(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
candlestickward
chickenbreasted
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
heartsicknesses
heartsicknesses
noun
plural of heartsickness
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
kakistocratical
kindheartedness
kindheartedness
noun
The quality of being kindhearted.
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kremlinologists
leatherlikeness
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
microleukoblast
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
overskeptically
overskeptticism
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
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.
poikilothermism
poikilothermism
noun
poikilothermy
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
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.
schrecklichkeit
schrecklichkeit
noun
A general atmosphere or situation of awfulness or dread.
A military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population.
sclerokeratitis
semirattlesnake
skeletonization
skeletonization
noun
The act or process of skeletonizing.
slackwittedness
spectaclemaking
spectaclemaking
noun
The manufacture of spectacles (eyewear).
stackhousiaceae
stiffneckedness
stiffneckedness
noun
Alternative form of stiff-neckedness
superalkalinity
superalkalinity
noun
The property of being superalkaline.
templarlikeness
thankworthiness
thankworthiness
noun
The quality or state of being thankworthy.
thickheadedness
thickheadedness
Noun
stupidity
thunderstricken
thunderstricken
adj
Thunderstruck.
verb
past participle of thunderstrike
unchristianlike
unchristianlike
adj
Not Christian-like.
unsecretarylike
unshrinkability
unshrinkability
noun
The quality of being unshrinkable.
unskepticalness
unsportsmanlike
unsportsmanlike
adj
violating the accepted standards of sportsmanship
unstatesmanlike
unstatesmanlike
adj
Not statesmanlike.
untalkativeness
untalkativeness
noun
The quality of being untalkative.
unthinkableness
unthinkableness
noun
The property of being unthinkable.
untradesmanlike
untradesmanlike
adj
Not tradesmanlike.
unyachtsmanlike
unyachtsmanlike
adj
Not yachtsmanlike.
visceroskeletal
visceroskeletal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, of the viscera.