(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
allokurtic
anakoluthia
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
autoalkylation
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
belouke
blackout
blackout
noun
(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A temporary loss of consciousness.
A temporary loss of memory.
An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
verb
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black out
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blacktongue
blaubok
blaubok
noun
(archaic) The bluebuck.
blauboks
blauboks
noun
plural of blaubok
blautok
blauwbok
blauwbok
noun
The bluebuck (extinct mammal).
blockaderunning
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
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
blockout
blockout
noun
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
blocksburg
blockus
bloodsuck
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bloubiskop
blouselike
blouselike
adj
Resembling a blouse.
bluebook
bluebook
noun
A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.
verb
(law) To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.
bluebooks
bluebooks
noun
plural of bluebook
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
boguslawsky
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
bookfuls
booklouse
booklouse
noun
Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocoptera.
bouckville
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
boutylka
buckholts
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullock
bullock
noun
(archaic) A young bull.
A castrated bull; an ox.
verb
To bully.
bullocker
bullockite
bullockman
bullocks
bullocks
intj
(slang, euphemistic) Expression of frustration.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) Testicles.
plural of bullock
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bullwork
bullyrock
bullyrook
bumclock
bunkload
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
buzzgloak
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chockfull
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
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.
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
cloudcuckooland
cloudcuckooland
noun
Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
coldturkey
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
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.
counterlocking
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
crookshouldered
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cuckold
cuckold
noun
(fetishism) A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.
cuckolded
cuckolded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckold
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
cuckoldom
cuckoldom
noun
(archaic) cuckoldry
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cuckoldry
cuckoldry
noun
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
The state of being a cuckold.
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cuckoopintle
cuckstool
culleoka
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
curlylocks
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
dikelocephalus
doppelkummel
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
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
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
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
elkmound
euktolite
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
flickermouse
flourlike
flourlike
Adjective
Resembling flour.
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
forkful
forkful
noun
The amount that a fork will hold.
forkfuls
forkfuls
noun
plural of forkful
forksful
foulk
fountainlike
fountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.