkerchiefs
heartsickness
heartsickness
noun
The condition of being heartsick
heterokinetic
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
katachromasis
kazincbarcika
keratectomies
keratectomies
noun
plural of keratectomy
keratocricoid
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keraunophonic
keraunoscopia
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
killiecrankie
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kirkcudbright
kittycornered
knickerbocker
knickerbocker
noun
(archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers.
A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.
knickknackery
knickknackery
noun
Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
knuckleballer
knuckleballer
noun
(baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
krameriaceous
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
lamarckianism
leatherjacket
leatherjacket
noun
Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack
Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish
The larva of some crane flies
leuckartiidae
lickerishness
lickerishness
noun
Quality of being lickerish.
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
musselcracker
neckerchieves
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
novocherkassk
overreckoning
overreckoning
verb
present participle of overreckon
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overthickness
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
picturemaking
polykaryocyte
polykaryocyte
noun
(cytology) A cell that has many nuclei
porcelainlike
porcelainlike
adj
Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it.
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
preblockading
prickmedainty
probankruptcy
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
pumpernickels
pumpernickels
noun
plural of pumpernickel
quarterbacked
quarterbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarterback
racketeerings
racketeerings
noun
plural of racketeering
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
receptionreck
rickettsiales
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
schweizerkase
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
sicknessproof
silkscreening
silkscreening
verb
present participle of silkscreen
singlesticker
skiagraphical
skiagraphical
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphical
specklebreast
specklebreast
noun
A thrush.
spurlockville
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
thunderstruck
thunderstruck
adj
Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
trackingscout
tracklessness
tracklessness
noun
The state or quality of being trackless.
trainsickness
trainsickness
noun
A feeling of nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a train; a form of motion sickness.
trenchermaker
trucebreaking
turkification
turkification
Noun
assimilation into the various historical Turkic states and cultures, such as the Ottoman Empire
unbackboarded
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
understricken
uninterlocked
uninterlocked
adj
Not interlocked.
unofficerlike
unofficerlike
adj
Not officerlike.
unreckingness
unrequickened
unscholarlike
unscholarlike
adj
Not scholarlike.
unservicelike
unservicelike
adj
Not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike.