(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
bushelbasket
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
chaunoprockt
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deutschemark
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
heilungkiang
housebreaker
housebreaker
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
hucklebacked
hurleyhacket
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
kanchenjunga
keraphyllous
keraulophone
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
khachaturian
kinchinjunga
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
leukorrhoeal
leukorrhoeal
adj
Alternative form of leukorrheal
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quickhearted
schomburgkia
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle