Synonym of lip service (“promising but empty talk; words absent of real action or intention”)
lockkeepers
lockkeepers
noun
plural of lockkeeper
lockport
lockport
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
a city in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a town in Louisiana, USA.
a city and a town in New York, USA. The city is the county seat of
a ghost town in Ohio, USA.
loudspeaker
loudspeaker
noun
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
loudspeakers
loudspeakers
noun
plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
marketplace
marketplace
noun
(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
(figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
An open area in a town housing a public market.
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
marketplaces
marketplaces
noun
plural of marketplace
marlinespike
marlinespike
noun
Alternative spelling of marlinspike
marlinespikes
marlinespikes
noun
plural of marlinespike
marlingspike
marlinspike
marlinspike
noun
A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.
marlinspikes
marlinspikes
noun
plural of marlinspike
meroplankton
meroplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
microplakite
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
micropoikilitic
milksoppery
milksoppery
noun
weak, timid, ineffectual behaviour
mulaprakriti
nonsparkling
nonsparkling
adj
Not sparkling; uncarbonated.
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.
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
oversprinkle
oversprinkle
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle over.
(transitive, nonce word) To be sprinkled over (something).
packbuilder
packwaller
painkiller
painkiller
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
painkillers
painkillers
noun
plural of painkiller
painterlike
painterlike
adj
painterly; characteristic of a painter or paintings
palankeener
paligorskite
palikar
palikarism
palikars
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
pantherlike
pantherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a panther.
paperlike
paperlike
adj
Resembling paper or some aspect of it.
paradelike
paradelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parade.
parakilya
parasitelike
parasitelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parasite.
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parentlike
parentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
parkdale
parkhall
parkland
parkland
noun
(Canada, US) A landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.
Land suitable for use as a park.
parklands
parklands
noun
plural of parkland
parkleaves
parkleaves
noun
A plant, the tutsan.
parklike
parklike
adj
Resembling a park
parksley
parksville
parkville
parrotlike
parrotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parrot.
parsleylike
parsleylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parsley.
parsonlike
parsonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parson.
partakable
partakable
adj
(rare) Alternative form of partakeable
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
patternlike
patternlike
adj
Resembling a pattern; regular.
pearlike
pearlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pear.
pelargikon
pellekar
penclerk
perikaryal
perikaryal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a perikaryon
periwinkle
periwinkle
adj
Of pale bluish purple colour.
noun
A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
periwinkled
periwinkled
adj
(poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
periwinkler
periwinkler
noun
One who fishes for periwinkles.
periwinkles
periwinkles
noun
plural of periwinkle
perjinkly
perkily
perkily
adv
In a perky manner.
perkingly
perkinsville
perkiomenville
perukeless
pervouralsk
petropavlovsk
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
philbrook
phulkari
phulkari
noun
(countable) A cloth or garment embroidered in this style.
(uncountable) A style of Punjabi embroidery characterized by patterns of flowers.
pickerel
pickerel
noun
(Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
A wading bird, the dunlin.
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
pickerelweed
pickerelweed
noun
(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
pickler
pickler
noun
(programming) (in the Python programming language) A program or algorithm that performs serialization.
A cucumber grown for pickling.
A machine that pickles metal.
One who pickles food products.
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
pickrell
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
pierlike
pierlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pier.
pilework
pilework
noun
A structure built of piles; piling.
pilgarlicky
pilgrimlike
pilgrimlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pilgrim.
pillarlike
pillarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pillar.
pillmaker
pillowwork
pincerlike
pincerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pincer.
pipewalker
piratelike
piratelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pirate.
pitcherlike
pitcherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pitcher.
placekicker
placekicker
noun
(in several forms of football) A player who takes a placekick
placekickers
placekickers
noun
plural of placekicker
placemaker
placemaker
noun
A person involved in placemaking.
plackart
plackart
noun
Alternative form of placard (“extra plate on the lower part of a breastplate (armor)”)
plafker
plaitwork
planker
planker
noun
(colloquial) A tree with a straight trunk suitable for cutting into planks.
(informal, snowboarding) A skier.
A clodcrusher.
A workman who fits planks to a ship.
planksheer
plankter
plankter
noun
A single organism of plankton.
plankters
plankters
noun
plural of plankter
plasterlike
plasterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plaster (the material).
plasterwork
plasterwork
noun
Architectural work executed in plaster.
plasterworks
plasterworks
noun
plural of plasterwork
platemaker
platemaker
noun
One who produces plates (printing surfaces).
platemakers
platemakers
noun
plural of platemaker
platemark
platemark
noun
A mark or emblem stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, etc.
platework
plateworker
platykurtic
platykurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
platykurtosis
platykurtosis
noun
(statistics) The property of having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
playbroker
playbroker
noun
An agent involved in procuring and selling theatrical plays.
playmaker
playmaker
noun
(dated) A playwright.
(sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.
playwork
playwork
noun
(UK) A branch of childcare involving the supervision and development of play.
A role.
Work that is very easy or enjoyable.
plinker
plinker
noun
A firearm used to shoot at makeshift targets.
A person who shoots at makeshift targets.
One who makes a plinking sound.
plinkers
plinkers
noun
plural of plinker
ploverlike
ploverlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plover.
plowmaker
plucker
plucker
noun
A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
One who plucks.
pluckerian
pluckers
pluckers
noun
plural of plucker
pluckier
pluckier
adj
comparative form of plucky: more plucky
plumemaker
plumrock
plunker
plunker
noun
(fishing) An angler who throws bait into the water and waits on the shore, rather than fishing from a boat.
plunkers
plunkers
noun
plural of plunker
poikilotherm
poikilotherm
adj
cold-blooded
noun
A cold-blooded animal
poikilothermal
poikilothermal
adj
poikilothermic
poikilothermic
poikilothermic
adj
(of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
poikilothermism
poikilothermism
noun
poikilothermy
poikilothermy
poikilothermy
noun
(biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.
pokerishly
pokerishly
adv
In a pokerish manner.
pokerlike
pokerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a poker (metal rod).
Resembling or characteristic of the card game of poker.
policymaker
policymaker
noun
One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists.
politicker
politicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A politician; one who employs politics.
One who politicks; one who engages in politicking to increase their stature or power within a (non-governmental) business, organization, profession, etc.
politickers
politickers
noun
plural of politicker
pollakiuria
pollakiuria
noun
(urology) Abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine.