(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
autarkically
autarkically
adv
In an autarkic way.
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptship
bareknuckled
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
biscuitmaker
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
buddenbrooks
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bushelbasket
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
businesslike
businesslike
adj
Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
buttermaking
butterworker
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttresslike
buttresslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
chaunoprockt
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
cocksureness
cocksureness
noun
the state or condition of being cocksure
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
counterprick
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cuckoomaiden
cuckoopintle
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deutschemark
doppelkummel
doublespeaks
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
ducklingship
dumbstricken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
flickermouse
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
fountainlike
fountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
frankfurters
frankfurters
noun
plural of frankfurter
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluelikeness
graustarkian
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
heilungkiang
honeystucker
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
housebreaker
housebreaker
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
housewrecker
hucklebacked
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
hurleyhacket
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
interleukins
interleukins
noun
plural of interleukin
journeyworks
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
kalymmaukion
kamelaukions
kanchenjunga
katsuwonidae
keraphyllous
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keraulophone
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
keraunoscopy
ketosuccinic
ketosuccinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ketosuccinic acid or its derivatives
khachaturian
kinchinjunga
klutzinesses
knuckleballs
knuckleballs
noun
plural of knuckleball
knucklebones
knucklebones
noun
A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
plural of knucklebone
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
koelreuteria
kommandatura
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
koussevitzky
kulturkreise
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
lacklustrous
lacklustrous
adj
Synonym of lackluster
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
leucoplakial
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
adj
That tends to cause leukemia
leukoblastic
leukoblastic
adj
Relating to leukoblasts.
leukocytoses
leukocytoses
noun
plural of leukocytosis
leukocytosis
leukocytosis
noun
Alternative spelling of leucocytosis
leukocytotic
leukopedesis
leukoplakias
leukoplakias
noun
plural of leukoplakia
leukopoieses
leukopoiesis
leukopoiesis
noun
A form of hematopoiesis in which white blood cells are formed in bone marrow located in bones in adults and hematopoietic organs in the fetus
leukopoietic
leukopoietic
adj
Relating to leukopoiesis
leukorrhoeal
leukorrhoeal
adj
Alternative form of leukorrheal
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
liliuokalani
loudspeakers
loudspeakers
noun
plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
loudspeaking
lucklessness
lucklessness
noun
The state or condition of being luckless.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
mantuamaking
mantuamaking
noun
The manufacture of mantuas.
markleysburg
marlinsucker
monumentlike
monumentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monument.
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
mountainlike
mountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mountain.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankly
mulaprakriti
multiskilled
multiskilled
adj
Having multiple skills
multitasking
multitasking
noun
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.