(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
bradykinins
bradykinins
noun
plural of bradykinin
bradyteleokinesis
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
cylinderlike
cylinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cylinder.
daydreamlike
daydreamlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a daydream.
dickeybird
dickybird
dikaryon
dikaryon
noun
(biology) A hypha that has two nuclei.
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
dikaryophasic
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dikaryophytic
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
diskery
diskery
noun
(dated, music) A phonograph-record manufacturer; a shop that sells phonograph records.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
diyarbakir
diyarbekir
dobrinsky
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkably
drinkery
drinkery
noun
(informal) A place where alcoholic drinks are served; a public house.
drinky
drinky
noun
(slang, informal or baby-talk) drink
drygalski
dyakisdodecahedron
dyskeratosis
dyskeratosis
noun
(medicine) Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
holidaymaker
holidaymaker
noun
(Britain) someone who is on holiday
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
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
hydroski
hydroski
noun
A ski allowing a seaplane to land on water.
hygrodeik
hygrodeik
noun
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
kailyard
kailyard
noun
(Scotland) A kitchen garden.
A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
kailyarder
kailyarder
noun
A writer of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
kailyardism
kailyardism
noun
The writing style of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
kailyards
kailyards
noun
plural of kailyard
kalandariyah
karyatid
karyatid
noun
Alternative form of caryatid
karyolysidae
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
kidneyroot
kidneywort
kidneywort
noun
hepatica (Hepatica spp.)
navelwort
kindheartedly
kindheartedly
adv
In a kindhearted manner.
kindredly
kindredly
adj
Characteristic of kindred; showing kinship.
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.
kirkyard
kirkyard
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
kittycornered
kshatriyahood
kshatriyahood
noun
The quality of being a kshatriya.
ladykiller
ladykiller
noun
Alternative spelling of lady-killer
lyricked
overkindly
overkindly
adj
Excessively kindly.
prickmedainty
pyramidlike
pyramidlike
adj
Resembling a pyramid.
rickyard
rickyard
noun
A farmyard where hayricks are stored.
rudinsky
skydiver
skydiver
noun
Someone who skydives.
skydivers
skydivers
noun
plural of skydiver
skyrgaliard
skyriding
spidermonkey
stinkardly
tiddlywinker
tiddlywinker
noun
(tiddlywinks) A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
undertakingly
undrinkably
undrinkably
adv
Such that it cannot be drunk.
unkindredly
unkindredly
adj
Not befitting kindred or family.
winterdykes
wrinkledy
wrinkledy
adj
(colloquial) wrinkled; wrinkly
yardstick
yardstick
noun
(figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.