(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
autarkic
autarkic
adj
Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.
autarkik
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
bruskest
bruskest
adj
superlative form of brusk: most brusk
bucketer
bucketer
noun
(finance) A bucket shop operator.
A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
burkhart
burkites
burrknot
buttrick
caratunk
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
frakfurt
frakturs
frakturs
noun
plural of fraktur
freakout
freakout
noun
(slang) A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
(slang) An occurrence of unrestrained or irrational behaviour.
futharks
futharks
noun
plural of futhark
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
huckster
huckster
noun
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
verb
(intransitive) To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
(transitive) To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner.
(transitive) To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
huskroot
huskwort
jakfruit
junketer
junketer
noun
Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer.
kaieteur
karafuto
karafuto
Proper noun
a Japanese prefecture (Karafuto-chō) on the South Sakhalin, commonly called South Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945.
karakurt
karakurt
noun
Synonym of malmignatte
karmouth
karthaus
kashruth
kashruts
khartoum
khartoum
Proper noun
Capital of the Sudan.
klutzier
klutzier
adj
comparative form of klutzy: more klutzy
kodurite
kotabaru
krakatau
kraurite
krausite
krausite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
kreutzer
kreutzer
noun
A medieval silver coin once used as currency in southern Germany and Austria.
kurikata
kurtosis
kurtosis
noun
(statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.
(statistics) Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
kurtzman
mudtrack
murkiest
murkiest
adj
superlative form of murky: most murky
musketry
musketry
noun
A collection of muskets or musketeers.
Musket fire.
The technique of using small arms such as muskets.
muskrats
muskrats
noun
plural of muskrat
muskroot
muskroot
noun
Adoxa (moschatel), especially Adoxa moschatellina, found in most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
Ferula moschata (syn. Ferula sumbul), a the tall umbelliferous plant
Nardostachys jatamansi (nard)
The root of F. moschata, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
nutcrack
nutcrack
verb
(of primates) To crack nuts for food.
oakhurst
outbarks
outbarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbark
outbreak
outbreak
noun
(figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
A sudden increase.
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”)
verb
(intransitive) To burst out or break forth.
outclerk
outdrank
outdrank
verb
simple past tense of outdrink
outdrink
outdrink
verb
(transitive) To drink more than (someone else).
outdrunk
outdrunk
verb
past participle of outdrink
outranks
outranks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank
outrocks
outrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrock
outskirt
outskirt
noun
A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.
verb
(transitive) To surround as an outskirt.
outtrick
outtrick
verb
(transitive) To surpass in trickery.
outworks
outworks
noun
plural of outwork
parukutu
puckster
puckster
noun
(US, Canada) An ice hockey player.
reitbuck
reitbuck
noun
Alternative form of reitbok (“reedbuck”)
restruck
restruck
verb
simple past tense of restrike
starbuck
strucken
studwork
studwork
noun
An arrangement of studs.
Upright timbers forming the framework of a wall.
stunkard
sturrock
subtrunk
takakura
takrouri
talukdar
talukdar
noun
(historical) An Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a taluk.
tatukira
thurrock
thurrock
noun
(nautical, obsolete) The hold of a ship; also, the bilge.
trickful
trinkums
truckage
truckage
noun
(obsolete) exchange; bartering; truck
a charge for this
the carrying of goods by truck
truckers
truckers
noun
plural of trucker
truckful
truckful
noun
As much as a truck can hold.
trucking
trucking
noun
(US) the conveyance of freight by trucks.
(broadcasting) Lateral movement of the camera.
(now rare) Trading, bartering.
moving quickly
walking
verb
present participle of truck
truckled
truckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of truckle
truckler
truckler
noun
One who truckles.
truckles
truckles
noun
plural of truckle
truckman
truckman
noun
One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.
One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
truckmen
truckmen
noun
plural of truckman
truckway
truckway
noun
A special road for the exclusive use of trucks.
truelike
trunkful
trunkful
noun
As much as a trunk will hold
trunking
trunking
noun
(UK) A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
(UK) Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
(business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations.
A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.
All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
verb
present participle of trunk
trunkway
tubework
tubework
noun
An assemblage of tubes.
tubmaker
tubmaker
noun
A manufacturer of tubs.
tuckered
tuckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tucker
tughriks
tughriks
noun
plural of tughrik
turflike
turflike
adj
Resembling turf or some aspect of it.
turfskis
turklike
turkoman
turkoman
Noun
one of the Turkmen ethnic group
Adjective
Of, or relating to, these people
turkomen
turnback
turnback
noun
(attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
turncock
turncock
noun
A person employed to turn on the water for the mains, to regulate the fireplugs, etc. for a water company.
A tap or faucet that regulates the flow of a fluid.
turnkeys
turnkeys
noun
plural of turnkey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turnkey
turnpike
turnpike
noun
(Scotland) A winding stairway.
(chiefly US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
(mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.
(military) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid,
verb
To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road, or into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
turnpoke
turnskin
turnskin
noun
(obsolete) Someone who can change their skin at will, especially into that of a wolf; a werewolf.
tutorkey
umstroke
umstroke
noun
(archaic) A boundary line, especially one at the outermost limit; an extreme edge.
(obsolete) The circumference or periphery of a circle.
unstrike
unstrike
noun
A collective action by members of a trade union in which they appear at work but protest in some way such as passing out leaflets or refusing to wear a uniform.
verb
(falconry) To loosen the strings that attach the hood on the bird's head.
To cause a blow not to have occurred.
To restore text that has been struck out.
unstruck
unstruck
adj
Not having been struck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unstrike
upmarket
upmarket
adj
Designed for customers with a high income.
adv
Towards the more expensive end of the market.
verb
To make or become upmarket.
upstrike
upstrike
noun
(often attributive) A kind of early typewriter whose typebar falls back into position under gravity after typing each character, with the disadvantage that typed characters are not immediately visible.