(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
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
chaunoprockt
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deutschemark
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
ducklingship
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
heilungkiang
honeystucker
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
housebreaker
housebreaker
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
housewrecker
hucklebacked
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
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
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
leukorrhoeal
leukorrhoeal
adj
Alternative form of leukorrheal
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
mushroomlike
mushroomlike
adj
Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom
neugkroschen
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.
perukiership
poughkeepsie
poughkeepsie
Proper noun
a city in New York State, USA
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quickhearted
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
schomburgkia
shuttlecocks
shuttlecocks
noun
plural of shuttlecock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shuttlecock
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphic
adj
(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
suckerfishes
suckerfishes
noun
plural of suckerfish
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
thankfullest
thankfullest
adj
superlative form of thankful: most thankful
thankfulness
thankfulness
noun
The state of being thankful.
thelyotokous
thickskulled
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
thundercrack
thundercrack
noun
A peal of thunder; thunderclap.
thunderstick
thunderstick
noun
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle.
A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.
toughkenamon
turkeyfishes
turkeyfishes
noun
plural of turkeyfish
turkophilism
turkophobist
uncheckmated
unchurchlike
unchurchlike
adj
Not churchlike.
unfatherlike
unfatherlike
adj
Not befitting a father.
unfreakishly
unfreakishly
adv
Not freakishly.
unhoodwinked
unhoodwinked
adj
Not hoodwinked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoodwink
unkerchiefed
unkerchiefed
adj
Not wearing a kerchief.
unknightlike
unknightlike
adj
Not knightlike.
unlikelihood
unlikelihood
noun
Absence of likelihood; the state of being unlikely or improbable; improbability.