(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(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
anakoluthia
angakut
angekut
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
antiduke
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antinuke
antinuke
adj
Opposed to nuclear weapons.
noun
(informal) One who opposes nuclear weapons.
antiturnpikeism
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
anukit
areskutan
arosaguntacook
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
auldfarrantlike
auntlike
auntlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.
autoalkylation
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
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
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.
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bankruptship
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
beothukan
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
biscuitmaking
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blacktongue
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.
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
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
buckatunna
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
buckeystown
bucklandite
buckstone
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.
bukittinggi
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bumpkinet
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
burkburnett
burrknot
buttermaking
buttinski
buttinski
noun
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Alternative spelling of buttinsky
buttinskies
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
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
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
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
caratunk
chaunoprockt
choukoutien
chuckfarthing
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
chutzpanik
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
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
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
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.
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.
counterdike
counterlocking
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
counterprick
counterreckoning
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
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
cuckoopint
cuckoopint
noun
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
cuckoopintle
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cuittikin
cutbank
cutbank
noun
(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
cutbanks
cutbanks
noun
plural of cutbank
cutikin
cuttikin
cuttyhunk
cuttyhunk
noun
(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.
dashnaktzutiun
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
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.
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink