(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antiskeptical
apokatastasis
apokatastasis
noun
Alternative form of apocatastasis
apokatastatic
apokatastatic
adj
Alternative form of apocatastatic
archidiskodon
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
aspartokinase
aspartokinase
noun
(organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.
awkwardnesses
awkwardnesses
noun
plural of awkwardness
backscattered
backscattered
verb
past participle of backscatter
backscratcher
backscratcher
noun
A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backspacefile
backspringing
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
backswordsman
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
bellowsmaking
berkeleianism
bespecklement
betsimisaraka
biscuitmaking
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
bloodsuckings
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
booksellerism
brainsickness
brainsickness
noun
The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness
breakableness
breakableness
noun
breakability
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breaststroker
breaststroker
noun
(swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke.
breaststrokes
breaststrokes
noun
plural of breaststroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breaststroke
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
burkettsville
burkittsville
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
candlesticked
candlesticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of candlestick
chalkosideric
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerbreast
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chokecherries
chokecherries
noun
plural of chokecherry
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
comstockeries
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
countersunken
crackableness
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
crookednesses
crookednesses
noun
plural of crookedness
czechoslovaks
deathlikeness
dermaskeleton
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
desmopyknosis
deuterotokous
deuterotokous
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
diadkokinesia
dikaryophasic
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
dislikelihood
dislikelihood
noun
(obsolete) improbability
dreamlikeness
dreamlikeness
noun
The state or condition of being dreamlike; resemblance to a dream.
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drunkennesses
drunkennesses
noun
plural of drunkenness
ekaterinoslav
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
endoskeletons
endoskeletons
noun
plural of endoskeleton
enterokinesia
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
feinschmecker
fibrinokinase
finickingness
finickingness
noun
The quality of being finicking.
frankensteins
frankensteins
noun
plural of frankenstein
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frankenstein
frankincensed
frankincensed
adj
Perfumed with frankincense.
frankincenses
frankincenses
noun
plural of frankincense
frederiksberg
gelsenkirchen
ghostlikeness
giantlikeness
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
glasslikeness
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gobbledegooks
gobbledegooks
noun
plural of gobbledegook
gobbledygooks
gobbledygooks
noun
plural of gobbledygook
grainsickness
greensickness
greensickness
noun
Alternative form of green sickness
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
handkerchiefs
heartsickness
heartsickness
noun
The condition of being heartsick
heterokinesia
heterokinesis
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
homoeokinesis
hopkinsianism
housebreakers
housebreakers
noun
plural of housebreaker
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
hunkerousness
hunkerousness
noun
The quality of being hunkerous.
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
internetworks
internetworks
noun
plural of internetwork
intersprinkle
intersprinkle
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle between.
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jeewhillikens
jellylikeness
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
kaleidoscopes
kaleidoscopes
noun
plural of kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic
adj
(figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
kaolinisation
kapellmeister
kapellmeister
noun
(music) A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
(music, historical) Person in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
karyopyknosis
karyopyknosis
noun
(biology) Synonym of pyknosis
katachromasis
kathenotheism
kathenotheism
noun
Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
kathopanishad
kearneysville
kellnersville
keratectomies
keratectomies
noun
plural of keratectomy
keratoglossus
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keratorrhexis
keratorrhexis
noun
rupture of the cornea
keraunoscopia
kettlersville
kidderminster
kidderminster
noun
A type of two-ply carpet.
kinaesthesias
kinaesthesias
noun
plural of kinaesthesia
kindergartens
kindergartens
noun
plural of kindergarten
kinesiologies
kinesiologies
noun
(rare) plural of kinesiology
kinesitherapy
kinesitherapy
Noun
kinesiatrics
kinetogenesis
kinetogenesis
noun
(biology, historical) The neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.