A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
checkups
checkups
noun
plural of checkup
chempaduk
chuipek
dikelocephalus
dukeship
dukeship
noun
The quality or condition of being a duke.
gumpoldskirchner
housekeep
housekeep
noun
(archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
housekkept
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
humperdinck
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
kampuchea
keraphyllous
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
ketchup
ketchup
noun
(countable, now rare) Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
(uncountable, chiefly US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup.. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.
verb
(transitive) To cover with ketchup.
ketchups
ketchups
noun
plural of ketchup
keypunch
keypunch
noun
(computing) A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
(computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
verb
To use such a device or machine
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kornephorus
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
leukophoresis
leukophoresis
noun
Leukapheresis.
nonhousekeeping
nonhousekeeping
adj
Not of or relating to housekeeping.
packhouse
packhouse
noun
A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
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.
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
perukiership
petrouchka
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.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
phuket
phuket
Proper noun
Phuket Province, a province in the southern of Thailand
The island where Phuket Province located
A city on the island of Phuket
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
plushlike
plushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plush.
pockhouse
pouchlike
pouchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
poughkeepsie
poughkeepsie
Proper noun
a city in New York State, USA
preearthquake
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
preshrunken
psychoquackeries
puckerbush
puckermouth
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
pukishness
punchlike
punchlike
adj
Resembling a punch (tool for punching holes).
Resembling or characteristic of punch (the drink).
quakership
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
serpukhov
shakeup
shakeup
noun
A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.
shakeups
shakeups
noun
plural of shakeup
shkupetar
shuckpen
shunpike
shunpike
noun
A side road or route.
verb
To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.
shunpiked
shunpiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shunpike
shunpiker
shunpiker
noun
One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
shunpikes
shunpikes
noun
plural of shunpike
skeuomorph
skeuomorph
noun
A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphic
adj
(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.