(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(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.
akroterial
akroterion
arrenotoky
arrenotoky
noun
Alternative form of arrhenotoky
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
asteriskos
backlotter
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
bakerstown
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batterdock
biometrika
boatkeeper
boatkeeper
noun
(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
boltstrake
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
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.
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
cankerroot
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
cementwork
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
cockatrice
cockatrice
noun
(fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock's, egg.
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.
(obsolete) Mistress, harlot.
(obsolete, figurative) Any venomous or deadly thing.
(speculated) The cobra.
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
coldturkey
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookesite
crookesite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, selenium, silver, and thallium.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
drakestone
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
earthsmoke
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
ektachrome
enrockment
enrockment
noun
A layer of stones and rocks laying on the bottom of a sea or lake that provides the base for a pier or breakwater.
euromarket
euromarket
noun
(finance) Any financial market that issues securities in currencies other than the country of origin (whether or not any European currency is involved).
(finance) The market of the European Union as a whole.
fetterlock
fetterlock
noun
(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
folkmooter
footlicker
footlicker
noun
A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
footlocker
footlocker
noun
A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.
forestlike
forestlike
adj
Like a forest.
foretackle
foretackle
noun
(nautical) The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.
foretokens
foretokens
noun
plural of foretoken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretoken
fretworked
fretworked
adj
Adorned with fretwork.
frithsoken
garnetwork
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
heartblock
heartbroke
heartbroke
adj
(dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken
heatstroke
heatstroke
noun
Alternative spelling of heat stroke.
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
hektoliter
hektometer
hektostere
herskowitz
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
interchoke
interlocks
interlocks
noun
plural of interlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlock
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
interworks
interworks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwork
kaliborite
kaliborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of potassium and magnesium
kartometer
keepworthy
keepworthy
adj
Worth keeping.
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
kentrolite
kentrolite
noun
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
keratinoid
keratinoid
adj
Resembling, or composed of keratin
keratinose
keratinous
keratinous
adj
Consisting of, or made from keratin.
keratocele
keratocele
noun
(ophthalmology) A herniation of Descemet's membrane in the eye.
keratoconi
keratohyal
keratoidea
keratomata
keratoncus
keratophyr
keratotome
keratotome
noun
The surgical instrument used in keratotomy.
keratotomy
keratotomy
noun
(medicine) A surgical incision in the cornea.
keystrokes
keystrokes
noun
plural of keystroke
khartoumer
kicksorter
kicksorter
noun
A device for analyzing the amplitudes of electrical pulses.
kidneyroot
kidneywort
kidneywort
noun
hepatica (Hepatica spp.)
navelwort
kilometers
kilometers
noun
plural of kilometer
kilometric
kilometric
adj
Measured in kilometres/kilometers
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
knobnoster
kopperston
koreishite
korntonder
krageroite
kratogenic
kreitonite
kristoffer
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
kryokonite
kryptomere
kryptonite
kryptonite
noun
(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel.
kurtosises
linkeditor
loranskite
mantlerock
masterwork
masterwork
noun
(obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel.
(obsolete) An act of primary importance.
A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master.
A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.
matronlike
matronlike
adj
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
mckeesport
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
metalworks
metalworks
noun
A factory where metal is processed.
plural of metalwork
meteorlike
meteorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a meteor.
mortarlike
mortarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of mortar.
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
motherlike
motherlike
adj
Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
networking
networking
noun
The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.
The use of computer networks.
verb
present participle of network
nonstriker
nonstriker
noun
One who is not participating in an industrial strike.
nonthinker
nonthinker
noun
One who is not a thinker.
nontrunked
nontrunked
adj
Not trunked.
oosterbeek
oratorlike
oratorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an orator.
outbreaker
outbreaker
noun
One who breaks out; an escapee from prison.
outcricket
outflanker
outflanker
noun
(military) One who is positioned so as to outflank the enemy in combat.
outskirter
outskirter
noun
One who lives on the outskirts.
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outspeaker
outspeaker
noun
One who speaks out.
outtricked
outtricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrick
outworkers
outworkers
noun
plural of outworker
overjacket
overstocks
overstocks
noun
plural of overstock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstock
overstrike
overstrike
noun
(computing, uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)
(numismatics) A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once.
(typography) The printing of one character over another, as - on top of L to produce Ł.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To overreach oneself while striking.
(transitive) To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.).
(transitive) To strike (something) too hard.
overstruck
overstruck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overstrike
overtakers
overtakers
noun
plural of overtaker
overtaking
overtaking
noun
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
verb
present participle of overtake
overtalker
overtalker
noun
One who talks excessively.
overtasked
overtasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtask
oysterlike
oysterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an oyster.
parrotbeak
parrotlike
parrotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parrot.
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
perkinston
perofskite
perofskite
noun
Alternative form of perovskite
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.