(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chutzpanik
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
kanephoros
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kephallina
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
khakanship
khakanship
noun
Synonym of khanship
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
knappishly
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
phytokinin
piankashaw
picnickish
picnickish
adj
Resembling, characteristic of, or suitable for a picnic.
pinkfishes
planksheer
plinthlike
plinthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plinth.
prankishly
prankishly
adv
In a prankish way.
preshrinks
preshrinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preshrink
pukishness
pumpkinish
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
sanjakship
shankpiece
sheepshank
sheepshank
noun
(nautical) A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
verb
(transitive) To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.
sheepskins
sheepskins
noun
plural of sheepskin
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
shunpiking
shunpiking
verb
present participle of shunpike
siphonlike
siphonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a siphon.
skupshtina
sphinxlike
sphinxlike
adj
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx. Especially, not showing emotion
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance