ANTICLOCKWISE | • anticlockwise adj. (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to… • anticlockwise adv. (Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion. • anti-clockwise adj. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of anticlockwise. |
AUTORICKSHAWS | • autorickshaws n. Plural of autorickshaw. • AUTORICKSHAW n. a light, three-wheeled vehicle powered by a motorcycle engine, used in India, etc. |
BACKCOUNTRIES | • backcountries n. Plural of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
BACKWARDATION | • backwardation n. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery… • backwardation n. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price. • backwardation n. (Obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer… |
BACKWOODSIEST | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
CONSTABLEWICK | • constablewick n. (Obsolete) The district to which a constable’s power is limited. • CONSTABLEWICK n. (historical) the district of a constable. |
KATABOLICALLY | • KATABOLIC adv. relating to catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also CATABOLIC. |
KERATECTOMIES | • keratectomies n. Plural of keratectomy. • KERATECTOMY n. surgical incision of the cornea. |
KERATOPLASTIC | • keratoplastic adj. Relating to keratoplasty. • KERATOPLASTIC adj. relating to keratoplasty, plastic surgery on the cornea. |
KLEPTOCRACIES | • kleptocracies n. Plural of kleptocracy. • KLEPTOCRACY n. a government by the corrupt in which rulers use their official positions for personal gain. |
KLEPTOMANIACS | • kleptomaniacs n. Plural of kleptomaniac. • KLEPTOMANIAC n. a person having an obsessive urge to steal, also CLEPTOMANIAC, KLEPTO. |
KURCHATOVIUMS | • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
LAUGHINGSTOCK | • laughingstock n. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. • laughing-stock n. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. • laughing␣stock n. (Idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke. |
MACHTPOLITIKS | • MACHTPOLITIK n. (German) power politics. |
MICROPLANKTON | • microplankton n. Microscopic zooplankton. • MICROPLANKTON n. very small plankton. |
SOUNDTRACKING | • soundtracking v. Present participle of soundtrack. • SOUNDTRACK v. to provide with a soundtrack. |
SPATCHCOCKING | • spatchcocking n. The practice of making spatchcocked fowl, poultry, birds, in food preparation. • spatchcocking v. Present participle of spatchcock. • SPATCHCOCK v. to split open (a fowl, eel etc.) for grilling, also SPITCHCOCK. |
ZINKIFICATION | • ZINKIFICATION n. the process of coating with zinc, also ZINCIFICATION, ZINCKIFICATION. |
ZOOPLANKTONIC | • zooplanktonic adj. Of or pertaining to zooplankton. • ZOOPLANKTONIC adj. relating to zooplankton. |