(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
blackhander
blankenship
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
chickenhood
chickenhood
noun
The state or period of being a chicken.
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
choukoutien
cockishness
cockneyship
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
dankishness
dankishness
noun
The quality of being dankish.
darkishness
darkishness
noun
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dolphinlike
dolphinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
duskishness
duskishness
noun
Quality of being duskish.
earthmaking
earthquaken
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
finchbacked
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
folkishness
folkishness
noun
The quality of being folkish.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
frankenmuth
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
funfkirchen
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
greenshanks
greenshanks
noun
plural of greenshank
hackneyedly
hakenkreuze
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
handistroke
handkercher
handkercher
noun
Obsolete form of handkerchief.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
hankeringly
hankeringly
adv
In a hankering manner.
harnesslike
harnesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a harness.
harpoonlike
hawkishness
hawkishness
noun
The characteristic of being hawkish.
headworking
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
hedgemaking
hedgemaking
noun
The construction of hedges.
helsingkite
hendrickson
herrenvolks
herrenvolks
noun
plural of herrenvolk
herringlike
herringlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herring
hexokinases
hexokinases
noun
plural of hexokinase
hickishness
hickscorner
hokeynesses
homekeeping
homekeeping
adj
Staying at home.
noun
Synonym of housekeeping (“looking after domestic affairs in a house”)
homemakings
homemakings
noun
plural of homemaking
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hormonelike
hormonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hulkingness
humperdinck
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hundredwork
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
huskinesses
huskinesses
noun
plural of huskiness
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
hypokinemia
hypokinesia
hypokinesia
noun
(pathology) Slowed or diminished movement of the body.
hypokinesis
hypokinesis
noun
(pathology) Diminished power of movement; hypomotility
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
inkhornizer
interchoked
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
joukahainen
kaleidophon
kaleidophon
noun
Alternative form of kaleidophone
kamanichile
kameelthorn
karyenchyma
kataphrenia
kawchodinne
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.
kephallenia
keraulophon
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kiddishness
kinaestheic
kindhearted
kindhearted
adj
Having an innately kind disposition or character.
kindredship
kindredship
noun
The quality of being kindred.
kinesipathy
kinesipathy
noun
kinesiatrics
kinestheses
kinestheses
noun
plural of kinesthesis
kinesthesia
kinesthesia
noun
(performing arts) A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator.
(physiology) The perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc.
Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.
Sensation or perception of motion.
kinesthesis
kinesthesis
noun
Ability to feel motion of the body and limbs.
kinesthetic
kinesthetic
adj
Of or relating to kinesthesia.
kinetochore
kinetochore
noun
(biology) The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetophone
kinetophone
noun
(historical) A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
kingfishers
kingfishers
noun
plural of kingfisher
kingtehchen
kitchenette
kitchenette
noun
small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room instead of a separate room
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
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.
kitchenwife
kittenishly
kittenishly
adv
In a kittenish manner.
knavishness
knavishness
noun
The quality of being knavish.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
konigshutte
koreshanity
kornephorus
kweihwating
lakemanship
lakemanship
noun
Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.
lanarkshire
lanarkshire
Proper noun
A former county in Scotland.
landsknecht
larkishness
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
leeuwenhoek
lymphokines
lymphokines
noun
plural of lymphokine
machinelike
machinelike
adj
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
marshbanker
mawkishness
mawkishness
noun
The property of being mawkish.
metchnikoff
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
monkeyishly
monkeyishly
adv
In a monkeyish manner.
monkeyshine
monkeyshine
noun
A puerile trick or prank.
monkishness
monkishness
noun
The state or condition of being monkish.
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
narrishkeit
neckerchief
neckerchief
noun
A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
netherstock
netherstock
noun
(historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks.