(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
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
changepocket
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
cheektowaga
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
folkething
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
gottschalk
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
hektogram
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highpockets
hockingport
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
interchoking
kalokagathia
kalokagathia
noun
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.
karinghota
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kathemoglobin
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kithogue
kitthoge
knighthood
knighthood
noun
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"
The knights collectively, the body of knights.
The quality of being a knight.
knighthoods
knighthoods
noun
plural of knighthood
knightlihood
knightlihood
noun
Quality of being knightly.
knighton
knighton
Proper noun
a town in Powys, Wales, on the border with England. Its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England.
a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.
a suburb of Leicester, England.
a hamlet in Staffordshire, England, on the Shropshire border.
a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, part of Compton Beauchamp.
a hamlet near Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.
knightstown
knightswort
knownothingism
konigshutte
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
markgenossenschaft
mcknightstown
nightstock
nightwork
nightwork
noun
Work which is carried out at night.
nightworker
nonthinking
nonthinking
adj
(of a person) Tending not to think
(of an action) Done without forethought
noun
Not thinking; the absence of thought.
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outthinking
outthinking
verb
present participle of outthink
overthinking
overthinking
verb
present participle of overthink
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pharyngokeratosis
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
rodknight
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
smokefarthings
smoketight
smoketight
adj
impervious to smoke
spitchcocking
spitchcocking
verb
present participle of spitchcock
stethokyrtograph
stethokyrtograph
noun
An instrument for measuring a person's chest.
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.