A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
backpointers
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
cabinetworks
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
cloisterlike
cloisterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cloister.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
crooksterned
cytoskeletal
cytoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to a cytoskeleton.
cytoskeleton
cytoskeleton
noun
A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
dickinsonite
dickinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
ectoskeleton
ectoskeleton
noun
Alternative form of exoskeleton
electroshock
electroshock
noun
(An) electric shock.
(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
verb
(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
hackettstown
honeystucker
jestingstock
ketosuccinic
ketosuccinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ketosuccinic acid or its derivatives
kinetochores
kinetochores
noun
plural of kinetochore
kinetoscopes
kinetoscopes
noun
plural of kinetoscope
kinetoscopic
kinetoscopic
adj
Relating to the kinetoscope.
kionectomies
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
leukoblastic
leukoblastic
adj
Relating to leukoblasts.
leukocytoses
leukocytoses
noun
plural of leukocytosis
leukocytosis
leukocytosis
noun
Alternative spelling of leucocytosis
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
lockstitched
lockstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lockstitch
lockstitches
lockstitches
noun
plural of lockstitch
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
moonstricken
moonstricken
adj
moonstruck
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
overstocking
overstocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn over another stocking.
verb
present participle of overstock
overstricken
overstricken
verb
past participle of overstrike
paddockstone
pocketknives
pocketknives
noun
plural of pocketknife
postcardlike
postcardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
retrorockets
retrorockets
noun
plural of retrorocket
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
shuttlecocks
shuttlecocks
noun
plural of shuttlecock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shuttlecock
skyrocketing
skyrocketing
verb
present participle of skyrocket
spatterdocks
spatterdocks
noun
plural of spatterdock
spitchcocked
spitchcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spitchcock
splatterdock
splatterdock
noun
Alternative form of spatterdock (“species of water lily”)