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
antiskeptic
antiskeptic
noun
One who opposes a skeptical viewpoint.
antiskeptical
antiskepticism
antiskepticism
noun
Opposition to a skeptical viewpoint.
assapanick
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backpointers
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspang
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bespecklement
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
cockneyship
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
copperskin
corpselikeness
crackpottedness
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
ducklingship
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
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
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
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
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
henpecks
henpecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
jackanapes
jackanapes
noun
(dated, derogatory) An impudent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A monkey.
plural of jackanape
jackanapeses
jackanapeses
noun
plural of jackanapes
jackanapish
jackanapish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jackanapes.
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
jacksonport
kenspac
kenspeck
kenspeck
adj
(UK, dialect, Northern England, obsolete) Easily known or seen; obvious; apparent.
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
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.
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
knapsack
knapsack
noun
(chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
(cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
verb
To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
knapsacked
knapsacked
adj
Wearing a knapsack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knapsack
knapsacking
knapsacking
verb
present participle of knapsack
knapsacks
knapsacks
noun
plural of knapsack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knapsack
knapscap
knapscull
kneecappings
kneecappings
noun
plural of kneecapping
kneecaps
kneecaps
noun
plural of kneecap
koniscope
koniscope
noun
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
lickspittling
lickspittling
verb
present participle of lickspittle
lopeskonce
meatpackings
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
mispackaging
mispackaging
verb
present participle of mispackage
nescopeck
nipmucks
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nitpickiest
nitpickiest
adj
superlative form of nitpicky: most nitpicky
nitpicks
nitpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nitpick
nobackspace
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
nonskeptical
nonskeptical
adj
Not skeptical.
nutpicks
nutpicks
noun
plural of nutpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nutpick
overskepticalness
pacemakings
packagings
packagings
noun
plural of packaging
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.
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
packmanship
packness
packnesses
packston
paddockstone
pancakes
pancakes
noun
plural of pancake
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
panickiness
peacekeepings
peacekeepings
noun
plural of peacekeeping
peacemakings
peacemakings
noun
plural of peacemaking
peacockishness
peacockishness
noun
The quality of being peacockish.
peasticking
peckiness
peckiness
noun
The quality of being pecky.
peckishness
peckishness
noun
The quality of being peckish; mild hunger.
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
penstick
penstock
penstock
noun
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
The barrel of a wooden pump.
penstocks
penstocks
noun
plural of penstock
pentstock
pentstock
noun
Alternative form of penstock
penuckles
pernicketiness
pernicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being pernickety.
persnicketiness
persnicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being persnickety.
persnickety
persnickety
adj
US standard form of pernickety.
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
phenakistoscope
phenakistoscope
noun
An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
pickableness
pickaninnies
pickaninnies
noun
plural of pickaninnie
plural of pickaninny
pickedness
pickedness
noun
(obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
(obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
pickens
pickens
Proper noun
A city in South Carolina, USA, and county seat of Pickens County.
pickinesses
pickings
pickings
noun
plural of picking
picksman
picksomeness
picksomeness
noun
The quality of being picksome.
pickstown
pickthankness
pickwickianism
picnickers
picnickers
noun
plural of picnicker
picnickish
picnickish
adj
Resembling, characteristic of, or suitable for a picnic.