(archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
housekkept
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
huskamp
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
keraphyllous
ketchups
ketchups
noun
plural of ketchup
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
kornephorus
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
leukophoresis
leukophoresis
noun
Leukapheresis.
nonhousekeeping
nonhousekeeping
adj
Not of or relating to housekeeping.
packhouse
packhouse
noun
A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
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.
pankhurst
pawhuska
pawhuska
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
perukiership
phitsanulok
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
plushlike
plushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plush.
pockhouse
poughkeepsie
poughkeepsie
Proper noun
a city in New York State, USA
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
preshrunken
psychoquackeries
puckerbush
puckish
puckish
adj
Mischievous; excessively playful.
puckishly
puckishly
adv
mischievously; playfully
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
pukish
pukish
adj
Nauseated, queasy.
Resembling vomit, especially in color.
pukishness
pumpkinish
punkahs
punkahs
noun
plural of punkah
punkish
punkish
adj
Reminiscent of the punk subculture; slightly punk.
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
pushkin
pushkin
Proper noun
definition
A town in Russia
quakership
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
serpukhov
shakeup
shakeup
noun
A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.
shakeups
shakeups
noun
plural of shakeup
shkupetar
shuckpen
shunpike
shunpike
noun
A side road or route.
verb
To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.
shunpiked
shunpiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shunpike
shunpiker
shunpiker
noun
One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
shunpikes
shunpikes
noun
plural of shunpike
shunpiking
shunpiking
verb
present participle of shunpike
shunpikings
skeuomorph
skeuomorph
noun
A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphic
adj
(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
skupshtina
speakhouse
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
sulphurlike
sulphurlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike
superlikelihood
superthankful
superthankfully
superthankfulness
superthick
superthick
adj
Very thick.
taurokathapsia
taurokathapsia
noun
(rare) Bull-leaping, as depicted in Bronze Age art, especially from Minoan Crete.
tuckshop
tuckshop
noun
Alternative spelling of tuck shop
turkophilism
turkophobist
underclerkship
underclerkship
noun
The position of underclerk.
unphysicianlike
unphysicked
unphysicked
adj
(archaic) Not physicked.
unshiplike
unshiplike
adj
Not resembling or characteristic of a ship.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unspookish
upchucks
upchucks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upchuck