(pathology) The condition of the urine having a higher than normal pH
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
bareknuckle
bauckiebird
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
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.
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).
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
bruckleness
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bullsticker
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bunkerville
burkburnett
burkesville
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
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).
buttermaker
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
chalkcutter
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chikmagalur
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cocksuckers
cocksuckers
noun
(vulgar) plural of cocksucker
cocksuredom
cocksureism
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
counterdike
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
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
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
cruickshank
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dejunkerize
demibuckram
deuterotoky
deuterotoky
noun
The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis.
deutschmark
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
duckhearted
dukhobortsy
earthquaked
earthquaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earthquake
earthquaken
earthquakes
earthquakes
noun
plural of earthquake
frankenmuth
frankfurter
frankfurter
noun
(UK, US, Canada) A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.
funfkirchen
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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.
hakenkreuze
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
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.
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
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.
humperdinck
hundredwork
interleukin
interleukin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
jacksonburg
jenkinsburg
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
junketeered
junketeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of junketeer
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
katharevusa
katipuneros
kennebunker
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
keraulophon
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
kettledrums
kettledrums
noun
plural of kettledrum
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
klausenburg
knackwursts
knackwursts
noun
plural of knackwurst
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
kookaburras
kookaburras
noun
plural of kookaburra
kornephorus
kornerupine
kornerupine
noun
(mineralogy) A rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe²⁺)₄(Al,Fe³⁺)₆(SiO₄,BO₄)₅(O,OH)₂, some varieties of which are valued as gemstones.
kornskeppur
krisuvigite
krisuvigite
noun
(mineralogy) brochantite
krugersdorp
krusenstern
kulturkampf
kulturkampf
noun
(historical) A conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck.
kulturkreis
kunstlieder
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leukorrheal
leukorrheal
adj
Relating to leukorrhea.
leukorrheas
leukorrheas
noun
plural of leukorrhea
leukorrhoea
leukorrhoea
noun
Alternative form of leukorrhea
leukotriene
leukotriene
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
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.
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
lurkingness
lurkingness
noun
Quality of lurking.
mantuamaker
mantuamaker
noun
A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
mitsukurina
motortrucks
motortrucks
noun
plural of motortruck
moussorgsky
mudskippers
mudskippers
noun
plural of mudskipper
murkinesses
murkinesses
noun
plural of murkiness
musketproof
musketproof
adj
resistant to damage by muskets
natureliked
numskullery
nursekeeper
nutcrackers
nutcrackers
noun
plural of nutcracker
nutcrackery
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outdrinking
outdrinking
verb
present participle of outdrink
outreckoned
outreckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outreckon