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
apokatastatic
apokatastatic
adj
Alternative form of apocatastatic
archipenko
backdrop
backdrop
noun
(figurative) Any background situation.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
An image that serves as a visual background.
The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backdropped
backdropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdrop
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backpointer
backpointers
backrope
backropes
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
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blackpoll
blackpoll
noun
A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
blackpool
blackpool
Proper noun
A town and resort in Lancashire, England
blackpot
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
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
caplock
caplock
noun
A firearm that is discharged by means of a percussion cap.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
caprocks
caprocks
noun
plural of caprock
captaincook
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
chalkography
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
changepocket
chapbook
chapbook
noun
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chaunoprockt
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
cockapoo
cockapoo
noun
A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
cocksparrow
copake
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
copintank
corapeake
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
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
cryoplankton
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
downpatrick
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
epiplanktonic
epiplanktonic
adj
Relating to epiplankton
flapdock
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
hopsack
hopsack
noun
(countable) A hemp sack used for holding hops.
(uncountable) A coarse, loosely-woven clothing fabric.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
hopsacks
hopsacks
noun
plural of hopsack
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypoplanktonic
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
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
jackpuddinghood
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
kaleidescope
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope
noun
(figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.
verb
(intransitive) To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns.
kaleidoscopes
kaleidoscopes
noun
plural of kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic
adj
(figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
kaleidoscopical
kaleidoscopical
adj
Alternative form of kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopically
kaleidoscopically
adv
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
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
keraphyllocele
keraphyllocele
noun
A horny tumor which forms on the internal surface of the wall of a horse's foot, at the expense of the keraphyllous tissue, which becomes hypertrophied.
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.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunophonic
keraunoscopia
keraunoscopy
kickapoo
kickapoo
Proper noun
An Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
The language spoken by this people.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
kilopascals
kilopascals
noun
plural of kilopascal
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetoplastic
kinetoplastic
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
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
koilanaglyphic
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lapcock
lapcock
noun
(Ireland, archaic) An armful or roll of grass laid down on the sward to dry for hay.
leucoplakia
leucoplakia
noun
Alternative form of leukoplakia
leucoplakial
leukocytopenia
leukocytopenia
noun
(medicine) Leukopenia.
leukoplakic
leukoplakic
adj
Relating to leukoplakia.
loachapoka
loopback
loopback
noun
The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
mauckport
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
microphakia
microphakia
noun
Abnormal small size of the lens of the eye.
microplakite
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
nannoplanktonic
nobackspace
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
oopack
oopack
Noun
A kind of black tea.
opalocka
overpack
overpack
noun
A container intended to hold smaller containers.
verb
(intransitive) To pack too much.
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
overpackages
overpackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpackage
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
oyapock
pachinko
pachinko
noun
A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
verb
(intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.