(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
burkites
buttrick
jakfruit
kaieteur
klutzier
klutzier
adj
comparative form of klutzy: more klutzy
kodurite
kraurite
krausite
krausite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
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.
murkiest
murkiest
adj
superlative form of murky: most murky
outdrink
outdrink
verb
(transitive) To drink more than (someone else).
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.
reitbuck
reitbuck
noun
Alternative form of reitbok (“reedbuck”)
takrouri
tatukira
trickful
trinkums
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
truelike
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
tughriks
tughriks
noun
plural of tughrik
turflike
turflike
adj
Resembling turf or some aspect of it.
turfskis
turklike
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.
turnskin
turnskin
noun
(obsolete) Someone who can change their skin at will, especially into that of a wolf; a werewolf.
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.
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.