Any substance that counteracts the action of an alkali.
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
antikings
antikings
noun
plural of antiking
antiknock
antiknock
adj
Of an additive added to petroleum/gasoline to reduce the occurrence of engine knock.
noun
Such a substance, usually tetraethyl lead (also MMT, MTBE and ethanol)
antimasks
antimasks
noun
plural of antimask
antistock
antistock
adj
(rare) Opposing the farming of livestock.
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
arkansite
arkansite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of brookite
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
arsmetrik
artichoke
artichoke
noun
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
artukovic
asterikos
asterikos
noun
(Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy) A metal cross that is placed over the diskos to prevent the veil from touching the host.
asterisks
asterisks
noun
plural of asterisk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asterisk
atlaslike
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
autarkies
autarkies
noun
plural of autarky
autarkist
autarkist
noun
A proponent of autarky.
avalokita
awestrike
awestrike
verb
(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstair
backstair
adj
clandestine, secret or furtive
noun
The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
backstein
backstick
backstick
noun
(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.
backstrip
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
backtrick
bagritski
baikalite
baikerite
bakhtiari
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
battakhin
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beckelite
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
benedikta
bentincks
berkovtsi
berkowitz
bethankit
betrinket
bialystok
bickleton
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
bitstocks
bitstocks
noun
plural of bitstock
blacklist
blacklist
noun
(law, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
verb
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
blacktail
blacktail
noun
(Jamaica) Haemulon carbonarium
(South Africa, Namibia) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
(UK) Salmo trutta
A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
bockstein
booklists
booklists
noun
plural of booklist
bootikins
bootikins
noun
plural of bootikin
bootlicks
bootlicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootlick
borickite
borickite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.
bottstick
botvinnik
brankiest
breaklist
brickbats
brickbats
noun
plural of brickbat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickbat
brickiest
brickiest
adj
superlative form of bricky: most bricky
brideknot
brinktown
britzskas
britzskas
noun
plural of britzska
brookiest
brookites
brookites
noun
plural of brookite
brutelike
brutelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
bumpkinet
buttinski
buttinski
noun
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Alternative spelling of buttinsky
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
catkinate
catskills
catskills
Proper noun
The Catskill Mountains
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
checkbite
checkbite
noun
(dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth
checkbits
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chinkiest
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
civetlike
civetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a civet.
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
clarkeite
clarkeite
noun
(mineralogy) A uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
cockatiel
cockatiel
noun
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.
cocketing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockneity
cocktails
cocktails
noun
plural of cocktail
cometlike
cometlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
contakion
copintank
cottekill
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
crabstick
crabstick
noun
(now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
(obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.
A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
crankiest
crankiest
adj
superlative form of cranky: most cranky
craterkin
craterkin
noun
(rare) A small crater.
creakiest
creakiest
adj
superlative form of creaky: most creaky
cricketed
cricketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cricket
cricketer
cricketer
noun
A person who plays cricket.
critickin
critickin
noun
(archaic) A petty critic; a criticaster.
croakiest
croakiest
adj
superlative form of croaky: most croaky
crowstick
cuittikin
currituck
cytokinin
cytokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division
dakoities
dakoities
noun
plural of dakoity
darkliest
darkliest
adv
(literary, dated) superlative form of darkly: most darkly