(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptship
bareknuckled
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
buddenbrooks
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
businesslike
businesslike
adj
Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
buttermaking
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
chaunoprockt
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
cocksureness
cocksureness
noun
the state or condition of being cocksure
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
counterprick
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
cuckoomaiden
cuckoopintle
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
ducklingship
dumbstricken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
fountainlike
fountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
frankfurters
frankfurters
noun
plural of frankfurter
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluelikeness
graustarkian
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
heilungkiang
honeystucker
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
interleukins
interleukins
noun
plural of interleukin
journeyworks
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
kalymmaukion
kamelaukions
kanchenjunga
katsuwonidae
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keraulophone
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
keraunoscopy
ketosuccinic
ketosuccinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ketosuccinic acid or its derivatives
khachaturian
kinchinjunga
klutzinesses
knuckleballs
knuckleballs
noun
plural of knuckleball
knucklebones
knucklebones
noun
A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
plural of knucklebone
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kommandatura
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
adj
That tends to cause leukemia
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
liliuokalani
loudspeaking
lucklessness
lucklessness
noun
The state or condition of being luckless.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
mantuamaking
mantuamaking
noun
The manufacture of mantuas.
marlinsucker
monumentlike
monumentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monument.
mountainlike
mountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mountain.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankly
multitasking
multitasking
noun
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
verb
present participle of multitask
muskellunges
muskellunges
noun
plural of muskellunge
narsarsukite
narsarsukite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing fluorine, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
neugkroschen
neurokeratin
neurokeratin
noun
(biochemistry) The protein component of the myelin sheath.
neuromalakia
novokuznetsk
novokuznetsk
Proper noun
A city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
pendulumlike
pendulumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
simple past tense and past participle of rubberneck
rubbernecker
rubbernecker
noun
(originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.
skillfulness
skillfulness
noun
The state or quality of being adept or skillful.
spunkinesses
stackencloud
stackencloud
noun
A cumulus cloud.
stockjudging
stumpknocker
subnetworked
supertankers
supertankers
noun
plural of supertanker
tanjungpriok
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
thankfullest
thankfullest
adj
superlative form of thankful: most thankful
thankfulness
thankfulness
noun
The state of being thankful.
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
thundercrack
thundercrack
noun
A peal of thunder; thunderclap.
thunderstick
thunderstick
noun
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle.
A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
toughkenamon
tuckermanity
tuckermanity
noun
(rare) Poetry or literature, especially that which is excessively proper or moralist; literature by or in the style of Henry T. Tuckerman.
tunnelmaking
turkmenistan
turtlenecked
turtlenecked
adj
(slang) Not circumcised; uncircumcised.
Wearing a turtleneck.
unartistlike
unartistlike
adj
Not artistlike; unartistic.
unattackable
unattackable
adj
which may not be attacked
unattackably
unattackably
adv
Such that it may not be attacked.
unbasketlike
unblinkingly
unblinkingly
adv
Without blinking.
unbrokenness
unbrokenness
noun
The state or condition of being unbroken.
uncheckmated
unchurchlike
unchurchlike
adj
Not churchlike.
undeadlocked
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underkingdom
underkingdom
noun
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
The realm of an underking.
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing