To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bloubiskop
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
copperskin
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
diskophile
episarkine
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
hokypokies
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
innkeepers
innkeepers
noun
plural of innkeeper
inspeaking
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
kaisership
kaisership
noun
The role or status of a kaiser.
kampsville
kannapolis
kannapolis
Proper noun
A city in North Carolina.
kataplasia
kataplasia
noun
Alternative form of cataplasia
keepership
keepership
noun
The position of a keeper; guardianship, ownership.
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
khakanship
khakanship
noun
Synonym of khanship
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kineplasty
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
kinescopes
kinescopes
noun
plural of kinescope
kinspeople
kiplingese
kiplingese
Noun
Language characteristic of the writer (1865-1936), characterised by realism, jingoism, etc.
kiplingism
kiplingism
Noun
An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
kittlepins
kittlepins
Noun
The game of skittles.
kleptistic
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.
kriegspiel
kriegspiel
noun
A board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
A variant of chess in which the player cannot see their opponent's pieces.
kriophoros
kriophoros
noun
Synonym of criophore
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
krypticism
kulpsville
kyphosidae
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
milksopism
miskeeping
miskeeping
verb
present participle of miskeep
misprovoke
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
packagings
packagings
noun
plural of packaging
paderewski
painstaker
painstaker
noun
One who takes pains; a careful worker.
pakistanis
palikarism
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
papistlike
parksville
parsonlike
parsonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parson.
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
peacockish
peacockish
adj
Characteristic of a peacock; striking; ostentatious.
peacockism
peastaking
pelasgikon
perkinston
perofskite
perofskite
noun
Alternative form of perovskite
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
pettiskirt
pettiskirt
noun
A kind of skirt modelled on old-fashioned petticoats.
phthisicky
phthisicky
adj
Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
piankashaw
piatigorsk
pickedness
pickedness
noun
(obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
(obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
picnickers
picnickers
noun
plural of picnicker
picnickish
picnickish
adj
Resembling, characteristic of, or suitable for a picnic.
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pikestaves
pikesville
pilliwinks
pilliwinks
noun
(chiefly Scotland, historical) A torture device for squeezing the fingers; a thumbscrew.
pinkfishes
pinknesses
pinknesses
noun
plural of pinkness
pipsqueaks
pipsqueaks
noun
plural of pipsqueak
pistollike
pistollike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pistol.
pistonlike
pistonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a piston.
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
plainbacks
plainsfolk
pluckiness
pluckiness
noun
The characteristic of being plucky.
pokerishly
pokerishly
adv
In a pokerish manner.
pokinesses
pomeshchik
porkfishes
porkopolis
porkopolis
Proper noun
The city of Cincinnati.
prankishly
prankishly
adv
In a prankish way.
predislike
preshrinks
preshrinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preshrink
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
prickliest
prickliest
adj
superlative form of prickly: most prickly
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
priestlike
priestlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a priest.
printworks
printworks
noun
Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial publisher or a building where printing takes place.
Synonym of printing press, the machinery involved in printing.
prisonlike
prisonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prison
proklausis
proskomide
puckeriest
pukishness
pumpkinish
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
pyrewinkes
quakership
quicksteps
quicksteps
noun
plural of quickstep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quickstep
resprinkle
sanjakship
schipperke
schipperke
noun
(zoology) A small breed of dog developed in Belgium, sometimes used as a watchdog on boats.
seakeeping
seakeeping
noun
Effective operation of a ship at sea; remaining seaworthy.
seraphlike
seraphlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a seraph.
shankpiece
sheepskins
sheepskins
noun
plural of sheepskin
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shipkeeper
shipwrecks
shipwrecks
noun
plural of shipwreck
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
shrimplike
shrimplike
adj
Resembling a shrimp.
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
shunpiking
shunpiking
verb
present participle of shunpike
silverpeak
siphonlike
siphonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a siphon.
skepticism
skepticism
noun
A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines
The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible