(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
baikonur
baikonur
Proper noun
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bruckner
bruckner
Proper noun
of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
bukharin
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
bunrakus
burrknot
caratunk
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
clunkers
clunkers
noun
plural of clunker
clunkier
clunkier
adj
comparative form of clunky: more clunky
cockburn
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
crankous
cruisken
cruisken
noun
Alternative form of cruiskeen
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
drouking
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drunkard
drunkard
noun
(derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.
drunkery
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
faulkner
faulkner
noun
Obsolete form of falconer.
flunkers
flunkers
noun
plural of flunker
funmaker
funmaker
noun
A person who does or says funny things; a person who makes people laugh.
gerenuks
gerenuks
noun
plural of gerenuk
gunmaker
gunmaker
noun
One who manufactures guns.
hunkered
hunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hunker
junketer
junketer
noun
Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer.
junkyard
junkyard
noun
A business that sells used metal or items.
A place where rubbish is placed.
kairouan
kairouan
Proper noun
A major city of the Umayyads, now in modern Tunisia.
karshuni
keraunia
kerchunk
kerchunk
adv
With a sudden heavy blow or thump.
noun
A sudden heavy blow or thump.
kerplunk
kerplunk
noun
A thudding or thunking sound.
verb
To make a thudding or thunking sound.
knobular
knobular
adj
knobby; knob-shaped
knubbier
knuckler
knuckler
noun
(baseball slang) A knuckleball.
knurlier
knurlier
adj
comparative form of knurly: more knurly
knurling
knurling
noun
A knurled pattern
verb
present participle of knurl
kraunhia
krumhorn
krumhorn
noun
Alternative form of krummhorn
kulkarni
kulkarni
noun
(historical) A person in parts of India who was responsible for maintaining the accounts and records of a village.
kurajong
kurchine
kurilian
kurilian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the Kurile Islands.
kurtzman
kynurine
mandruka
murkness
murkness
noun
Alternative form of murkiness
murmansk
nursekin
nutcrack
nutcrack
verb
(of primates) To crack nuts for food.
outdrank
outdrank
verb
simple past tense of outdrink
outdrink
outdrink
verb
(transitive) To drink more than (someone else).
outdrunk
outdrunk
verb
past participle of outdrink
outranks
outranks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank
plunkers
plunkers
noun
plural of plunker
prankful
prankful
adj
Full of pranks; mischievous.
purkinje
quirking
quirking
verb
present participle of quirk
raunpick
rebuking
rebuking
noun
The act of giving a rebuke.
verb
present participle of rebuke
rebunker
refusnik
refusnik
noun
Alternative spelling of refusenik
reunpack
reunpack
verb
To unpack again.
rounspik
ruckling
ruckling
verb
present participle of ruckle
rudinsky
ruinlike
ruinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ruin.
runbacks
runbacks
noun
plural of runback
runefolk
runelike
runelike
adj
Resembling a rune.
runkling
runkling
verb
present participle of runkle
russniak
shrunken
shrunken
adj
Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.
verb
past participle of shrink
skunkery
skunkery
noun
A place where skunks are raised (also used figuratively).
spunkier
spunkier
adj
comparative form of spunky: more spunky
strucken
stunkard
subtrunk
suckener
suckener
noun
(obsolete) The tenant of a sucken, who under the law of thirlage had to mill his grain at the mill of his feudal lord or thirl.
sunbreak
sunbreak
noun
A natural phenomenon in which sunlight obscured over a relatively large area penetrates the obscuring material in a localized space, e.g. through a hole in cloud cover.
trinkums
trucking
trucking
noun
(US) the conveyance of freight by trucks.
(broadcasting) Lateral movement of the camera.
(now rare) Trading, bartering.
moving quickly
walking
verb
present participle of truck
truckman
truckman
noun
One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.
One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
truckmen
truckmen
noun
plural of truckman
trunkful
trunkful
noun
As much as a trunk will hold
trunking
trunking
noun
(UK) A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
(UK) Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
(business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations.
A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.
All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
verb
present participle of trunk
trunkway
turkoman
turkoman
Noun
one of the Turkmen ethnic group
Adjective
Of, or relating to, these people
turkomen
turnback
turnback
noun
(attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
turncock
turncock
noun
A person employed to turn on the water for the mains, to regulate the fireplugs, etc. for a water company.
A tap or faucet that regulates the flow of a fluid.
turnkeys
turnkeys
noun
plural of turnkey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turnkey
turnpike
turnpike
noun
(Scotland) A winding stairway.
(chiefly US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
(mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.
(military) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid,
verb
To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road, or into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
turnpoke
turnskin
turnskin
noun
(obsolete) Someone who can change their skin at will, especially into that of a wolf; a werewolf.
uarekena
ukrainer
ukranian
unbraked
unbraked
adj
(of a vehicle) not fitted with brakes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbrake
unbrakes
unbrakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbrake
unbroken
unbroken
adj
Continuous, without interruption.
Of a horse, not tamed.
Whole, not divided into parts.
verb
past participle of unbreak
uncorked
uncorked
adj
(of an engine) Allowing exhaust gasses to be released to the atmosphere immediately after exiting the exhaust manifold.
Not corked; allowing liquid to flow freely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncork
uncorker
uncorker
noun
One who uncorks.
undarken
undarken
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To take away the darkness (from something).
undersky
undersky
noun
The lower region of the sky.
unforked
unforked
adj
Not forked.
unfrisky
unfrisky
adj
Not frisky.
unfrocks
unfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unfrock
unharked
unharked
adj
Unheard.
unkinder
unkinder
adj
comparative form of unkind: more unkind
unkinger
unkosher
unkosher
adj
(somewhat informal, chiefly Judaism) Not kosher
unlocker
unlocker
noun
One who, or that which, unlocks.
unmakers
unmakers
noun
plural of unmaker
unmarked
unmarked
adj
(linguistics) Not marked; not standing out as unusual.
(sports) Not marked, not closely followed by a defensive player.
Free from blemishes.
Not bearing identification.
Not having been marked, or assigned a score.
unmasker
unmasker
noun
One who unmasks.
unpacker
unpacker
noun
(computing) A software program that decompresses code or data.
One who, or that which, unpacks.
unparked
unparked
adj
Not having been parked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpark
unpucker
unpucker
verb
(transitive) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
unracked
unracked
adj
Not racked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unrack
unraking
unraking
verb
present participle of unrake
unranked
unranked
adj
Not ranked.
unrecked
unrecked
adj
(obsolete) unheeded; disregarded
unreckon
unricked
unricked
adj
Not gathered into ricks.
unrisked
unrisked
adj
Not risked.
unrocked
unrocked
adj
Not having been rocked.
unshrink
unshrink
verb
(transitive) To restore (something shrunken) to its original size.
unshrunk
unshrunk
adj
Not shrunk.
unsicker
unstrike
unstrike
noun
A collective action by members of a trade union in which they appear at work but protest in some way such as passing out leaflets or refusing to wear a uniform.
verb
(falconry) To loosen the strings that attach the hood on the bird's head.
To cause a blow not to have occurred.
To restore text that has been struck out.
unstruck
unstruck
adj
Not having been struck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unstrike
unworked
unworked
adj
(archaeology) Describing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity.
Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.