(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
aprickle
aprickle
adj
Prickling.
archipenko
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backpointer
backpointers
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backspringing
backstrip
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
berrypicker
berrypicking
blackprint
bricktop
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
caterpillarlike
caterpillarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
chlorpikrin
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
copperskin
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
counterprick
crackpotism
crankpin
crankpin
noun
The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
downpatrick
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dropkick
dropkick
noun
(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent or useless person.
(professional wrestling) a kick made to the opponent by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
verb
to make a dropkick
to score via a dropkick
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
earpick
earpick
noun
An instrument for removing earwax from the ear.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
fitzpatrick
flickerproof
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
gumpoldskirchner
hockingport
humperdinck
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
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
kamarupic
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
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
katamorphic
kataphoretic
kataphoretic
adj
Alternative form of cataphoretic
kataphoric
kataphoric
adj
Alternative form of cataphoric
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunophonic
keraunoscopia
killcrop
killcrop
noun
(obsolete) A changeling.
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
kilpatrick
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kirkpatrick
kryptic
kryptic
adj
Of or relating to krypsis.
krypticism
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
microphakia
microphakia
noun
Abnormal small size of the lens of the eye.
microplakite
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
micropoikilitic
nickerpecker
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overpick
overprick
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
overskeptticism
packbuilder
packeries
packtrain
paddockride
paetrick
panickier
panickier
adj
comparative form of panicky: more panicky
parakinetic
parakinetic
adj
Relating to parakinesis
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
patrick
patricksburg
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
peacockier
peckier
pecksniffery
pecksniffery
Noun
unctuous, hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour
pedrick
pedricktown
penderecki
peritrack
peritrack
noun
Synonym of taxiway
pernick
pernicketiness
pernicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being pernickety.
pernicketty
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
persnicketiness
persnicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being persnickety.
persnickety
persnickety
adj
US standard form of pernickety.
perwick
petrick
pharmacokinetic
pharmacokinetic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics.
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
pickar
pickard
pickaroon
pickaroon
noun
Archaic form of picaroon.
pickeer
pickeer
verb
(obsolete) To make a raid for booty; to maraud.
(obsolete) To skirmish in advance of an army.
pickeered
pickeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickeer
pickeering
pickeering
verb
present participle of pickeer
pickeers
pickeers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickeer
picker
picker
noun
(archaic) A pilferer.
(computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
(engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
(historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
(military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
(slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
(weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
A worker in an Amazon warehouse, responsible for retrieving ordered items.