(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
gumpoldskirchner
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
kaleidescope
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope
noun
(figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.
verb
(intransitive) To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns.
kaleidoscopes
kaleidoscopes
noun
plural of kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic
adj
(figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
kaleidoscopical
kaleidoscopical
adj
Alternative form of kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopically
kaleidoscopically
adv
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
kinetoplastic
kinetoplastic
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
politickers
politickers
noun
plural of politicker
pollocksville
postcardlike
postcardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
pseudoleukemic
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
noun
An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
schoolkeeping
sicklepod
sicklepod
noun
Senna obtusifolia, a legume used in folk medicine.
spurlockville
stockpile
stockpile
noun
(mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
(specifically, military, weaponry) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
verb
(intransitive) To build up a supply; to accumulate.
(mining) To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
(specifically, military, weaponry) To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
stockpiled
stockpiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stockpile