(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.
backadation
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backpointer
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
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
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blackington
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blacktongue
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
captaincook
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
chalkotheke
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
cheektowaga
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockatrices
cockatrices
noun
plural of cockatrice
cocktailing
cocktailing
noun
Work as a cocktail waitress.
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.
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countertack
crackpotism
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
dockization
dockization
noun
conversion of an area of water into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
downpatrick
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
flatterdock
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
jacksonport
jacksontown
kalymmocyte
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
karyomitoic
katacrotism
katamorphic
keratectomy
keratectomy
noun
(surgery) An operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis
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
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
keratolytic
keratolytic
adj
Pertaining to keratolysis.
noun
Any substance that promotes keratolysis.
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.
knockabouts
knockabouts
noun
plural of knockabout
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peacockiest
peacockiest
adj
superlative form of peacocky: most peacocky
picketboats
picketboats
noun
plural of picketboat
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
prokaryotic
prokaryotic
adj
Of cells, lacking a nucleus.
Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
racketproof
rockhampton
rockhampton
Proper noun
A village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Proper noun
A regional city of Queensland, Australia.
rockhearted
sackclothed
sackclothed
adj
Dressed in sackcloth.
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
skeltonical
smokestacks
smokestacks
noun
plural of smokestack
soundtracks
soundtracks
noun
plural of soundtrack
spatterdock
spatterdock
noun
A species of water lily, Nuphar advena
stackhousia
starchworks
stockfather
stockhausen
stockmaking
stocktaking
stocktaking
noun
the act of taking an inventory of merchandise etc.
the reappraisal of a situation or of one's prospects
tandstickor
tchaikovsky
tchaikovsky
Proper noun
definition usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
terracework
ticktacktoe
ticktacktoo
tobaccolike
tobaccolike
adj
Resembling tobacco or some aspect of it.
trackbarrow
tunkhannock
tunkhannock
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
unactorlike
unactorlike
adj
Not actorlike.
waterlocked
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.