(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
archworkmaster
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
backpointers
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
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
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
cockatrices
cockatrices
noun
plural of cockatrice
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
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
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
crackpottedness
croakiest
croakiest
adj
superlative form of croaky: most croaky
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
electrokinematics
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
kakistocracies
kakistocracies
noun
plural of kakistocracy.
karyosystematics
karyosystematics
noun
The systematics of karyotypes
keratectomies
keratectomies
noun
plural of keratectomy
keratocentesis
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
keratoconus
keratoconus
noun
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve
keratohelcosis
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
keratoncus
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keratoscope
keratoscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An ophthalmic instrument for assessing the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
keratoscopy
keratoscopy
noun
(ophthalmology) The measurement of the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
keratosic
keratosic
Adjective
Relating to keratosis.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
markgenossenschaft
microleukoblast
octakishexahedron
octakishexahedron
noun
(geometry, rare) A polyhedron with 48 faces.
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
postcardlike
postcardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
noun
An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.
schoolmasterlike
sclerokeratitis
sclerokeratoiritis
scleroskeletal
shortcake
shortcake
noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
shortcakes
shortcakes
noun
plural of shortcake
skeletomuscular
skeletomuscular
adj
Relating to the skeleton and muscles.
spatterdock
spatterdock
noun
A species of water lily, Nuphar advena
spatterdocks
spatterdocks
noun
plural of spatterdock
splatterdock
splatterdock
noun
Alternative form of spatterdock (“species of water lily”)
stickadore
stockateer
stockateer
noun
A stockbroker who operates fraudulently.
stockbrokerage
stockbrokerage
noun
stockbroking
stockfather
stockmaker
stocktaker
stocktaker
noun
One who stocktakes.
superacknowledgment
thermokinematics
triakisicosahedral
triakisicosahedron
triakisoctahedral
triakisoctahedrid
triakisoctahedron
triakisoctahedron
noun
(crystallography) A trigonal trisoctahedron.
visceroskeletal
visceroskeletal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, of the viscera.