Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
alkylations
alkylations
noun
plural of alkylation
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
amphitokous
ankylostoma
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antalkalies
antirickets
antirickets
adj
Preventing rickets.
antiskeptic
antiskeptic
noun
One who opposes a skeptical viewpoint.
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
antistriker
antistriker
noun
One who opposes a strike (industrial action).
asphaltlike
asphaltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.
asterisking
asterisking
verb
present participle of asterisk
astrakanite
astrakanite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed sodium and magnesium sulphate.
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
backbitings
backbitings
noun
plural of backbiting
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backscatter
backscatter
noun
(computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
(military) A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
(physics) The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.
verb
To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backsettler
backsettler
noun
One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
backstabbed
backstabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstab
backstabber
backstabber
noun
A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
backstamped
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstreets
backstreets
noun
plural of backstreet
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
bangwaketsi
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
barkentines
barkentines
noun
plural of barkentine
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketballs
basketballs
noun
plural of basketball
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
beetlestock
bialystoker
billsticker
billsticker
noun
Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackbreast
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blacklister
blacklister
noun
One who blacklists.
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blitzkriegs
blitzkriegs
noun
plural of blitzkrieg
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
bloodstocks
bloodstocks
noun
plural of bloodstock
bloodstroke
bloodstroke
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bolsterwork
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
breadbasket
breadbasket
noun
(agriculture) A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
(humorous) The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
A basket used for storing or carrying bread.
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breakfaster
breakfaster
noun
One eating breakfast.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakwaters
breakwaters
noun
plural of breakwater
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
breislakite
bricksetter
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
bristlelike
bristlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bristle.
brookesmith
broomsticks
broomsticks
noun
plural of broomstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broomstick
buckeystown
bullsticker
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buttinskies
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
candlestick
candlestick
noun
(finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
(gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
verb
(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
To adorn with candlesticks.
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
catakinesis
cheapskates
cheapskates
noun
plural of cheapskate
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checklisted
checklisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checklist
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
cockatrices
cockatrices
noun
plural of cockatrice
comstockery
comstockery
noun
(US) Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality.
concertstck
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersunk
countersunk
adj
(of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface
verb
past participle of countersink
crackpotism
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
cricketings
cricketings
noun
plural of cricketing
crystallike
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cytokineses
cytokineses
noun
plural of cytokinesis
cytokinesis
cytokinesis
noun
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
deerstalker
deerstalker
noun
One who takes part in deer stalking.
deutschmark
dismarketed
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
doostoevsky
dostoievski
dostoyevski
dostoyevsky
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
dreikanters
dreikanters
noun
plural of dreikanter
dukhobortsy
duskingtide
earthquakes
earthquakes
noun
plural of earthquake
earthshaker
earthshaker
noun
Somebody or something that is earthshaking, or of great global importance.
embankments
embankments
noun
plural of embankment
embarkments
embarkments
noun
plural of embarkment
episkeletal
episkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Above or outside the endoskeleton; epaxial.
exoskeletal
exoskeletal
adj
(engineering, of a turbine) Having rotor blades extending inwards from the inner surface of a rotating drum, rather than outwards from a central shaft.
Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
exoskeleton
exoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
fiddlestick
fiddlestick
intj
Dated form of fiddlesticks.
noun
A bow used to play the fiddle.
One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
finkelstein
finnickiest
finnickiest
adj
superlative form of finnicky: most finnicky
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
folklorists
folklorists
noun
plural of folklorist
footlockers
footlockers
noun
plural of footlocker
franklinist
fredrikstad
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.