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.
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
cathedrallike
cathedrallike
adj
Resembling a cathedral
chalkosideric
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerbreast
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
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.
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
czechoslovaks
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
feinschmecker
ficklehearted
gelsenkirchen
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
handkerchiefs
heartsickness
heartsickness
noun
The condition of being heartsick
heterokinetic
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
keraunophonic
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
knuckleheaded
knuckleheaded
adj
Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
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
leukocythemia
lickerishness
lickerishness
noun
Quality of being lickerish.
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neckerchieves
novocherkassk
overthickness
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pickthankness
psychokineses
psychokineses
noun
plural of psychokinesis
psychokinesia
psychokinesia
noun
(pathology, obsolete) Abnormal impulsive behaviour unaccompanied by depression or other mental disorder.
psychokinesis
psychokinesis
noun
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.
psychokinetic
psychokinetic
adj
Of or relating to psychokinesis.
noun
A person having the paranormal ability of psychokinesis.
schnabelkanne
schnecksville
schoolkeeping
schweizerkase
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
scutcheonlike
shattuckville
shuttlecocked
shuttlecocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shuttlecock
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
thickheadedly
thickheadedly
adv
In a thickheaded manner
thunderstruck
thunderstruck
adj
Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
trenchermaker
tscheffkinite
tscheffkinite
noun
a complex silicate mineral of calcium, cerium, thorium, iron, magnesium and titanium