(by extension) Whatever is available in a particular situation.
(dated) A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.
(obsolete) The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a pot or other drinking vessel.
(originally Canada, US) A shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a dish of food brought to such a meal.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a potluck, where each participant brings a meal to be shared by all.
potlucks
potlucks
noun
plural of potluck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of potluck
pouchlike
pouchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
poundlike
prankful
prankful
adj
Full of pranks; mischievous.
prankfulness
prankfulness
noun
The quality of being prankful.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
proklausis
proletkult
proleukocyte
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
protoleukocyte
prudelike
prudelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prude; prudish.
pseudankylosis
pseudoalkaloid
pseudoalkaloid
noun
Any alkaloid-like compound that does not originate from amino acids.
pseudoankylosis
pseudoleukemia
pseudoleukemic
pseudoskeletal
pseudoskeleton
puckball
puckball
noun
(obsolete) A puffball fungus.
puckerel
puckishly
puckishly
adv
mischievously; playfully
puckle
puckle
noun
(dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite.
(obsolete) The devil; Satan.
pucklike
pucklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puck.
puckling
puckneedle
puckrel
puddinglike
puddinglike
adj
Resembling a pudding.
puddlelike
puddlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puddle.
puklich
pulaski
pulaski
noun
A double-ended fire-fighting tool, usually long-handled, and having an ax-blade on one side and a mattock-blade on the other.
pulaskite
pulaskite
noun
(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
pulik
pulik
noun
plural of puli
pulk
pulk
noun
A small sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice.
pulka
pulka
noun
An animal-drawn sleigh (sledge) of a particular sort.
pullback
pullback
noun
(architecture) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it partly open at a fixed point.
(category theory) The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
(category theory) Within a Cartesian square (which has a pair of divergent morphisms and a pair of convergent morphisms) the divergent morphism which is directly opposite to a given one of the convergent morphisms, said to be “along” the convergent morphism which is between that pair of opposite morphisms. (The pullback is said to be “of” the given morphism.)
(differential geometry) The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
(film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
(finance) A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
(historical) A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
(sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.
The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
pullbacks
pullbacks
noun
plural of pullback
pullock
pulplike
pulplike
adj
Resembling pulp; pulpy.
pulselike
pulselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pulse.
pumpernickel
pumpernickel
noun
A German sourdough bread made from rye.
pumpernickels
pumpernickels
noun
plural of pumpernickel
pumplike
pumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pump.
punchlike
punchlike
adj
Resembling a punch (tool for punching holes).
Resembling or characteristic of punch (the drink).
punkling
punkling
noun
(obsolete) A young strumpet
Someone young associated with the punk movement or music.
puplike
puppetlike
puppetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puppet; mechanical, controlled by another.
puppylike
puppylike
adj
Resembling a puppy.
puritanlike
puritanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
purselike
purselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a purse.
puslike
puslike
adj
Resembling pus.
pusslike
pustulelike
pustulelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pustule.
putlock
putlock
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of putlog
puttylike
puttylike
adj
Resembling putty or some aspect of it.
rumpelstiltskin
rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
sapskull
sapskull
noun
A stupid person; a saphead.
scheltopusik
scheltopusik
noun
Alternative form of sheltopusik
skaalpund
skalpund
skepful
skepful
noun
Enough to fill a skep; a basketful.
skepfuls
skepfuls
noun
plural of skepful
skrupul
skullcap
skullcap
noun
(anatomy) The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
(botany) Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
(historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.
A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
A yarmulke-like hat worn as an element of ghetto fashion.
skullcaps
skullcaps
noun
plural of skullcap
skulp
slumpwork
souplike
souplike
adj
Resembling soup; soupy.
sparkplug
sparkplug
noun
Alternative form of spark plug
verb
(transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
sparkplugging
sparkplugging
verb
present participle of sparkplug
spelunk
spelunk
noun
(obsolete) A cave, cavern or grotto.
verb
To explore a system in depth.
To explore caves.
spelunked
spelunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spelunk
spelunker
spelunker
noun
(Canada, US) One who explores caves; one who spelunks.
(derogatory) An amateur or inadequately prepared caver.
spelunkers
spelunkers
noun
plural of spelunker
spelunking
spelunking
noun
The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns.
verb
present participle of spelunk
spelunkings
spelunkings
noun
plural of spelunking
spelunks
spelunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spelunk
splacknuck
spondulicks
spondulicks
noun
(slang, UK) Money.
spoutlike
spoutlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a spout.
spunkily
spunkily
adv
in a spunky manner
spunkless
spunkless
adj
(slang) Without semen.
Without spirit or courage.
spunklessly
spunklessness
spurlike
spurlike
adj
Resembling a spur.
spurlock
spurlockville
stirruplike
stirruplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stirrup.
strumpetlike
strumpetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strumpet.
stumplike
stumplike
adj
Resembling a stump.
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
sulphurlike
sulphurlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike
superacknowledgment
superalkaline
superalkaline
adj
Highly alkaline.
superalkalinity
superalkalinity
noun
The property of being superalkaline.
superblock
superblock
noun
(architecture, urban planning) A very large block of buildings.
(computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device.
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superlikelihood
superlucky
superlucky
adj
Extremely lucky.
superslick
superslick
adj
(informal) Very slick.
superthankful
superthankfully
superthankfulness
supplejack
supplejack
noun
A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.
A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.
Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.
Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.
supplejacks
supplejacks
noun
plural of supplejack
syruplike
syruplike
adj
Resembling syrup or some aspect of it.
tarpaulinmaker
trumpetlike
trumpetlike
adj
Resembling a trumpet or its sound.
trumplike
trumplike
adj
Resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.
tuliplike
tuliplike
adj
Resembling a tulip.
tulkepaia
turkophil
turkophile
turkophilia
turkophilism
turniplike
turniplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turnip.
unbesprinkled
unbesprinkled
adj
Not besprinkled.
underclerkship
underclerkship
noun
The position of underclerk.
ungospellike
ungospellike
adj
Not gospellike.
ungypsylike
ungypsylike
adj
Not gypsylike.
unkemptly
unkemptly
adv
In an unkempt manner
unnymphlike
unnymphlike
adj
Not nymphlike.
unoutspeakable
unoutspeakable
adj
(archaic) Unspeakable.
unpadlocked
unpadlocked
adj
Not secured by a padlock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpadlock