(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
candlestickward
chickenbreasted
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
crackpottedness
czechoslovakian
czechoslovakian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
Noun
A person from Czechoslovakia.
darkheartedness
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
diadochokinesia
diadochokinesia
noun
Alternative form of diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
noun
The action of alternately flexing and extending a limb
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
heartsicknesses
heartsicknesses
noun
plural of heartsickness
honeymoonstruck
housebrokenness
hyperanakinesia
hyperanakinesis
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
kincardineshire
kincardineshire
Proper noun
a historic county in Scotland abolished in 1975, the county town was Most of the county was taken into district in Region.
kindheartedness
kindheartedness
noun
The quality of being kindhearted.
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kremlinologists
lackbrainedness
leatherlikeness
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
meekheartedness
milksoppishness
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
nonhousekeeping
nonhousekeeping
adj
Not of or relating to housekeeping.
nordenskioldine
nordenskioldine
noun
(mineralogy) A stanniferous borate mineral.
outspokennesses
outspokennesses
noun
plural of outspokenness
overbookishness
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
pecksniffianism
persnicketiness
persnicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being persnickety.
phenakistoscope
phenakistoscope
noun
An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
plainspokenness
plainspokenness
noun
The quality of being plainspoken.
pseudoankylosis
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
rollicksomeness
rollicksomeness
noun
The quality of being rollicksome.
rumpelstiltskin
rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
sabbathbreaking
sanskritization
sanskritization
Noun
A form of social change in India and Nepal, in which members of lower castes seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the upper or dominant castes.