(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
asteriskos
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
bakerstown
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
blackstone
boltstrake
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bookplates
bookplates
noun
plural of bookplate
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
checkstone
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookesite
crookesite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, selenium, silver, and thallium.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dostoevski
dostoevsky
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
drakestone
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
earthsmoke
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
evtushenko
folkestone
folkestone
Proper noun
A coastal town in Kent, England
forestlike
forestlike
adj
Like a forest.
foretokens
foretokens
noun
plural of foretoken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretoken
frithsoken
getmjlkost
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
heatstroke
heatstroke
noun
Alternative spelling of heat stroke.
hektostere
herskowitz
housekkept
interlocks
interlocks
noun
plural of interlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlock
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
interworks
interworks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwork
jacksonite
jacksonite
Noun
A Jacksonian.
jackstones
jackstones
noun
plural of jackstone
kelotomies
kelotomies
noun
plural of kelotomy
kenoticism
kenoticism
noun
The doctrine of kenosis
kenoticist
kenoticist
noun
kenotist
kensington
kensington
noun
(dated, Midwestern US and Western US) A sewing circle for women.
keratinose
keratinous
keratinous
adj
Consisting of, or made from keratin.
keratoncus
ketohexose
ketohexose
noun
(biochemistry) Any hexose containing a ketone group.
keystrokes
keystrokes
noun
plural of keystroke
kicksorter
kicksorter
noun
A device for analyzing the amplitudes of electrical pulses.
kilometers
kilometers
noun
plural of kilometer
kinetosome
kinetosome
noun
A basal body.
knobbliest
knobbliest
adj
superlative form of knobbly: most knobbly
knobnoster
knockstone
knockstone
noun
(mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.
knottiness
knottiness
noun
The state of being knotty.
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
kopperston
koreishite
kristoffer
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
kurtosises
leukoblast
leukoblast
noun
An immature leukocyte.
leukocytes
leukocytes
noun
plural of leukocyte
livestocks
livestocks
noun
plural of livestock
locustlike
locustlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a locust.
loranskite
massekhoth
masterwork
masterwork
noun
(obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel.
(obsolete) An act of primary importance.
A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master.
A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.
mckeesport
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
metalworks
metalworks
noun
A factory where metal is processed.
plural of metalwork
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
nonstriker
nonstriker
noun
One who is not participating in an industrial strike.
oosterbeek
outseeking
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
outskirter
outskirter
noun
One who lives on the outskirts.
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outspeaker
outspeaker
noun
One who speaks out.
outworkers
outworkers
noun
plural of outworker
overstocks
overstocks
noun
plural of overstock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstock
overstrike
overstrike
noun
(computing, uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)
(numismatics) A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once.
(typography) The printing of one character over another, as - on top of L to produce Ł.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To overreach oneself while striking.
(transitive) To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.).
(transitive) To strike (something) too hard.
overstruck
overstruck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overstrike
overtakers
overtakers
noun
plural of overtaker
overtasked
overtasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtask
oysterlike
oysterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an oyster.
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
perkinston
perofskite
perofskite
noun
Alternative form of perovskite
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
pistollike
pistollike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pistol.
pistonlike
pistonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a piston.
pocketcase
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketless
pocketless
adj
Without pockets.
pocketsful
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
restocking
restocking
noun
An act of replenishing stock.
verb
present participle of restock
rocketries
rocketries
noun
plural of rocketry
saltworker
saltworker
noun
A worker in a saltworks.
samothrake
screwstock
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shackleton
shonkinite
shonkinite
noun
(mineralogy) A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
shortcakes
shortcakes
noun
plural of shortcake
sicklewort
sicklewort
noun
A plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods.
The heal-all (Prunella vulgaris).
sidestroke
sidestroke
noun
A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
skateboard
skateboard
noun
(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
verb
(intransitive) To use a skateboard.
skeletonic
skeletonic
Adjective
Like a skeleton.
skellytown
skeltonian
skeltonian
Adjective
Relating to (c.1460–1529), English poet.
skeltonics
sketchbook
sketchbook
noun
(dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits.
A book of printed sketches.
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
skillenton
skillenton
noun
(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of skeleton.
skimmelton
skimmerton
skimmerton
noun
Alternative form of skimmington
skogbolite
skyrockets
skyrockets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skyrocket
skyrockety
skyrockety
adj
Suddenly surging or spiking upward.
slateworks
slickstone
slickstone
noun
Synonym of sleekstone
smokeshaft
smokestack
smokestack
noun
A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out, as on a steam locomotive, ship, factory, or power plant using fossil fuels.
smokestone
smoketight
smoketight
adj
impervious to smoke
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
snakestone
snakestone
noun
(India) A usually porous substance made from charred bones, earth, etc. and believed to cure snakebites.
(paleontology) An ammonite (because of its coiled form).
A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
socketless
socketless
adj
(computing) Without the use of network sockets.
Without a socket.
sonnetlike
sonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sonnet.
starstroke
steakhouse
steakhouse
noun
A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
steelworks
steelworks
noun
A place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped.