(archaic, historical) shell money used by Native American peoples of California
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
archikaryon
bacchuslike
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlighted
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
buckwashing
chackchiuma
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
chelyabinsk
chickabiddy
chickabiddy
noun
(childish) A chicken or similar bird.
Term of endearment for a young child or loved one.
chickamauga
chikmagalur
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
cruickshank
finchbacked
hackberries
hackberries
noun
plural of hackberry
hammocklike
hammocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hammock.
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
hatchetlike
hatchetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hatchet.
highjacking
highjacking
noun
Alternative form of hijacking
verb
present participle of highjack
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
jackanapish
jackanapish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jackanapes.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jinrickshas
jinrickshas
noun
plural of jinricksha
jinrickshaw
kamanichile
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
katamorphic
kawchodinne
kinaestheic
kinorhyncha
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
krishnaitic
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
machinelike
machinelike
adj
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
matchsticks
matchsticks
noun
plural of matchstick
microphakia
microphakia
noun
Abnormal small size of the lens of the eye.
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
nakhichevan
nakhichevan
Proper noun
historically a region of Greater Armenia, divided between the provinces Vaspurakan and Syunik; currently a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan, officially Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
the capital city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
nunapitchuk
packmanship
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
pickthankly
ratchetlike
ratchetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet.
reichsmarks
reichsmarks
noun
plural of reichsmark
rheumaticky
rheumaticky
adj
(colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism.
scholarlike
scholarlike
adj
scholarly
adv
in a scholarly fashion
scratchlike
scratchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scratch.
shacklewise
shammocking
shankpieces
shattuckite
shattuckite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper silicate hydroxide mineral.
shellacking
shellacking
noun
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
The act or process of coating with shellac.
verb
present participle of shellac
sickhearted
skiagraphic
skiagraphic
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphic
spinachlike
spinachlike
Adjective
Resembling spinach.
stackhousia
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
subakhmimic
switchbacks
switchbacks
noun
plural of switchback
tchaikovsky
tchaikovsky
Proper noun
definition usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.