A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
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.
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bareknuckle
blacktongue
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
bruckleness
buckeystown
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bunkerville
burkburnett
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
buttinskies
choukoutien
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
counterdike
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.
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
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.
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
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dejunkerize
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
duskinesses
duskinesses
noun
plural of duskiness
duskingtide
duskishness
duskishness
noun
Quality of being duskish.
earthquaken
ekatantalum
ekatantalum
noun
Alternative form of eka-tantalum
flukinesses
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
frankenmuth
frankfurter
frankfurter
noun
(UK, US, Canada) A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.
funfkirchen
funkinesses
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
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.
groundskeep
gumlikeness
hakenkreuze
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)
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hulkingness
humperdinck
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hundredwork
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
huskinesses
huskinesses
noun
plural of huskiness
interleukin
interleukin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
jackqueline
jenkinsburg
joukahainen
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
junketeered
junketeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of junketeer
kamelaukion
kamelaukion
noun
A stiff cylindrical head-covering worn for religious reasons in Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic traditions.
katipuneros
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
kennebunker
kentuckians
keratoconus
keratoconus
noun
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve
keratonosus
keraulophon
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
klausenburg
knisteneaux
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knucklebone
knucklebone
noun
(slang) A die.
A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
konigshutte
kornephorus
kornerupine
kornerupine
noun
(mineralogy) A rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe²⁺)₄(Al,Fe³⁺)₆(SiO₄,BO₄)₅(O,OH)₂, some varieties of which are valued as gemstones.
kornskeppur
krusenstern
kunstlieder
leeuwenhoek
leukopenias
leukopenias
noun
plural of leukopenia
leukotaxine
leukotriene
leukotriene
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
luckinesses
luckinesses
noun
plural of luckiness
lurkingness
lurkingness
noun
Quality of lurking.
mantuamaker
mantuamaker
noun
A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
menangkabau
milwaukeean
milwaukeean
Adjective
Of or relating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
minnewaukan
minnewaukan
Proper noun
a small city in North Dakota, USA, which is the county seat of
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
murkinesses
murkinesses
noun
plural of murkiness
muskallonge
muskallunge
muskellunge
muskellunge
noun
A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
muskinesses
muskinesses
noun
plural of muskiness
natureliked
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
numskullery
nursekeeper
nutcrackers
nutcrackers
noun
plural of nutcracker
nutcrackery
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outreckoned
outreckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outreckon
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
outspokenly
outspokenly
adv
In an outspoken manner.
pfannkuchen
pluckedness
pluckedness
noun
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
plumemaking
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
poundkeeper
poundkeeper
noun
The keeper of a pound.
preshrunken
pseudoskink
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
puddinglike
puddinglike
adj
Resembling a pudding.
pumpkinseed
pumpkinseed
noun
A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus.
The seed of a pumpkin.
punkinesses
puritanlike
puritanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
quackenbush
quakinesses
quickenance
quickenance
noun
quickening
quickenbeam
quicknesses
quicknesses
noun
plural of quickness
reundertake
reundertake
verb
(transitive) To undertake again.
riskfulness
riskfulness
noun
(archaic) riskiness
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
rubbernecks
rubbernecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubberneck