A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
glykopectic
glykopexic
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hyperkinetic
hyperkinetic
adj
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
hypoplanktonic
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
kaleidoscopically
kaleidoscopically
adv
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
karyoplasmatic
karyoplasmic
karyoplasmic
adj
Relating to, or composed of karyoplasm
karyotypic
karyotypic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to karyotypes
karyotypical
karyotypical
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of a karyotype
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kinematographically
koilanaglyphic
kryptic
kryptic
adj
Of or relating to krypsis.
krypticism
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
kyphoscoliosis
kyphoscoliosis
noun
(medicine) Abnormal curvature of the spine in both coronal and sagittal planes; i.e. backward and lateral (sideways) spinal curvature.
kyphoscoliotic
kyphoscoliotic
adj
Relating to kyphoscoliosis.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
leukocytopenia
leukocytopenia
noun
(medicine) Leukopenia.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
nickeltype
overskeptically
packability
packability
noun
The quality or state of being packable
paddywacking
panicky
panicky
adj
In a state of panic.
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
peckishly
peckishly
adv
In a peckish manner.
pecksniffery
pecksniffery
Noun
unctuous, hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour
pernicketty
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
persnickety
persnickety
adj
US standard form of pernickety.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phthisicky
phthisicky
adj
Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
physicked
physicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of physic
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
physicks
physicks
noun
Obsolete form of physics.
plural of physick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of physick
physicky
physicky
adj
(archaic) Resembling medicine.
phytoplanktonic
phytoplanktonic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, phytoplankton
pickaninny
pickaninny
adj
(now rare) Little, small.
noun
(colloquial, now offensive, ethnic slur) A black child.
pickaway
pickedly
pickery
pickery
noun
(Scotland) petty theft
A place where cotton is picked.
pickney
pickney
noun
(Caribbean, Jamaica, Belize, MLE, MTE, informal) A child.
pickpenny
pickpenny
noun
A sharper
pickpocketry
pickthankly
pickwickianly
picky
picky
adj
Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
noun
(informal) A picture.
picnickery
picnicky
picnicky
adj
(informal) Picniclike.
piggyback
piggyback
adj
Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
On somebody's back or shoulders.
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
noun
(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
An act or instance of piggybacking.
verb
(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
(transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
(transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
(transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
(transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
(transitive, intransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
piggybacked
piggybacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of piggyback
piggybacking
piggybacking
noun
The practice of carrying something piggyback.
verb
present participle of piggyback
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
pilgarlicky
pinckney
pinckneya
pinckneyville
platykurtic
platykurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
pluckily
pluckily
adv
In a plucky manner.
pockily
pohickory
pohickory
noun
A kind of hickory nut milk prepared by Native Americans in New England and used as a beverage.
poikilocyte
poikilocyte
noun
(physiology) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.
poikilocythemia
poikilocytosis
poikilocytosis
noun
(pathology) Presence in the blood of red blood cells with abnormal shape or an entirely different shape
policymaker
policymaker
noun
One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists.
policymaking
policymaking
noun
the formulation of policies.
poppycockish
poppycockish
adj
Full of poppycock; nonsensical; ridiculous.
poyssick
prickingly
prickingly
adv
With a pricking action or sensation.
pricklingly
pricklingly
adv
With a prickling action or sensation.
prickly
prickly
adj
Covered with sharp points.
Difficult; complicated; (figuratively) hairy or thorny.
Easily irritated.
adv
In a prickly manner.
noun
(colloquial) Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.
pricklyback
prickmedainty
pricky
pricky
adj
Stiff and sharp; prickly.
prokaryotic
prokaryotic
adj
Of cells, lacking a nucleus.
Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
psychokineses
psychokineses
noun
plural of psychokinesis
psychokinesia
psychokinesia
noun
(pathology, obsolete) Abnormal impulsive behaviour unaccompanied by depression or other mental disorder.
psychokinesis
psychokinesis
noun
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.
psychokinetic
psychokinetic
adj
Of or relating to psychokinesis.
noun
A person having the paranormal ability of psychokinesis.
psychoquackeries
puckishly
puckishly
adv
mischievously; playfully
pyknic
pyknic
adj
short and stout; endomorphic
noun
(anthropology) A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; a endomorph.
pyknics
pyknics
noun
plural of pyknic
pyknotic
pyknotic
adj
(cytology) showing pyknosis
scoliokyposis
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
skeptically
skeptically
adv
(American spelling) In a skeptical manner, with skepticism.