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
ankylopoietic
antiskeptic
antiskeptic
noun
One who opposes a skeptical viewpoint.
antiskeptical
antiskepticism
antiskepticism
noun
Opposition to a skeptical viewpoint.
archipenko
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backpointer
backpointers
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
berrypicking
bespecklement
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
capeneddick
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
changepocket
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
cockneyship
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
copperskin
corpselikeness
counterprick
crackpottedness
crankplate
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
cuckoopintle
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
epiplanktonic
epiplanktonic
adj
Relating to epiplankton
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
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
gumpoldskirchner
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
henpeck
henpeck
noun
(rare) A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.
verb
(chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.
henpecked
henpecked
adj
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
henpecks
henpecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck
humperdinck
hyperkinetic
hyperkinetic
adj
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
impackment
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
jackanapes
jackanapes
noun
(dated, derogatory) An impudent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A monkey.
plural of jackanape
jackanapeses
jackanapeses
noun
plural of jackanapes
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
kenspac
kenspeck
kenspeck
adj
(UK, dialect, Northern England, obsolete) Easily known or seen; obvious; apparent.
(computing) A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
(computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
verb
To use such a device or machine
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinescope
kinescope
noun
(historical) An early television receiver tube.
A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
verb
(transitive) To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
kinescopes
kinescopes
noun
plural of kinescope
kinescoping
kinescoping
verb
present participle of kinescope
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetoplastic
kinetoplastic
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
kinetoscope
kinetoscope
noun
An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.
kinetoscopes
kinetoscopes
noun
plural of kinetoscope
kinetoscopic
kinetoscopic
adj
Relating to the kinetoscope.
kingpiece
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
knapsacked
knapsacked
adj
Wearing a knapsack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knapsack
kneecap
kneecap
noun
(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
(roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
verb
(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.
kneecapping
kneecapping
noun
(gerund) The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
(gerund, figurative, by extension) An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement.
verb
present participle of kneecap
kneecappings
kneecappings
noun
plural of kneecapping
kneecaps
kneecaps
noun
plural of kneecap
kneepiece
kneepiece
noun
(construction) An angular piece of timber strengthening a joint where two roof timbers meet.
The piece of armour that covers the knee.
koniscope
koniscope
noun
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
leukocytopenia
leukocytopenia
noun
(medicine) Leukopenia.
leukopenic
leukopenic
adj
(not comparable) Characterized by, or concerning, leukopenia.
Having leukopenia.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lopeskonce
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.
neckpiece
neckpiece
noun
A piece of clothing to be worn around the neck.
nescopeck
nickeltype
nickerpecker
nitpicked
nitpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nitpick
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nitpickiest
nitpickiest
adj
superlative form of nitpicky: most nitpicky
nobackspace
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
optokinetic
optokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to movement of the eyes
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overskepticalness
pacemaking
pacemaking
noun
The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
pacemakings
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
packmen
packmen
noun
plural of packman
packness
packnesses
packplane
paddockstone
paleokinetic
pancake
pancake
noun
(film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
(juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
(theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
(volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
Anything very thin and flat.
Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
verb
(construction, demolition) To collapse one floor after another.
(intransitive) To make a pancake landing.
(transitive) To flatten violently.
pancaked
pancaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pancake
pancakes
pancakes
noun
plural of pancake
panicked
panicked
adj
Experiencing or in a state of panic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of panic
panickier
panickier
adj
comparative form of panicky: more panicky
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
panickiness
paniclike
paniclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of panic.
parakinetic
parakinetic
adj
Relating to parakinesis
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pawneerock
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
peacekeeping
peacekeeping
noun
(as a noun modifier) (for example) a peacekeeping force.
The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.