The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bilskirnir
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.
verb
To whip with a long, tapering whip.
blackstone
blanketers
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
bodkinwise
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brickmason
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
broomshank
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
budennovsk
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumsucking
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
burbankism
bushmaking
byrthynsak
cambyuskan
candystick
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
canvasback
canvasback
noun
A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
canvaslike
canvaslike
adj
Resembling canvas (the fabric).
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
catskinner
catskinner
noun
(slang, US) One who drives (or operates) a tracked vehicle.
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
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.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
checkstone
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
chelyuskin
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.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
clatskanie
cleanskins
cleanskins
noun
plural of cleanskin
clearskins
clearskins
noun
plural of clearskin
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
cockneyese
cockneyess
cockneyess
noun
A female cockney.
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
copperskin
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crackiness
crackiness
noun
The quality of being cracky.
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
crankcases
crankcases
noun
plural of crankcase
crankiness
crankiness
noun
The state of being cranky.
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
creakiness
creakiness
noun
The state of being creaky
crinkliest
crinkliest
adj
superlative form of crinkly: most crinkly
croakiness
croakiness
noun
The quality of being croaky.
crooknecks
crooknecks
noun
plural of crookneck
crooknosed
cruikshank
danknesses
danknesses
noun
plural of dankness
darknesses
darknesses
noun
plural of darkness
plural of darknesse
dashnakist
dawnstreak
diakineses
diakineses
noun
plural of diakinesis
diakinesis
diakinesis
noun
(cytology) the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosomes shorten in preparation for metaphase.
dickensian
dickensian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or, especially, his writings.
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty and social injustice and other aspects of Victorian England.
Noun
A person who studies or admires the works of
diesinking
diesinking
noun
The process of engraving dies.
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
dobzhansky
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
drakestone
drawknives
drawknives
noun
plural of drawknife
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
drunkeness
drunkeries
dyskinesia
dyskinesia
noun
(countable) A disorder involving such state.
(uncountable) A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
dzerzhinsk
eisenstark
ekasilicon
ekasilicon
noun
(chemistry, element, obsolete) The predicted element lying below silicon in the periodic table — later named germanium.
episarkine
eskilstuna
evtushenko
fickleness
fickleness
noun
The quality of being fickle.
finickiest
finickiest
adj
superlative form of finicky: most finicky
fleckiness
fleckiness
noun
The quality of being flecky.
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkeyism
flunkeyism
noun
Alternative form of flunkyism
folkestone
folkestone
Proper noun
A coastal town in Kent, England
folksiness
folksiness
noun
The quality of being folksy.
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
forespoken
forespoken
adj
Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
verb
past participle of forespeak.
foretokens
foretokens
noun
plural of foretoken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretoken
forkedness
forkedness
noun
The state or quality of being forked.
forsakenly
forsakenly
adv
(rare) helplessly
In a deserted manner; by itself; alone
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.