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
bacchuslike
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bashibazouk
bashibazouk
noun
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
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.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
boguslawsky
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
bruckleness
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
buckeystown
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buckwashing
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bullsticker
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
burkesville
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buttinskies
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
checksummed
checksummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checksum
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cocksuckers
cocksuckers
noun
(vulgar) plural of cocksucker
cocksuredom
cocksureism
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
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
cruickshank
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
deutschmark
diaskeuasis
diaskeuasis
noun
The process of reviewing or revising a text.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
dukhobortsy
duskinesses
duskinesses
noun
plural of duskiness
duskingtide
duskishness
duskishness
noun
Quality of being duskish.
earthquakes
earthquakes
noun
plural of earthquake
flukinesses
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
funkinesses
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
grieshuckle
groundskeep
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
groupthinks
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
gumlikeness
gunstocking
gymnotokous
holluschick
holluschick
noun
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
housebreaks
housebreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hucksteress
hucksteress
noun
(archaic) A female huckster.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterize
hucksterize
verb
To hawk; to promote, especially in a pushy or deceptive manner.
hulkingness
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
huskinesses
huskinesses
noun
plural of huskiness
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
jacksonburg
jenkinsburg
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
katharevusa
katipuneros
kentuckians
keratoconus
keratoconus
noun
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve
keratonosus
kettledrums
kettledrums
noun
plural of kettledrum
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
kibbutzniks
kibbutzniks
noun
plural of kibbutznik
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
kilogausses
kilogausses
noun
plural of kilogauss
klausenburg
knackwursts
knackwursts
noun
plural of knackwurst
knisteneaux
knockabouts
knockabouts
noun
plural of knockabout
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
konigshutte
kookaburras
kookaburras
noun
plural of kookaburra
kornephorus
kornskeppur
krisuvigite
krisuvigite
noun
(mineralogy) brochantite
krugersdorp
krusenstern
kulturkreis
kunstlieder
kuskwogmiut
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
leskeaceous
leukopenias
leukopenias
noun
plural of leukopenia
leukorrheas
leukorrheas
noun
plural of leukorrhea
leukotomies
leukotomies
noun
plural of leukotomy
loudspeaker
loudspeaker
noun
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
luckinesses
luckinesses
noun
plural of luckiness
lukaszewicz
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
lurkingness
lurkingness
noun
Quality of lurking.
lutoslawski
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
mitsukurina
mollusklike
mollusklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mollusk.
motortrucks
motortrucks
noun
plural of motortruck
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
moussorgsky
mudskippers
mudskippers
noun
plural of mudskipper
multitasked
multitasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of multitask
murkinesses
murkinesses
noun
plural of murkiness
muschelkalk
muskallonge
muskallunge
muskellunge
muskellunge
noun
A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.