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
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
crackpottedness
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
dopchick
downpatrick
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
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
flapdock
gumpoldskirchner
jackpuddinghood
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.
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
packboard
packboard
noun
A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.
packwood
packwood
Proper noun
A ghost town in California.
A city in Iowa.
paddlecock
paddlecock
noun
(UK, dialect) The lumpfish.
paddock
paddock
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
(Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
(also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
(derogatory) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
(horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
(motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
(sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
A frog.
A toad.
verb
(also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
(obsolete) To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).
(often passive) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
paddocked
paddocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paddock
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
paddockride
paddocks
paddocks
noun
plural of paddock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paddock
paddockstone
paddockstool
padlock
padlock
noun
A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
verb
To lock using a padlock.
padlocked
padlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of padlock
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
padlocks
padlocks
noun
plural of padlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of padlock
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peacocked
peacocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of peacock
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
pickford
piddock
piddock
noun
Any of the bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae, which burrow into soft rocks.
piddocks
piddocks
noun
plural of piddock
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
pocked
pocked
adj
pockmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pock
pocketed
pocketed
adj
(in combination) Having a certain type or number of pockets.
Having a pocket; with pockets.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pocket
pockmarked
pockmarked
adj
having pockmarks
incomplete, lacking, having holes
pitted, or scarred with holes
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pockmark
pockweed
pockwood
pockwood
noun
(archaic) lignum vitae
poddock
politicked
politicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of politic
simple past tense and past participle of politick
popdock
popdock
noun
(archaic) foxglove
postcardlike
postcardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
poundcake
poundcake
noun
Alternative spelling of pound cake
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockade
preblockade
adj
Before a blockade.
preblockaded
preblockading
precooked
precooked
adj
Alternative spelling of pre-cooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precook
prickado
prickwood
prickwood
noun
A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
problockade
pseudoleukemic
puddock
puddock
noun
Obsolete spelling of paddock
sicklepod
sicklepod
noun
Senna obtusifolia, a legume used in folk medicine.
spatterdock
spatterdock
noun
A species of water lily, Nuphar advena
spatterdocks
spatterdocks
noun
plural of spatterdock
spitchcocked
spitchcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spitchcock
spitscocked
splatterdock
splatterdock
noun
Alternative form of spatterdock (“species of water lily”)
spondulicks
spondulicks
noun
(slang, UK) Money.
stockpiled
stockpiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stockpile
superacknowledgment
unpadlocked
unpadlocked
adj
Not secured by a padlock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpadlock
unpocketed
unpocketed
adj
Not having been pocketed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpocket
woodpeck
woodpeck
noun
Obsolete form of woodpecker.
woodpecker
woodpecker
noun
(military slang) Type 92 heavy machine gun
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.