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.
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blacktongue
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
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
katipuneros
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
knockabouts
knockabouts
noun
plural of knockabout
leukotaxine
lutoslawski
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outflanking
outflanking
noun
The act of one who outflanks.
verb
present participle of outflank
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
phitsanulok
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
snakemouths
snakemouths
noun
plural of snakemouth
soundtracks
soundtracks
noun
plural of soundtrack
stackhousia
steaakhouse
steakhouses
steakhouses
noun
plural of steakhouse
stockhausen
tunkhannock
tunkhannock
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
turkomanize
turkophilia
turkophobia
tutankhamon
tutankhamon
Proper noun
Egyptian Pharaoh known for his young age, for the restoration of Egyptian religion, and for being the only Pharaoh whose tomb was preserved intact to the modern age.
