A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
ankerhold
antikathode
antikathode
noun
Dated form of anticathode.
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhandedly
backhandedness
backhandedness
noun
(of writing) Leftward slant.
Backwardness of direction.
Deceit or neglect.
Indirection.
Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
The use of a backward flip of the hand.
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
bankhead
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
brakehand
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
chickenbreasted
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chickenhood
chickenhood
noun
The state or period of being a chicken.
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chinked
chinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chink
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chronodeik
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chunked
chunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunk
chunkhead
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
dankishness
dankishness
noun
The quality of being dankish.
darkheartedness
darkishness
darkishness
noun
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
deathlikeness
deckhand
deckhand
noun
(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
(theater) A stagehand.
verb
(intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
dehkan
deknight
dhodheknisos
diadochokinesia
diadochokinesia
noun
Alternative form of diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
noun
The action of alternately flexing and extending a limb
diadochokinetic
diadochokinetic
adj
Relating to diadochokinesis.
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketone
dneprodzerzhinsk
dolphinlike
dolphinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
donkeyish
donkeyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.
doohinkey
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
dovzhenko
droschken
duskishness
duskishness
noun
Quality of being duskish.
dyakisdodecahedron
dzerzhinsk
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
endshake
finchbacked
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
frankhearted
frankheartedly
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
gumpoldskirchner
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
hackneyedly
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
handbanker
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
handbrake
handbrake
noun
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
handistroke
handkercher
handkercher
noun
Obsolete form of handkerchief.
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
handkerchiefs
handkerchieves
handkerchieves
noun
plural of handkerchief
handlike
handlike
adj
Resembling a hand.
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
handshake
handshake
noun
(computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
verb
(computing) To perform a handshake with another device.
To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handshakes
handshakes
noun
plural of handshake
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
hanked
hanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hank
hankered
hankered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hanker
harkened
harkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harken
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
headshrinker
headshrinker
noun
Alternative form of head-shrinker
headskin
headworking
hearkened
hearkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hearken
hedgemaking
hedgemaking
noun
The construction of hedges.
heindrick
hendrick
hendricks
hendrickson
hendrik
hendrika
henpecked
henpecked
adj
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.
heraklidan
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hexakistetrahedron
hexakistetrahedron
noun
A polyhedron with 24 faces.
hinddeck
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honked
honked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of honk
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
hoodwinked
hoodwinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hookedness
hookedness
noun
The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
houndlike
houndlike
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
humperdinck
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hundredwork
hunkered
hunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hunker
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
huskened
hydrofranklinite
hydrokineter
hydrokinetic
hydrokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics
Of or pertaining to the kinetic energy of moving fluids
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hydroxyketone
hydroxyketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
inkholder
inkholder
noun
A container for ink.
inkshed
inkshed
noun
The writing of polemical letters or articles.
interchoked
jerkinhead
jerkinhead
noun
(architecture) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
kaleidophon
kaleidophon
noun
Alternative form of kaleidophone
kaleidophone
kaleidophone
noun
(obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate, that produces optical figures that correspond to the mode of vibration of the rod or plate