(organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
alkoxide
alkoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
baldakin
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
beadlike
beadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
birdlike
birdlike
adj
Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
blinkard
blinkard
noun
(obsolete) One with bad eyes.
A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
clodlike
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
darklier
darklier
adv
(literary, dated) comparative form of darkly: more darkly
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
dartlike
dartlike
adj
Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt
dawnlike
dawnlike
adj
Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
deerkill
deerlike
deerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a deer.
denizlik
depickle
desklike
desklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a desk.
devilkin
devilkin
noun
A little devil.
dhekelia
dikamali
dikamali
noun
The shrub Gardenia resinifera.
disalike
disclike
disclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disc.
discloak
discloak
verb
(obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
dishlike
dishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dish.
diskless
diskless
adj
(computing) Without the use of floppy disks.
disklike
disklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disk.
disliked
disliked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dislike
disliken
disliken
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make unlike; to disguise.
disliker
disliker
noun
One who dislikes.
dislikes
dislikes
noun
plural of dislike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislike
domelike
domelike
adj
Resembling a dome.
doomlike
doomlike
adj
Suggesting doom.
doorlike
doorlike
adj
Resembling a door.
dovelike
dovelike
adj
(figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.
Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
adv
(archaic) As much so as those of a dove
In a manner similar to a dove
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
driskill
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
drumlike
drumlike
adj
Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dunelike
dunelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dune.
dunkling
durukuli
durukuli
noun
Alternative form of douroucouli
dustlike
dustlike
adj
Resembling dust.
enkindle
enkindle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
enlinked
enlinked
adj
Joined together, linked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enlink
fiskdale
fondlike
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
goldlike
goldlike
adj
Similar to it in color.
Similar to it in value.
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
handlike
handlike
adj
Resembling a hand.
headlike
headlike
adj
Having the form of a head or a skull.
heraklid
herdlike
herdlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
hoodlike
hoodlike
adj
Resembling a hood.
hrdlicka
inkindle
inkindle
verb
Alternative form of enkindle
jadelike
jadelike
adj
Resembling jade (the precious stone).
jedlicka
kailyard
kailyard
noun
(Scotland) A kitchen garden.
A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
kalidasa
kalidium
kalidium
noun
(botany) A type of algal cystocarp
kallidin
kallidin
noun
(biochemistry) A decapeptide kinin, produced in the kidneys, that causes dilation of renal blood vessels and increased water excretion.
kandelia
keelbird
keloidal
keloidal
adj
Of, pertaining to or causing keloids.
kendalia
khaldian
khedival
khedival
adj
Alternative form of khedivial
kikldhes
kilbride
killadar
killadar
noun
Alternative form of kiladar
killdeer
killdeer
noun
A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest.
killdees
killdees
noun
plural of killdee
killduff
killweed
kilobaud
kilobaud
noun
(computing) one thousand baud; symbol kBd
kilodyne
kilodyne
noun
A unit of force equal to one thousand dynes.
kilorads
kilorads
noun
plural of kilorad
kiloword
kiloword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 words.
kindlers
kindlers
noun
plural of kindler
kindless
kindless
adj
(archaic, literary) Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
kindlier
kindlier
adj
comparative form of kindly: more kindly
kindlily
kindlily
adv
In a kindly manner.
kindling
kindling
adj
Illuminated, lit.
noun
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
The act by which something is kindled.
verb
present participle of kindle
kirkland
kirkland
noun
(Scotland, especially in plural) land owned by the church
kirtland
klaipeda
klondike
klondike
noun
Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”)
verb
To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones.
kludging
kludging
verb
present participle of kludge
kolodgie
laddikie
ladykind
ladykind
noun
Ladies collectively; womankind.
ladykins
ladykins
noun
plural of ladykin
ladylike
ladylike
adj
Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.
lakeside
lakeside
adj
By the side of a lake.
noun
The ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake.
landlike
landlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of land.
landsick
landsick
adj
(rare) Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness.
landskip
landskip
noun
Obsolete form of landscape.
lardlike
lardlike
Adjective
Resembling lard.
leukemid
leukemid
noun
A non-specific skin lesion that occurs with leukemia but is not related to leukemic cell infiltration.
lidicker
likehood
likehood
noun
(obsolete) likelihood
linkedit
linkwood
lodowick
lokindra
lordlike
lordlike
adj
Like a lord; lordly.
ludefisk
ludovick
ludovika
lyricked
maidlike
maidlike
adj
(archaic, poetic) maidenly
Resembling or characteristic of a maid (female domestic servant).
milkmaid
milkmaid
noun
(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm
milkshed
milkshed
noun
(agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)
milkweed
milkweed
noun
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
milkwood
milkwood
noun
(South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
(South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
(South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
misliked
misliked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mislike
nickeled
nickeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickel
oakfield
odalisks
odalisks
noun
plural of odalisk
pickadil
pickedly
pondlike
pondlike
adj
Resembling a pond
prickled
prickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prickle
reedlike
reedlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a reed.
rekindle
rekindle
verb
(intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
(transitive) To kindle again.
(transitive, figurative) To revive.
relinked
relinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relink
roadlike
roadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a road.
roskilde
sandlike
sandlike
adj
resembling sand
seedlike
seedlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a seed.
shedlike
shedlike
adj
Resembling a shed.
sicklied
sicklied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sickly
sidelock
sidelock
noun
(firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.
A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
sidewalk
sidewalk
noun
(US) (usually) a paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians
(US, by extension) any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road
silkweed
silkweed
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.