(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
athabaskan
athapaskan
backstitch
backstitch
noun
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.
verb
To sew with a backstitch.
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
bucktooths
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
byrthynsak
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
checkerist
checkerist
noun
One who plays the game of checkers.
checklists
checklists
noun
plural of checklist
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checklist
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkstone
checkstrap
chickstone
chikamatsu
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
christlike
christlike
Adjective
Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clocksmith
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
dashnakist
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
earthsmoke
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
evtushenko
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
frithsoken
gottschalk
hairstreak
hairstreak
noun
Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
halakistic
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
hatchbacks
hatchbacks
noun
plural of hatchback
heartshake
heatstroke
heatstroke
noun
Alternative spelling of heat stroke.
hektostere
herskowitz
hitchhikes
hitchhikes
noun
plural of hitchhike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hitchhike
honkytonks
honkytonks
noun
plural of honkytonk
hoskinston
housekkept
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
hucksterer
hucksterer
noun
huckster
huckstress
huckstress
noun
A female huckster.
hunchakist
hystericky
hystericky
adj
(informal) Hysterical; inclined to hysterics.
inkhornist
inkhornist
noun
One who uses or favours inkhorn terms.
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
kathismata
kathismata
noun
plural of kathisma
katholikos
katholikos
noun
Alternative form of catholicos
katsushika
kazakhstan
kazakhstan
Proper noun
country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.
keithsburg
kentishman
kentishmen
ketohexose
ketohexose
noun
(biochemistry) Any hexose containing a ketone group.
kharoshthi
kitakyushu
kitakyushu
Proper noun
A city in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
koreishite
krishnaist
krishnaite
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
locksmiths
locksmiths
noun
plural of locksmith
lockstitch
lockstitch
noun
(sewing) A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked.
verb
(sewing) To use this kind of stitch.
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
massekhoth
matchbooks
matchbooks
noun
plural of matchbook
matchlocks
matchlocks
noun
plural of matchlock
matchstalk
matchstalk
noun
Misspelling of matchstick.
matchstick
matchstick
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece.
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
mitakshara
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
nachtmusik
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightstock
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
phthisicky
phthisicky
adj
Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
sabathikos
sackcloths
sackcloths
noun
plural of sackcloth
saltshaker
saltshaker
noun
Alternative spelling of salt shaker
samothrake
scythelike
scythelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scythe.
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shackanite
shackatory
shackleton
shakuntala
shantylike
shantylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shanty.
sheathlike
sheathlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sheath.
shirtmaker
shirtmaker
noun
A person who makes shirts.
shockstall
shonkinite
shonkinite
noun
(mineralogy) A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
shortcakes
shortcakes
noun
plural of shortcake
shriekiest
shriekiest
adj
superlative form of shrieky: most shrieky
shtokavski
skedgewith
sketchable
sketchable
adj
Capable of being sketched.
sketchbook
sketchbook
noun
(dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits.
A book of printed sketches.
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
sketchiest
sketchiest
adj
superlative form of sketchy: most sketchy
sketchlike
sketchlike
adj
Resembling a sketch
skittishly
skittishly
adv
In a skittish manner.
skupshtina
sleuthlike
sleuthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sleuth.
smokeshaft
smoketight
smoketight
adj
impervious to smoke
smoothback
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
spatchcock
spatchcock
noun
A rushed effort.
Chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking. (See below.)
verb
To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled.
To interpolate, insert or sandwich (in or into).
To prepare in haste.
spitchcock
spitchcock
noun
Eel prepared by spitchcocking.
verb
(transitive) To split (an eel) along the back and then broil it.
stackgarth
starchlike
starchlike
adj
Resembling starch.
steakhouse
steakhouse
noun
A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
sticktight
sticktight
noun
Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.
stitchlike
stitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stitch (stabbing pain).
stitchwork
stitchwork
noun
Work produced by stitching.
stockhouse
stockishly
stockishly
adv
motionless; stock still
superthick
superthick
adj
Very thick.
switchback
switchback
noun
(aviation) A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
(chiefly Britain) A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
(chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.
verb
(intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path.
switchlike
switchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a switch (control that can be turned on and off).
tashnakist
tereshkova
theokrasia
thickeners
thickeners
noun
plural of thickener
thickskull
thickskull
noun
(archaic) A dullard; a blockhead.
throwbacks
throwbacks
noun
plural of throwback
thrushlike
thrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a thrush (the bird).
Resembling or characteristic of thrush (the fungal infection).
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbtacks
thumbtacks
noun
plural of thumbtack
ticklishly
ticklishly
adv
In a ticklish way.
timoshenko
tinkershue
toothpicks
toothpicks
noun
plural of toothpick
toothstick
toshakhana
toshakhana
noun
(India, historical) A repository of articles received as presents, or intended to be given as presents, attached to a government office or to a rich person's establishment.