Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forebespeak
forepeaks
forepeaks
noun
plural of forepeak
forespake
forespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak
forespeak
forespeak
verb
(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.
Alternative spelling of forspeak
forespeaker
forespeaker
noun
(obsolete or historical) One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forespoke
forespoke
verb
simple past tense of forespeak
forespoken
forespoken
adj
Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
verb
past participle of forespeak.
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
forspoken
forspoken
adj
(obsolete) Bewitched, charmed.
verb
past participle of forspeak.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
knifepoints
knifepoints
noun
plural of knifepoint
mistakeproof
mistakeproof
adj
Resistant to mistakes.
musketproof
musketproof
adj
resistant to damage by muskets
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
pecksniffery
pecksniffery
Noun
unctuous, hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour
pecksniffian
pecksniffian
adj
Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
pecksniffianism
pecksniffism
perofskite
perofskite
noun
Alternative form of perovskite
peskoff
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
pinkfishes
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
porkfishes
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
prankfulness
prankfulness
noun
The quality of being prankful.
prebreakfast
prebreakfast
adj
Before breakfast.
prefrankness
prefranks
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
professorlike
professorlike
adj
Resembling a professor, characteristic of a professor.
safekeeper
safekeeper
noun
A person kept in prison while awaiting trial.
safekeeping
safekeeping
noun
(US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
the responsibility of a guardian
the storage of assets in a protected area
safekeepings
safekeepings
noun
plural of safekeeping
shakeproof
shakeproof
adj
(engineering) Of a washer: resistant to being loosened by vibration.
shriekproof
shrinkageproof
sicknessproof
skepful
skepful
noun
Enough to fill a skep; a basketful.
skepfuls
skepfuls
noun
plural of skepful
smokeproof
smokeproof
adj
Resistant to smoke.
snakeproof
snakeproof
adj
Resistant to snakes.
speckfall
speckproof
spikefish
spikefish
noun
Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes.