a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
amphikaryotic
ankylopoietic
ankyloproctia
antiskeptic
antiskeptic
noun
One who opposes a skeptical viewpoint.
antiskeptical
antiskepticism
antiskepticism
noun
Opposition to a skeptical viewpoint.
apokatastatic
apokatastatic
adj
Alternative form of apocatastatic
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backpointer
backpointers
backstamp
backstamped
backstamping
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrapped
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blackpatch
blackplate
blackpot
blackprint
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blockpate
buckplate
captaincook
carpetmaker
carpetmaker
noun
One who manufactures carpets.
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
caterpillarlike
caterpillarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
chalkpit
chalkpit
noun
A quarry where chalk is found.
changepocket
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chaunoprockt
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
cheapskates
cheapskates
noun
plural of cheapskate
checkstrap
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
copintank
crackpot
crackpot
adj
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
noun
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
crackpotism
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackpottedness
crankplate
cryoplankton
dikaryophytic
downpatrick
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
empacket
empacket
verb
(transitive, archaic, Scotland) To pack up.
epiplanktonic
epiplanktonic
adj
Relating to epiplankton
fitzpatrick
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hypoplanktonic
impackment
jackpot
jackpot
noun
(Western US) A difficult situation.
(forestry) A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
(pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
A jumble of felled timber.
A large cash prize or money.
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
An unexpected windfall or reward.
verb
(of a slot machine, intransitive) To issue a jackpot.
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
jacksonport
jockstrap
jockstrap
noun
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
jockstraps
jockstraps
noun
plural of jockstrap
kaataplectic
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
karyoplasmatic
karyotypic
karyotypic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to karyotypes
karyotypical
karyotypical
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of a karyotype
katamorphic
kataphoretic
kataphoretic
adj
Alternative form of cataphoretic
kataphoric
kataphoric
adj
Alternative form of cataphoric
kataplectic
kataplectic
adj
Alternative form of cataplectic
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keratoscope
keratoscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An ophthalmic instrument for assessing the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
keratoscopy
keratoscopy
noun
(ophthalmology) The measurement of the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kilpatrick
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetoplastic
kinetoplastic
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
kirkpatrick
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniac
noun
One who steals compulsively.
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacal
adj
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
leukocytopenia
leukocytopenia
noun
(medicine) Leukopenia.
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
marketplace
marketplace
noun
(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
(figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
An open area in a town housing a public market.
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
marketplaces
marketplaces
noun
plural of marketplace
mauckport
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
microplakite
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
multipacket
multipacket
adj
Composed of multiple packets
nannoplanktonic
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
nunapitchuk
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
packability
packability
noun
The quality or state of being packable
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
packet
packet
noun
(South Africa) A plastic bag.
(botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
(informal) A large amount of money.
(nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
(slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”)
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
verb
(intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
(transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
(transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
(transitive, Internet) To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
packeted
packeted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of packet
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packets
packets
noun
plural of packet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of packet
packrat
packrat
noun
(informal) One who tends to acquire various objects; one who collects, accumulates or has trouble throwing things away; a hoarder.
Any of several species of rodent in the genus Neotoma, most commonly the bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea), that gather vegetation and other materials into shelters (middens).
verb
(colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To hoard things.
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
packstaves
packstaves
noun
plural of packstaff
packston
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
packthreaded
packthreads
packthreads
noun
plural of packthread
packton
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
packtrain
paddockstone
paddockstool
paetrick
paintlick
paleokinetic
paltock
paltock
noun
(historical) A type of short doublet or tunic with sleeves, sometimes worn beneath armour.
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
parakinetic
parakinetic
adj
Relating to parakinesis
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pastrycook
pastrycook
noun
A cook who makes desserts and pastries.
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork