(US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
(informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
(originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
(printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
(printing, informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.
A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
hickeyes
hickeys
hickeys
noun
plural of hickey
hickory
hickory
adj
Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
noun
(countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
(countable, golf, informal) A club made from this wood.
(uncountable) The wood of these trees.
A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
Carya illinoinensis is the source of pecan nuts.
hickorywithe
hickway
hickway
noun
Alternative form of hickwall
hicky
hicky
noun
Alternative form of hickey (“bruise-like mark of mouth on skin”)
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
hinckley
homesickly
homesickly
adv
In a homesick way.
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
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
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hyperkinetic
hyperkinetic
adj
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
(informal) Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
jockeylike
jockeylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jockey (rider of racehorses).
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
joystick
joystick
noun
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
verb
(rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
joysticks
joysticks
noun
plural of joystick
kakistocracy
kakistocracy
noun
Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.
kaleidoscopically
kaleidoscopically
adv
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
kanamycin
kanamycin
noun
(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyokinetic
karyokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
karyolitic
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
karyological
karyological
adj
karyologic
karyologically
karyologically
adv
By means of, or with reference to, karyology
karyolytic
karyolytic
adj
relating to, or causing karyolysis
karyomicrosome
karyomitoic
karyomitotic
karyomitotic
adj
Relating to karyomitosis.
karyoplasmatic
karyoplasmic
karyoplasmic
adj
Relating to, or composed of karyoplasm
karyoschisis
karyosystematics
karyosystematics
noun
The systematics of karyotypes
karyotypic
karyotypic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to karyotypes
karyotypical
karyotypical
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of a karyotype
katabolically
katalytic
katalytic
adj
Alternative form of catalytic
keltically
kenogenetically
keratolytic
keratolytic
adj
Pertaining to keratolysis.
noun
Any substance that promotes keratolysis.
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kerystic
kerystic
adj
(religion, rare) Concerning preaching, particularly preaching of the gospels.
kerystics
ketolytic
ketolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That causes the decomposition of ketones
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
keyserlick
kickseys
kicky
kicky
adj
(cricket) Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly).
Characterised by kicking motions.
Lively, exciting, thrilling.
kilocycle
kilocycle
noun
(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.
A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
kilocycles
kilocycles
noun
plural of kilocycle
kilomegacycle
kilomegacycle
noun
gigahertz (1000 megacycles)
kinaesthetically
kinaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of kinesthetically
kinematically
kinematically
adv
In a kinematic manner
With regard to kinematics
kinematographically
kinesically
kinesically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, kinesics.
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kinetically
kinetically
adv
Concerning kinetics.
In a kinetic manner.
kinetogenetically
kinorhyncha
kionectomy
kirkcaldy
kirkcaldy
Proper noun
a town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (as it was called then) between 1975 and 1996.
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
kitcheny
kitcheny
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a kitchen.
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
kitschy
kitschy
adj
Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
kittycorner
kittycornered
kluczynski
knickknackatory
knickknackatory
noun
(rare) A collection of knick-knacks.
knickknackery
knickknackery
noun
Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
knickknacky
koilanaglyphic
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
kritarchy
kritarchy
noun
Rule by judges.
kryptic
kryptic
adj
Of or relating to krypsis.
krypticism
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
kylikec
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
kymric
kynurenic
kynurenic
adj
Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
kyphoscoliosis
kyphoscoliosis
noun
(medicine) Abnormal curvature of the spine in both coronal and sagittal planes; i.e. backward and lateral (sideways) spinal curvature.
kyphoscoliotic
kyphoscoliotic
adj
Relating to kyphoscoliosis.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
kyriologic
kyriologic
adj
kyriological
kyschtymite
lackadaisicality
lackadaisicality
noun
The quality of being lackadaisical.
lackadaisically
lackadaisically
adv
In a lackadaisical manner; without enthusiasm or interest; perfunctorily.
lackadaisy
lackadaisy
adj
(archaic) lackadaisical
intj
(archaic) lackaday
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
lackeyism
lackeyism
noun
Fawning servility.
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
lackwittedly
leschetizky
leukoctyoid
leukocythemia
leukocytic
leukocytic
adj
Relating to, or containing leukocytes
leukocytoid
leukocytoid
adj
Resembling a leukocyte
leukocytopenia
leukocytopenia
noun
(medicine) Leukopenia.
leukocytosis
leukocytosis
noun
Alternative spelling of leucocytosis
leukocytotic
lickerishly
lickerishly
adv
In a lickerish manner.
lickety
lickety
adv
(US, informal, usually compounded with a noun) At full speed, fast.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lilacky
lilacky
adj
Resembling lilac, especially in colour.
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
luckily
luckily
adv
In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
lyricked
lyricking
mackeyville
mackinboy
mayslick
mckinley
mckinney
mckinney
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
megakaryocytic
megakaryocytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes
mickery
mickery
noun
(Australia) A soak dug into the ground.
mickey
mickey
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) The vagina.
(Australia, informal) A well-known honeyeater, the Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia.
(Cockney rhyming slang) piss, shortened and more commonly used form of Mickey Bliss.
(US, slang) A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
(US, slang, dated, Depression Era) A potato.
(US, slang, obsolete) An Irish person.
(chiefly Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, holding 375 ml or 13 oz., typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
(chiefly Ireland, informal) The penis.
(computing) The resolution of a mouse: the smallest measurable distance it can move the cursor, used as a unit of length.
(rural Australia, informal) A young bull, especially one that is unbranded and running wild.
verb
To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.
mickeys
mickeys
noun
plural of mickey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mickey
micky
micky
noun
Alternative form of mickey (“young bull”)
mimmocky
miscookery
mockingly
mockingly
adv
Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.