(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
arosaguntacook
artukovic
autarkic
autarkic
adj
Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.
autarkical
autarkical
adj
Autarkic.
autarkically
autarkically
adv
In an autarkic way.
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
autotruck
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barkcutter
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
betuckered
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
biscuitmaker
biscuitmaking
blackbutt
blackbutt
noun
(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackout
blackout
noun
(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A temporary loss of consciousness.
A temporary loss of memory.
An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
verb
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black out
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blacktongue
blockbusted
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.
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.
blockout
blockout
noun
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
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.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bluetick
bluetick
noun
A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,
verb
(Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
buckatunna
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
bucketed
bucketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bucket
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucketer
bucketer
noun
(finance) A bucket shop operator.
A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckeystown
buckholts
bucklandite
buckplate
buckpot
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
bucksport
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buckstone
bucktail
bucktail
noun
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
bucktooths
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bullockite
bullsticker
burckhardt
butterback
buttock
buttock
noun
(nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
(usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
buttocks
buttocks
noun
plural of buttock.
buttrick
buttstock
buttstock
noun
The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
caratunk
chalkcutter
chaunoprockt
checkout
checkout
noun
(Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
An inspection or investigation.
The place in a supermarket where this is done.
The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
chikamatsu
choukoutien
chuckfarthing
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cockshuts
cockshuts
noun
plural of cockshut
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
coldturkey
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
cookout
cookout
noun
(US) A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.
cookouts
cookouts
noun
plural of cookout
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterattacks
counterattacks
noun
plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
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.
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterdike
counterlocking
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.
counterprick
counterreckoning
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
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.
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
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
countersunken
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.