(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beothukan
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(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
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckholts
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
bucktooths
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
chaunoprockt
checkout
checkout
noun
(Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
An inspection or investigation.
The place in a supermarket where this is done.
The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
choukoutien
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
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.
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cockshuts
cockshuts
noun
plural of cockshut
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
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.
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
dukhobortsy
evtushenko
futhork
futhork
noun
Alternative spelling of futhorc
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
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
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
housekkept
huskroot
huskwort
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
kahlotus
karmouth
kedushoth
ketuboth
kevutzoth
khartoum
khartoum
Proper noun
Capital of the Sudan.
khartoumer
khlustino
kithogue
kohoutek
konigshutte
koridethianus
kossuth
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
kurthwood
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leukocythemia
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
melkhout
melkhout
noun
(South Africa) The milkwood tree.
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
nohuntsik
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
nuthook
nuthook
noun
(obsolete) A bailiff who metaphorically hooks or seizes malefactors; a policeman; a constable.
(obsolete) A thief who steals by means of a hook.
A hook on a pole to pull down boughs for gathering nuts.
oakhurst
outkitchen
outkitchen
noun
An outbuilding used as a kitchen.
outlandishlike
outshake
outshake
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
outshriek
outshriek
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shrieking.
outskirmish
outskirmisher
outthank
outthank
verb
(transitive) To surpass in thanking; to give more thanks than.
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outthanks
outthanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthank
outthink
outthink
verb
To best an opponent by thinking.
outthinking
outthinking
verb
present participle of outthink
outthinks
outthinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthink
outthwack
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
petrouchka
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phitsanulok
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
puckermouth
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
rothermuck
routhercock
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
scutcheonlike
shakeout
shakeout
noun
(engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
shuttlecock
shuttlecock
noun
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
(uncountable, dated) The game of badminton.
verb
To move rapidly back and forth.
To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.
shuttlecocked
shuttlecocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shuttlecock
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
shuttlecocks
shuttlecocks
noun
plural of shuttlecock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shuttlecock
skouth
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
snakemouths
snakemouths
noun
plural of snakemouth
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
stackhousia
stackhousiaceae
stackhousiaceous
steaakhouse
steakhouse
steakhouse
noun
A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
steakhouses
steakhouses
noun
plural of steakhouse
stockhausen
stockhouse
sukkoth
taihoku
taurokathapsia
taurokathapsia
noun
(rare) Bull-leaping, as depicted in Bronze Age art, especially from Minoan Crete.
thankyou
thankyou
intj
(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of thank you
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of thank-you
thelyotokous
thelytokous
thelytokous
adj
That produces female offspring (only)
thoughtkin
thoughtsick
thoughtsick
adj
Sick with worry.
throughknow
thunderstroke
thunderstroke
noun
thunderbolt
thurrock
thurrock
noun
(nautical, obsolete) The hold of a ship; also, the bilge.
touchback
touchback
noun
(American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.
touchbacks
touchbacks
noun
plural of touchback
touchmark
touchmark
noun
(archaic) The manufacturer's official identifying sign, impressed into a pewter object.
(archaic, rare) A symbol, sign, or other inscribed indication used to aid the alignment, calibration, or other adjustment of a measuring device or scientific instrument.
toughkenamon
trackhound
troughlike
troughlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
tuckahoe
tuckahoe
noun
(uncommon, US, Virginia dialect, largely obsolete) A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Any edible root of a plant used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
The sclerotium of the wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
The wild potato, the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica.