(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
billhook
billhook
noun
(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
verb
To use a billhook
billhooks
billhooks
noun
plural of billhook
birkhoff
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockish
blockish
adj
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Rude; clumsy; rough.
blockishly
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boehike
boghazkeui
bokchito
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bolsheviki
bolshevikian
bolshevikism
bolsheviks
bolsheviks
noun
plural of bolshevik
bookish
bookish
adj
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
bookishly
bookishly
adv
In a bookish manner.
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
bothlike
boychick
boychick
noun
Alternative form of boychik
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
boychik
boychik
noun
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for any special male with whom one is familiar.
boychiks
boychiks
noun
plural of boychik
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brickhood
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brockish
brockish
adj
(obsolete) beastly; brutal
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
brookesmith
brookshire
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
cherubikon
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chokeberries
chokeberries
noun
plural of chokeberry
dikephobia
dobchick
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
fliegerabwehrkanone
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
hoblike
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
kakorraphiaphobia
kashoubish
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kathemoglobin
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
kibosh
kibosh
noun
(Britain, slang, obsolete, rare) Bosh, nonsense.
(Britain, slang, obsolete, rare) Chiefly preceded by the: fashion, style.
(slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
verb
(transitive) To decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something).
kiboshed
kiboshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibosh
kiboshes
kiboshes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kibosh
kiboshing
kiboshing
verb
present participle of kibosh
kinetophobia
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
kobayashi
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
noun
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
koniophobia
kopophobia
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
neighborlike
neighborlike
adj
US standard spelling of neighbourlike.
neighborlikeness
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonbookish
nonbookishly
nonbookishness
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
oikophobia
oikophobia
noun
Dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
overbookish
overbookish
adj
Excessively bookish.
overbookishly
overbookishness
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
philbrook
sabathikos
schomburgkia
schoolbookish
schoolbookish
adj
Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
snakephobia
snakephobia
noun
Fear of snakes.
suikerbosch
textbookish
textbookish
adj
Characteristic of a textbook
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
tithebook
tobikhar
triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobe
noun
(rare) Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.
triskaidekaphobes
triskaidekaphobes
noun
plural of triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobia
triskaidekaphobia
noun
Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
turkophobia
turkophobist
unbluestockingish
unbookish
unbookish
adj
Not bookish.
unbookishly
unbookishly
adv
In an unbookish manner.
unbookishness
unbookishness
noun
The quality of being unbookish.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unneighborlike
unshockability
whiskbroom
whiskbroom
noun
A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.