Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
alkalimeter
alkalimeter
noun
A device used to measure alkalinity.
alkalimetry
alkalimetry
noun
The process of determining the strength of an alkali.
alkalometry
alkanethiol
alkanethiol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple aliphatic thiol.
allokinetic
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
antalkalies
antalkaline
antalkaline
adj
Alternative form of antialkaline
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
aralkylated
asphaltlike
asphaltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.
backlighted
backsettler
backsettler
noun
One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
basketballs
basketballs
noun
plural of basketball
beetlestock
beknottedly
berkeleyite
bialystoker
bibliokelpt
biblioklept
biblioklept
noun
A person who steals books
bibliotheke
bibliotheke
noun
Alternative form of bibliotheque
billsticker
billsticker
noun
Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackbeetle
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.
blacktongue
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blanketlike
blanketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
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.
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
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
breislakite
breithablik
bristlelike
bristlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bristle.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
bucklandite
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bullsticker
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
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.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
chalkcutter
chalkotheke
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
checklisted
checklisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checklist
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coronetlike
cricketlike
cricketlike
adj
Similar to or resembling a cricket (the insect).
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
crystallike
deerstalker
deerstalker
noun
One who takes part in deer stalking.
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
ekatantalum
ekatantalum
noun
Alternative form of eka-tantalum
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
epiplankton
epiplankton
noun
Plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).
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.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
ferntickled
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
flatterdock
flickertail
flickertail
noun
Nickname for the North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
footlockers
footlockers
noun
plural of footlocker
foretalking
franklinite
franklinite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
gentlefolks
gentlefolks
noun
Synonym of gentlefolk
glaiketness
glaikitness
glykopectic
granitelike
granitelike
adj
Resembling granite.
halterbreak
halterbreak
verb
To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
hatchetlike
hatchetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hatchet.
helmetmaker
helsingkite
hotelkeeper
hotelkeeper
noun
A hotelier; a hotel owner.
hyalotekite
hyalotekite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, beryllium, boron, calcium, chlorine, copper, fluorine, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
interleukin
interleukin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
interlinked
interlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlink
interlocked
interlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlock
interlocker
interlocker
noun
A device that interlocks.
An individual who holds more than one role in a power structure.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
kalymmocyte
kameelthorn
kataplectic
kataplectic
adj
Alternative form of cataplectic
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
keratolysis
keratolysis
noun
(pathology) The periodic exfoliation of the epidermis.
The removal of dead surface skin cells, used to treat various types of wart.
keratolytic
keratolytic
adj
Pertaining to keratolysis.
noun
Any substance that promotes keratolysis.
kettledrums
kettledrums
noun
plural of kettledrum
kettlemaker
keytesville
keytesville
Proper noun
a small city in Missouri, USA
kilohertzes
kilohertzes
noun
plural of kilohertz
kilometrage
kilometrage
noun
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per kilometre.
The number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
The total distance travelled, in kilometres.
kilooersted
kilovoltage
kilovoltage
noun
A voltage in the region of thousands of volts.
kimberlites
kimberlites
noun
plural of kimberlite
kinematical
kinematical
adj
kinematic
kinetically
kinetically
adv
Concerning kinetics.
In a kinetic manner.
kinetoplast
kinetoplast
noun
(microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
A kinetoplastid.
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
kittenishly
kittenishly
adv
In a kittenish manner.
kleptomania
kleptomania
noun
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
knoxvillite
knoxvillite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous sulphate of chromium, iron and aluminium.
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
kostelanetz
krocidolite
kulturkreis
kunstlieder
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
landsknecht
lapstreaked
lapstreaker
latticelike
latticelike
adj
Resembling a lattice
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
leatherback
leatherback
noun
A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.
leatherbark
leatherlike
leatherlike
adj
Resembling leather.
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
leavetaking
leavetaking
noun
alternative spelling of leave-taking
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leschetizky
leukoctyoid
leukocytoid
leukocytoid
adj
Resembling a leukocyte
leukotaxine
leukotomies
leukotomies
noun
plural of leukotomy
leukotriene
leukotriene
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
lickspittle
lickspittle
noun
(by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
verb
(transitive and intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
lightkeeper
lightkeeper
noun
The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.