(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beothukan
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
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
choukoutien
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
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.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
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.
evtushenko
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
housekkept
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
kedushoth
ketuboth
kevutzoth
khartoumer
kithogue
kohoutek
konigshutte
koridethianus
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
leukocythemia
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.
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
melkhout
melkhout
noun
(South Africa) The milkwood tree.
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
outkitchen
outkitchen
noun
An outbuilding used as a kitchen.
outlandishlike
outshake
outshake
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
outshriek
outshriek
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shrieking.
outskirmisher
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
petrouchka
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
puckermouth
rothermuck
routhercock
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
scutcheonlike
shakeout
shakeout
noun
(engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
shuttlecock
shuttlecock
noun
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
(uncountable, dated) The game of badminton.
verb
To move rapidly back and forth.
To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.
shuttlecocked
shuttlecocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shuttlecock
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
shuttlecocks
shuttlecocks
noun
plural of shuttlecock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shuttlecock
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
snakemouths
snakemouths
noun
plural of snakemouth
stackhousiaceae
stackhousiaceous
steaakhouse
steakhouse
steakhouse
noun
A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
steakhouses
steakhouses
noun
plural of steakhouse
stockhausen
stockhouse
thelyotokous
thelytokous
thelytokous
adj
That produces female offspring (only)
thunderstroke
thunderstroke
noun
thunderbolt
toughkenamon
troughlike
troughlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
tuckahoe
tuckahoe
noun
(uncommon, US, Virginia dialect, largely obsolete) A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Any edible root of a plant used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
The sclerotium of the wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
The wild potato, the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica.