(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
akhundzada
anakoluthia
ankush
ankusha
ankushes
ankushes
noun
plural of ankush
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
auchinleck
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
bankruptship
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
beothukan
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bukharin
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bushmaking
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
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
chalukyan
chanukah
chaunoprockt
chemakuan
chimakuan
chuckfarthing
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chunkhead
chutzpanik
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
cruickshank
cruikshank
dashnaktzutiun
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dhanuk
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
earthquaken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
frankenmuth
frankhouse
haikun
haimsucken
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hakenkreuze
hakenkreuzler
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hankul
hanukkah
hanukkah
Proper noun
An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.
hawknut
hawknut
noun
Synonym of kippernut
heilungkiang
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hubmaking
hughmanick
hukawng
humankind
humankind
noun
The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
humanlike
humanlike
adj
Having characteristics of a human.
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
noun
Either of two species, Rhinecanthus aculeatus and Rhinecanthus rectangulus, of triggerfishes native to the reefs of Hawaii.
hunchakist
hunchback
hunchback
noun
(derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
One who is stooped or hunched over.
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
hunkpapa
hunyak
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
huskanaw
huskanaw
noun
(historical) A Powhatan initiation ritual for boys, involving fasting and narcotics.
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
jackpuddinghood
joukahainen
kahuna
kahuna
noun
(Hawaii) A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
(surfing) A great surfer.
kahunas
kahunas
noun
plural of kahuna
kamadhenu
kanchenjunga
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
karshuni
kashubian
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
kathmandu
kavanaugh
kechuan
kechuans
kechumaran
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
keraulophon
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.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
keraunophonic
khachaturian
khanum
khanum
noun
(historical) An aristocratic lady in the Middle East or South Asia.
khoumaini
khulna
khulna
Proper noun
A prefecture-level city in Khulna District, western Bangladesh
khuzistan
kinchinjunga
kinkhaust
kitunahan
kiungshan
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
knuckleheaded
knuckleheaded
adj
Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
knuckleheadedness
knuckleheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being knuckleheaded; foolishness or ineptitude.
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
koridethianus
kraunhia
kuangchou
kuchean
kuchean
Proper noun
The Tocharian B language.
kuehneola
kuhlman
kuhnau
kuhnia
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
lunkhead
lunkhead
noun
(derogatory, informal) A fool or idiot.
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
manchukuo
manchukuo
Proper noun
A Japanese-controlled puppet state in Manchuria that existed from 1932 to 1945.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
nachtmusik
nashwauk
nkrumah
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
nukuhivan
nunapitchuk
nunchaku
nunchaku
noun
(countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord.
(uncountable) The skill of using this weapon in martial arts.
outlandishlike
outthank
outthank
verb
(transitive) To surpass in thanking; to give more thanks than.
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outthanks
outthanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthank
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
pakhtun
pankhurst
pfannkuchen
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phitsanulok
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates