| BARKENTINE | • barkentine n. (Sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine. • BARKENTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKANTINE, BARQUANTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| CANKERIEST | • CANKERY adj. like a canker; full of canker. |
| DREIKANTER | • dreikanter n. (Petrology) A type of pebble that has three curved faces formed by wind-blown sand. • DREIKANTER n. (German) a three-faced pebble worn by wind. |
| FERNTICKLE | • FERNTICKLE n. (Scots) a freckle, also FAIRNITICKLE, FAIRNITICLE, FAIRNYTICKLE, FAIRNYTICLE, FERNITICKLE, FERNITICLE, FERNTICLE, FERNYTICKLE, FERNYTICLE. |
| GREENSTICK | • greenstick n. A greenstick fracture. • GREENSTICK adj. designating a bone fracture in a young person in which the bone is partly bent and partly broken. |
| KERATINISE | • keratinise v. Alternative form of keratinize. • KERATINISE v. to make keratinous, also KERATINIZE. |
| KERATINIZE | • keratinize v. (Transitive) To convert into keratin. • keratinize v. (Intransitive) To take on the appearance of keratin, or become impregnated with keratin. • KERATINIZE v. to make keratinous, also KERATINISE. |
| KERSANTITE | • kersantite n. (Mineralogy) A lamprophyre mineral containing biotite and plagioclase. • KERSANTITE n. a dyke-rock of black mica and plagioclase. |
| KITCHENERS | • kitcheners n. Plural of kitchener. • KITCHENER n. a kitchen servant; a cook. |
| KNIFERESTS | • knife-rests n. Plural of knife-rest. • knife␣rests n. Plural of knife rest. • KNIFEREST n. a support on which a carving knife or carving fork is placed at the table. |
| KONIMETERS | • konimeters n. Plural of konimeter. • KONIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air, also KONISCOPE. |
| PERJINKETY | • PERJINKETY adj. (Scots) prim, finical, also PERJINK, PREJINK. |
| PERNICKETY | • pernickety adj. (Chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious. • pernickety adj. Requiring attention to minor details. • PERNICKETY adj. fussy about small details, also PERSNICKETY. |
| RESTRICKEN | • restricken v. Past participle of restrike. • RESTRIKE v. to strike again. |
| RETHINKERS | • rethinkers n. Plural of rethinker. • RETHINKER n. one who rethinks. |
| SKELTERING | • skeltering v. Present participle of skelter. • SKELTER v. to scurry. |
| STEENKIRKS | • Steenkirks n. Plural of Steenkirk. • STEENKIRK n. (historical) a neckcloth or cravat with long lace ends, also STEINKIRK. |
| THICKENERS | • thickeners n. Plural of thickener. • THICKENER n. an agent used for thickening esp. soups etc. |
| TRANCELIKE | • trancelike adj. Having the characteristics of a trance. • trance-like adj. Similar to, or reminiscent of, a trance. • trance-like adj. Related to trance music. |
| TRINKETERS | • trinketers n. Plural of trinketer. • TRINKETER n. (obsolete) an intriguer. |