a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
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.
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
backpointers
backstone
bakerstown
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
barkstone
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
beknots
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
blackstone
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bockstein
bonteboks
bonteboks
noun
plural of bontebok
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
bradyteleokinesis
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.
buckeystown
buckstone
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
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
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
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkstone
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.
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
cockstone
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstck
concertstuck
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
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
cytokineses
cytokineses
noun
plural of cytokinesis
cytokinesis
cytokinesis
noun
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
cytoskeleton
cytoskeleton
noun
A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
dickinsonite
dickinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
dnepropetrovsk
donetsk
donetsk
Proper noun
A city on the Kalmius river in the Donbas region of Ukraine, administrative centre of Donetsk province.
Donetsk province (oblast), in eastern Ukraine.
A town on the Donets river in Russia.
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
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
duckstone
ectoskeleton
ectoskeleton
noun
Alternative form of exoskeleton
ekaterinoslav
electrokinematics
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
endoskeletal
endoskeletal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
endoskeleton
endoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
endoskeletons
endoskeletons
noun
plural of endoskeleton
enterokinase
enterokinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin
enterokinesia
evtushenko
exoskeleton
exoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
exoskeletons
exoskeletons
noun
plural of exoskeleton
folkestone
folkestone
Proper noun
A coastal town in Kent, England
foretokens
foretokens
noun
plural of foretoken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretoken
frankforters
frithsoken
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
gentlefolks
gentlefolks
noun
Synonym of gentlefolk
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
hackettstown
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.
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.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
ilkeston
ilkeston
Proper noun
A town in Derbyshire, England.
inkstone
inkstone
noun
A stone mortar used for the grinding and containment of ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.
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
isokontae
jacksonite
jacksonite
Noun
A Jacksonian.
jackstone
jackstone
noun
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
jackstones
jackstones
noun
plural of jackstone
jestingstock
kathenotheism
kathenotheism
noun
Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.