A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
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.
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bareknuckle
blacktongue
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
bucklandite
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
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
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
earthquaken
ekatantalum
ekatantalum
noun
Alternative form of eka-tantalum
frankenmuth
frankfurter
frankfurter
noun
(UK, US, Canada) A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
hakenkreuze
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
jackqueline
joukahainen
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
kamelaukion
kamelaukion
noun
A stiff cylindrical head-covering worn for religious reasons in Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic traditions.
katipuneros
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
kentuckians
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
keratonosus
keraulophon
klausenburg
knisteneaux
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
leukopenias
leukopenias
noun
plural of leukopenia
leukotaxine
mantuamaker
mantuamaker
noun
A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses
menangkabau
milwaukeean
milwaukeean
Adjective
Of or relating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
minnewaukan
minnewaukan
Proper noun
a small city in North Dakota, USA, which is the county seat of
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
muskallonge
muskallunge
natureliked
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
nutcrackers
nutcrackers
noun
plural of nutcracker
nutcrackery
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
pfannkuchen
plumemaking
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
puritanlike
puritanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
quackenbush
quakinesses
quickenance
quickenance
noun
quickening
quickenbeam
reundertake
reundertake
verb
(transitive) To undertake again.
ruffianlike
ruffianlike
adj
Like a ruffian
saarbrucken
saucemaking
saucemaking
noun
(cooking) The making of sauces.
skullbanker
snakemouths
snakemouths
noun
plural of snakemouth
soundalikes
soundalikes
noun
plural of soundalike
squeakiness
squeakiness
noun
The state of being squeaky
squeakingly
squeakingly
adv
With a squeaking sound.
stockhausen
subalkaline
subalkaline
adj
Somewhat alkaline.
subtacksmen
supertanker
supertanker
noun
An extremely large tanker ship.
thankfuller
thankfuller
adj
comparative form of thankful: more thankful
trucemaking
tunnelmaker
turkomanize
tutankhamen
tutenkhamon
unactorlike
unactorlike
adj
Not actorlike.
unawakening
unawakening
adj
Not awakening; dormant, asleep.
unblackened
unblackened
adj
Not blackened.
unblanketed
unblanketed
adj
Not blanketed; not covered by a blanket.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
unbracketed
unbracketed
adj
Not bracketed.
unbreakable
unbreakable
adj
(figurative) Resilient.
(of a horse) Not able to be broken in.
Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.
noun
Something that cannot be broken.
unbreakably
unbreakably
adv
In an unbreakable manner.
unbrookable
unbrookable
adj
Not to be brooked or borne; intolerable.
unbuckramed
unbuckramed
adj
(archaic) Not stiffened with buckram; not stiff.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
uncloakable
uncloakable
adj
Not cloakable.
underbaking
underbaking
verb
present participle of underbake
underjacket
undertakers
undertakers
noun
plural of undertaker
undertakery
undertaking
undertaking
noun
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
verb
present participle of undertake
undreamlike
undreamlike
adj
Not dreamlike.
undrinkable
undrinkable
adj
Not drinkable.
noun
Anything not suitable for drinking.
unearmarked
unearmarked
adj
Not earmarked.
unfairylike
unfairylike
adj
Not fairylike.
unfrankable
unfrankable
adj
Not frankable; not eligible for being posted free of charge.
unfrankness
unfrankness
noun
The quality of being unfrank.
unfriarlike
unfriarlike
adj
Not friarlike.
unhackneyed
unhackneyed
adj
Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.
Unpractised, inexperienced.
uninvokable
uninvokable
adj
That cannot be invoked.
unkidnapped
unkidnapped
adj
(rare) Not kidnapped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unkidnap
unknittable
unknittable
adj
Not knittable; unable to be knitted.
unnicknamed
unnicknamed
adj
Not given a nickname.
unovertaken
unovertaken
adj
Not overtaken.
unpadlocked
unpadlocked
adj
Not secured by a padlock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpadlock
unplantlike
unplantlike
adj
Not plantlike.
unransacked
unransacked
adj
Not having been ransacked.
unrebukable
unrebukable
adj
Above rebuke; honourable.
unrebukably
unrebukably
adv
In an unrebukable manner.
unremarking
unrevokable
unsaintlike
unsaintlike
adj
Not saintlike.
unsatyrlike
unshakeable
unshakeable
adj
Alternative form of unshakable
unshakeably
unshakeably
adv
Alternative spelling of unshakably
unshakiness
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
unskeptical
unskeptical
adj
Not skeptical; having an open mind.
unslackened
unslackened
adj
Not slackened.
unslakeable
unslakeable
adj
That cannot be slaked
unsmokeable
unsmokeable
adj
Alternative form of unsmokable
unspeakable
unspeakable
adj
Extremely bad or objectionable.
Impossible to speak about.
Incapable of being spoken or uttered
Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
unspeakably
unspeakably
adv
In an unspeakable manner.
untalkative
untalkative
adj
unwilling to talk; taciturn; refusing to speak
unthinkable
unthinkable
adj
Incapable of being believed; incredible.
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.