A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blagoveshchensk
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bolshevikian
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
chalkone
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.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
chlorpikrin
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
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
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
czechoslovakian
czechoslovakian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
Noun
A person from Czechoslovakia.
czechoslovakians
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketone
dolphinlike
dolphinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
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
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
fliegerabwehrkanone
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
folkething
folkishness
folkishness
noun
The quality of being folkish.
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
gumpoldskirchner
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
haliplankton
haliplankton
noun
(biology) oceanic plankton
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
harpoonlike
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
hemiplankton
herakleion
herrenvolk
herrenvolk
noun
A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
herrenvolker
herrenvolks
herrenvolks
noun
plural of herrenvolk
hockling
hokaltecan
holidaymaking
holidaymaking
noun
(Britain) Going on holiday.
holking
holking
verb
present participle of holk
hollenbeck
holoplankton
holoplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
homelikeness
homelikeness
noun
The quality of being homelike.
honeylike
honeylike
adj
Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
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
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
hookland
hoolakin
hopkinsville
hopkinsville
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
hormonelike
hormonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
hornlike
hornlike
adj
Of a hard substance, similar to horn.
Projecting like a horn.
houndlike
houndlike
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
hounskull
hounskull
noun
A type of visor, drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or beak which improved ventilation and deflected blows, or a helmet having such a visor.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
hydrofranklinite
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hypoalkaline
hypoalkalinity
hypoplankton
hypoplanktonic
inkholder
inkholder
noun
A container for ink.
kalanchoe
kalanchoe
noun
Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
kaleidophon
kaleidophon
noun
Alternative form of kaleidophone
kaleidophone
kaleidophone
noun
(obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate, that produces optical figures that correspond to the mode of vibration of the rod or plate
kameelthorn
kathemoglobin
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keraulophon
keraulophone
khlustino
kilnhole
kilnhole
noun
The opening of a kiln into which material is fed.
kincheloe
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinglihood
kinglihood
noun
kingliness; majesty
kinloch
kjeldahlization
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
kluckhohn
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
kneehole
kneehole
noun
A space for the knees (and lower legs), especially under a desk.
kneeholes
kneeholes
noun
plural of kneehole
knightlihood
knightlihood
noun
Quality of being knightly.
knobloch
knothole
knothole
noun
(Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
knotholes
knotholes
noun
plural of knothole
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
kohlan
koilanaglyphic
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
kolkhoznik
kolkhoznik
noun
(Soviet Union) One who works on a kolkhoz.
kolkhozniki
kolkhozniki
noun
plural of kolkhoznik
kolkhozniks
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
kuehneola
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.
leeuwenhoek
loanshark
loanshark
noun
Alternative spelling of loan shark.
verb
To commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.
loansharking
loansharking
verb
present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
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.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.