MICKERY | • mickery n. (Australia) A soak dug into the ground. • MICKERY n. (Native Australian) a well or waterhole, esp. in a dry riverbed. |
MOCKERY | • mockery n. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. • mockery n. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. • mockery n. (Obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc. |
CHROMAKEY | • chromakey n. (Television, film) The use of a particular colour (usually either green or blue) as a key in a TV studio… • chromakey v. (Transitive) To modify an image in this way. • chroma-key n. Alternative spelling of chromakey. |
CHROMAKEYS | • chromakeys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chromakey. • CHROMAKEY n. a special television effect by which a coloured background can be removed from a picture and a different one substituted. |
KERYGMATIC | • kerygmatic adj. Relating to the kerygmata. • kerygmatic adj. Presumptuous. • KERYGMATIC adj. of or relating to preaching the Gospel. |
COMSTOCKERY | • comstockery n. (US) Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality. • COMSTOCKERY n. overzealous censorship of material considered obscene, also COMSTOCKISM. |
GIMCRACKERY | • gimcrackery n. Tastelessness. • GIMCRACKERY n. the state of being gimcrack. |
KERATECTOMY | • keratectomy n. (Surgery) An operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis. • KERATECTOMY n. surgical incision of the cornea. |
POLICYMAKER | • policymaker n. One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists. • policy␣maker n. Alternative form of policymaker. • POLICYMAKER n. one who makes policy. |
RHEUMATICKY | • rheumaticky adj. (Colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism. • RHEUMATICKY adj. suffering from rheumatism. |
LOCKSMITHERY | • locksmithery n. The work of a locksmith. • LOCKSMITHERY n. the craft of the locksmith. |
MOCKUMENTARY | • mockumentary n. (Film) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual… • MOCKUMENTARY n. a spoof documentary. |
POLICYMAKERS | • policymakers n. Plural of policymaker. • policy␣makers n. Plural of policy maker. • POLICYMAKER n. one who makes policy. |
MEGAKARYOCYTE | • megakaryocyte n. (Anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets. • MEGAKARYOCYTE n. a large cell with a lobulated nucleus, found esp. in the bone marrow, the source of blood platelets. |
SHOCKUMENTARY | • shockumentary n. A form of documentary used to generate a reactionary effect in an audience; especially such a documentary… • SHOCKUMENTARY n. a documentary intended to shock. |
MEGAKARYOCYTES | • megakaryocytes n. Plural of megakaryocyte. • MEGAKARYOCYTE n. a large cell with a lobulated nucleus, found esp. in the bone marrow, the source of blood platelets. |
MEGAKARYOCYTIC | • megakaryocytic adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes. • MEGAKARYOCYTIC adj. of or like a megakaryocyte. |