(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
auchinleck
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
blacktongue
blockaderunning
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
bruckleness
bruckner
bruckner
Proper noun
of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).
buckbean
buckbean
noun
Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
buckden
buckeen
buckeen
noun
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
buckeens
buckeens
noun
plural of buckeen
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
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
buckeystown
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bucklandite
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bucknell
buckner
buckone
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buckstone
bullneck
bullneck
noun
A bull-necked person.
A short and thick neck, like that of a bull.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bunchbacked
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
chelyuskin
chemakuan
cherubikon
choukoutien
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunked
chunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunk
chunkhead
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
clunked
clunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clunk
clunker
clunker
noun
(informal) A decrepit motor car.
(informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.
clunkers
clunkers
noun
plural of clunker
clunkier
clunkier
adj
comparative form of clunky: more clunky
cocksureness
cocksureness
noun
the state or condition of being cocksure
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
coquicken
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.
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterattacks
counterattacks
noun
plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterdike
counterlocking
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
counterprick
counterreckoning
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
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.
countersunk
countersunk
adj
(of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface
verb
past participle of countersink
countersunken
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cruiskeen
cruiskeen
noun
(Ireland) A small bottle.
cruisken
cruisken
noun
Alternative form of cruiskeen
crunkle
crunkle
verb
(UK, obsolete, dialectal) To crumple.
cuckoomaiden
cuckoopintle
cuckquean
cuckquean
noun
(fetish) A woman who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A woman who has an unfaithful husband.
verb
(transitive) To make a woman into a cuckquean.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
drucken
duckstone
dumbstricken
dungbeck
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
duveneck
enquicken
enquicken
verb
(rare) Imbue with divine vitality.
eucken
feckulence
fernambuck
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
funfkirchen
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
gitanemuck
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
guerickian
gumpoldskirchner
gundeck
gundeck
noun
Alternative form of gun deck
verb
(naval slang) Synonym of pencil whip (“to falsify records to suggest that work has been done”)
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
haimsucken
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hobucken
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
humperdinck
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
insucken
insucken
adj
(law, Scotland) Pertaining to a district astricted to a certain mill.
noun
The multure paid by occupiers of thirled lands for the service of grinding.
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.