| CANTANKEROUS | • cantankerous adj. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby. • CANTANKEROUS adj. difficult or irritating to deal with. |
| COUNTERSINKS | • countersinks n. Plural of countersink. • countersinks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink. • COUNTERSINK v. to make a countersink on (a hole). |
| INTERLEUKINS | • interleukins n. Plural of interleukin. • INTERLEUKIN n. any of a group of proteins that control the production of blood cells and play an important part in the combating of infection. |
| JUNKETEERING | • junketeering v. Present participle of junketeer. • JUNKETEER v. to engage in junketeering. |
| KINETONUCLEI | • KINETONUCLEUS n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETOPLAST. |
| MOUNTEBANKED | • mountebanked v. Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank. • MOUNTEBANK v. to act as a mountebank. |
| NOMENKLATURA | • nomenklatura n. (Now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union… • nomenklatura n. The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. • NOMENKLATURA n. (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime. |
| OUTRECKONING | • outreckoning v. Present participle of outreckon. • OUTRECKON v. to surpass in reckoning. |
| TANKBUSTINGS | • TANKBUSTING n. the use of a tankbuster, a plane that specialises in attacking tanks. |
| TECHNOJUNKIE | • technojunkie n. (Informal) One who has an addiction to computer technology. • TECHNOJUNKIE n. someone who is obsessed with technology. |
| THANKFULNESS | • thankfulness n. The state of being thankful. • THANKFULNESS n. the state of being thankful. |
| UNDERBLANKET | • underblanket n. A blanket placed directly on the mattress of a bed. • UNDERBLANKET n. a blanket for use under another blanket. |
| UNDERTAKINGS | • undertakings n. Plural of undertaking. • UNDERTAKING n. an enterprise. |
| UNKNIGHTLIER | • UNKNIGHTLY adj. not knightly. |
| UNSTOCKINGED | • unstockinged adj. Not wearing stockings. • UNSTOCKINGED adj. not stockinged. |
| UNTHANKFULLY | • unthankfully adv. In an unthankful way; ungratefully. • UNTHANKFUL adv. not thankful. |
| UNTHINKINGLY | • unthinkingly adv. In an unthinking manner. • UNTHINKING adv. UNTHINK, to dismiss from the mind. |