A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
arosaguntacook
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
aspartokinase
aspartokinase
noun
(organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.
backpointers
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
bakerstown
barkstone
barnstock
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
bradyteleokinesis
branstock
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brookston
cabinetworks
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
clarkston
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstck
concertstuck
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
cornstook
counterattacks
counterattacks
noun
plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
countersunk
countersunk
adj
(of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface
verb
past participle of countersink
countersunken
crackpottedness
crooksterned
crookston
crookston
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
dnepropetrovsk
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
drakestone
ekaterinoslav
electrokinematics
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
enterokinase
enterokinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin
enterokinesia
foretokens
foretokens
noun
plural of foretoken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretoken
frankforters
frankforts
frankston
frithsoken
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
groupthinks
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
handistroke
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
heterokinesia
heterokinesis
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hexakistetrahedron
hexakistetrahedron
noun
A polyhedron with 24 faces.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hypokoristikon
inkhornist
inkhornist
noun
One who uses or favours inkhorn terms.
instroke
instroke
noun
An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft.
instrokes
instrokes
noun
plural of instroke
interlocks
interlocks
noun
plural of interlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlock
internetworks
internetworks
noun
plural of internetwork
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
interworks
interworks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwork
jacksonport
kantharos
kantharos
noun
Alternative form of cantharus (“ancient drinking-cup”)
karyotins
katipuneros
kenhorst
kenotrons
kenotrons
noun
plural of kenotron
keratinose
keratinous
keratinous
adj
Consisting of, or made from keratin.
keratocentesis
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
keratoconus
keratoconus
noun
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoncus
keratonosus
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
kerbstone
kerbstone
noun
A paving stone that forms part of a kerb
keynoters
keynoters
noun
plural of keynoter
keystoner
keystroking
keystroking
verb
present participle of keystroke
kinesiometer
kinesiometer
noun
Alternative form of kinesimeter
kinetochores
kinetochores
noun
plural of kinetochore
kingsport
kinosternidae
kinosternon
klingerstown
klystron
klystron
noun
(physics) an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
klystrons
klystrons
noun
plural of klystron
knightswort
knobnoster
knockwurst
knockwurst
noun
Alternative spelling of knackwurst
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
knotgrass
knotgrass
noun
An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland
Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas
knotgrasses
knotgrasses
noun
plural of knotgrass
knotters
knotters
noun
plural of knotter
knowperts
kongsbergite
kongsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of silver containing about 5% mercury
konzentrationslager
konzertmeister
kopperston
koranist
koreshanity
koridethianus
kremlinologist
kremlinologist
Noun
A person involved in Kremlinology.
kremlinologists
krinthos
kristianson
kronstadt
kryptons
kryptons
noun
plural of krypton
kurtistown
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
loranskite
magnitogorsk
magnitogorsk
Proper noun
A city in Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia.
markgenossenschaft
markstone
markstone
noun
a boundary stone
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
mininetworks
monsterlike
monsterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monster; monstrous, deformed.