| APPARATCHIK | • apparatchik n. (Historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. • apparatchik n. A blindly loyal bureaucrat. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| BLACKSHIRTS | • blackshirts n. Plural of blackshirt. • Blackshirts n. Plural of Blackshirt. |
| BRICKEARTHS | • BRICKEARTH n. a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks. |
| CHALKSTRIPE | • CHALKSTRIPE n. clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background. |
| HAIRSTREAKS | • hairstreaks n. Plural of hairstreak. • HAIRSTREAK n. a butterfly of the genus Thecla. |
| KHIDMUTGARS | • khidmutgars n. Plural of khidmutgar. • KHIDMUTGAR n. (Urdu) a table-servant, also KHITMUTGAR. |
| KHITMUTGARS | • khitmutgars n. Plural of khitmutgar. • KHITMUTGAR n. (Urdu) a table-servant, also KHIDMUTGAR. |
| KINDHEARTED | • kindhearted adj. Having an innately kind disposition or character. • kind-hearted adj. Alternative form of kindhearted. • KINDHEARTED adj. having or showing a sympathetic nature. |
| KINETOGRAPH | • kinetograph n. (Dated) A camera for making chronophotographs. • kinetograph n. (Dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect… • KINETOGRAPH n. an early form of cinematograph camera. |
| KITCHENWARE | • kitchenware n. Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food. • kitchenware n. (Attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation. • KITCHENWARE n. utensils and appliances for use in a kitchen. |
| KURDAITCHAS | • kurdaitchas n. Plural of kurdaitcha. • KURDAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KADAITCHA. |
| LEATHERLIKE | • leatherlike adj. Resembling leather. • LEATHERLIKE adj. like leather. |
| MATRIOSHKAS | • matrioshkas n. Plural of matrioshka. • MATRIOSHKA n. (Russian) a Russian doll, also MATROYSHKA, MATRYOSHKA. |
| NIGHTWALKER | • nightwalker n. (Archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets. • nightwalker n. (Fantasy) A vampire. • NIGHTWALKER n. a person who roams about at night esp. with criminal intent. |
| RANKSHIFTED | • rankshifted v. Simple past tense and past participle of rankshift. • RANKSHIFT v. to shift or be shifted from one linguistic rank to another. |
| RHEUMATICKY | • rheumaticky adj. (Colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism. • RHEUMATICKY adj. suffering from rheumatism. |
| SHIRTMAKERS | • shirtmakers n. Plural of shirtmaker. • SHIRTMAKER n. one who makes shirts. |
| SVARABHAKTI | • svarabhakti n. (Linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis. • SVARABHAKTI n. (Sanskrit) the development of a vowel between consonants. |
| THANKSGIVER | • thanksgiver n. One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. • THANKSGIVER n. one who gives thanks. |