(of a brake system) Designed to maintain traction on a slippery surface.
(of a surface) Designed to increase friction, and thereby reduce the possibility of skid.
noun
(aviation) Antiskid braking.
antiskidding
antiskidding
adj
antiskid
asterisked
asterisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asterisk
awkwardest
awkwardest
adj
superlative form of awkward: most awkward
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backscattered
backscattered
verb
past participle of backscatter
backstabbed
backstabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstab
backstamped
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstrapped
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
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.
betusked
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blackshirted
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blockbusted
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
bloodstocks
bloodstocks
noun
plural of bloodstock
bloodstroke
bloodstroke
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
bodstick
bookstand
bookstand
noun
A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
A small stall where books are sold.
A stand, made for holding books open.
bradyteleokinesis
breadbasket
breadbasket
noun
(agriculture) A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
(humorous) The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
A basket used for storing or carrying bread.
breadbaskets
breadbaskets
noun
plural of breadbasket
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
bridestake
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
candlestick
candlestick
noun
(finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
(gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
verb
(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
To adorn with candlesticks.
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
candlesticked
candlesticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of candlestick
candlesticks
candlesticks
noun
plural of candlestick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of candlestick
candlestickward
candystick
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
casketed
casketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casket
checklisted
checklisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checklist
chickenbreasted
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
crackpottedness
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crooksterned
dakoities
dakoities
noun
plural of dakoity
dakoits
dakoits
noun
plural of dakoit
dakotans
dakotas
daktylos
daktyls
dankest
dankest
adj
superlative form of dank: most dank
darkest
darkest
adj
superlative form of dark: most dark
darkheartedness
darkliest
darkliest
adv
(literary, dated) superlative form of darkly: most darkly
dashnakist
dashnaktzutiun
dawnstreak
daystreak
deathlikeness
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
deerstalker
deerstalker
noun
One who takes part in deer stalking.
deerstalkers
deerstalkers
noun
plural of deerstalker
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dekabrist
dekabrist
Noun
Decembrist
dekaliters
dekaliters
noun
plural of dekaliter
dekameters
dekameters
noun
plural of dekameter
dekastere
dekastere
noun
Alternative form of decastere
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
desertlike
desertlike
adj
Resembling a desert
desktop
desktop
adj
(computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
noun
(computing) A desktop computer.
(computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
(computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
(computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
The top surface of a desk.
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
detickers
deticks
deticks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detick
deuterotokous
deuterotokous
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
deutschemark
deutschmark
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
dickiest
dickiest
adj
superlative form of dicky: most dicky
dickinsonite
dickinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
diestocks
diestocks
noun
plural of diestock
dikast
dikast
noun
Alternative form of dicast (“juror in ancient Athens”)
diktats
diktats
noun
plural of diktat
dinkiest
dinkiest
adj
superlative form of dinky: most dinky
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
disjaskit
disjaskit
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out
diskette
diskette
noun
(computer hardware, dated) An 8-inch floppy disk.
(computing) A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
diskettes
diskettes
noun
plural of diskette
dismarket
dismarketed
dismarketing
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
dmitrevsk
dnepropetrovsk
dockets
dockets
noun
plural of docket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of docket
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
doketism
dokimastic
dokimastic
adj
Alternative form of docimastic
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.
doostoevsky
dorkiest
dorkiest
adj
superlative form of dorky: most dorky
dostoevski
dostoevsky
dostoievski
dostoyevski
dostoyevsky
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
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
dreikanters
dreikanters
noun
plural of dreikanter
drillstock
drillstock
noun
The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
duckstone
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
dukhobortsy
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
duskiest
duskiest
adj
superlative form of dusky: most dusky
duskingtide
dustlike
dustlike
adj
Resembling dust.
dustuck
dustuk
dyskeratosis
dyskeratosis
noun
(medicine) Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
eduskunta
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.