A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archworkmaster
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
backhoes
backhoes
noun
plural of backhoe
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
blagoveshchensk
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
chalkosideric
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chechakos
checkbooks
checkbooks
noun
plural of checkbook
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrooms
checkrooms
noun
plural of checkroom
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkstone
cheechakos
cheechakos
noun
plural of cheechako
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
chemokinesis
chemokinesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
cherokees
chickories
chickories
noun
plural of chickory
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chokeberries
chokeberries
noun
plural of chokeberry
chokecherries
chokecherries
noun
plural of chokecherry
chokers
chokers
noun
plural of choker
chokes
chokes
noun
plural of choke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choke
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chokeys
chokeys
noun
plural of chokey
chokies
chokies
noun
plural of choky
chokiest
chokiest
adj
superlative form of choky: most choky
chokoloskee
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
choleokinase
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chookies
chookies
noun
plural of chookie
chopsockies
chopsockies
noun
plural of chopsocky
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clockhouse
clockhouse
noun
(architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
(architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockhorse
cockhorse
adj
(figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
noun
(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
(obsolete) A high or tall horse.
cockhorses
cockhorses
noun
plural of cockhorse
cockishness
cockleshell
cockleshell
noun
A small, flimsy boat.
The shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
cockleshells
cockleshells
noun
plural of cockleshell
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cockneyship
cockroaches
cockroaches
noun
plural of cockroach
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cockshies
cockshies
noun
plural of cockshy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockshy
conshohocken
cookhouse
cookhouse
noun
A small building where cooking takes place.
cookhouses
cookhouses
noun
plural of cookhouse
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
crookshouldered
crosscheck
crosscheck
noun
(ice hockey) A penalty where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick.
(lacrosse) A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.
verb
(lacrosse) To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.
To re-examine; to double-check.
crosshackle
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people
czechoslovakia
czechoslovakian
czechoslovakian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
Noun
A person from Czechoslovakia.
czechoslovakians
czechoslovaks
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
diadochokinesia
diadochokinesia
noun
Alternative form of diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
noun
The action of alternately flexing and extending a limb
dikelocephalus
dockhouse
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
droschken
duckhouse
dyakisdodecahedron
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
echikson
electroshock
electroshock
noun
(An) electric shock.
(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
verb
(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
forecheckers
forecheckers
noun
plural of forechecker
foreshock
foreshock
noun
(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
glossokinesthetic
gumpoldskirchner
hackettstown
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
havockers
havockers
noun
plural of havocker
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
headstock
headstock
noun
(mining) A headframe.
(rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
A beam that supports a bell.
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
hemlocks
hemlocks
noun
plural of hemlock
hendrickson
hescock
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hickories
hickories
noun
plural of hickory
hickscorner
highpockets
hockers
hockers
noun
plural of hocker
hockessin
hockeys
hockeys
noun
plural of hockey
hoecakes
hoecakes
noun
plural of hoecake
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
homesick
homesick
adj
(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
homesickly
homesickly
adv
In a homesick way.
homesickness
homesickness
noun
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
homesicknesses
homesicknesses
noun
plural of homesickness
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
horseback
horseback
adv
On the back of a horse.
noun
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
horsejockey
horselock
hosecock
hotcakes
hotcakes
noun
plural of hotcake
housewrecker
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.