An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
asklepios
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackpoll
blackpoll
noun
A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
blackpool
blackpool
Proper noun
A town and resort in Lancashire, England
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blockpate
bookplate
bookplate
noun
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
verb
(transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).
buckplate
calpacked
calpacked
adj
Wearing a calpack.
chappelka
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
kalaupapa
kalispell
kalispell
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
kallitype
kallitype
noun
An early photograph produced using an organic salt of iron, preferably the ferric oxalate.
kalumpang
kalyptras
kampliles
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
kanopolis
kataplexy
kataplexy
noun
Alternative form of cataplexy
kephalins
kephalins
noun
plural of kephalin
keplerian
keplerian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kilampere
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
knapscull
kraepelin
kulanapan
lakarpite
lakeports
lakeports
noun
plural of lakeport
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
lampmaker
lampmaker
noun
A manufacturer of lamps.
landskips
landskips
noun
plural of landskip
lapstrake
lapstrake
adj
Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
noun
(countable) A boat built in this style.
(uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
lapstreak
lapstreak
noun
Alternative form of lapstrake
larkspurs
larkspurs
noun
plural of larkspur
leakproof
leakproof
adj
Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to leakage.
loudspeak
maplelike
maplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree.
oikoplast
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
packplane
padlocked
padlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of padlock
paintlick
pakhpuluk
palankeen
palankeen
noun
Alternative spelling of palanquin
palsylike
palsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a palsy, especially shaking motions.
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
paniclike
paniclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of panic.
pansylike
pansylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pansy.
paperlike
paperlike
adj
Resembling paper or some aspect of it.
parakilya
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
parklands
parklands
noun
plural of parkland
parkville
pashaliks
pashaliks
noun
plural of pashalik
pataskala
peacelike
peacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of peace.
peachlike
peachlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a peach.
peacockly
peakishly
peaselike
petallike
petallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
phiallike
pickadils
pickadils
noun
plural of pickadil
pickleman
pillmaker
pipikaula
placekick
placekick
noun
(in several forms of football) A kick of the ball from a stationary position.
verb
(in several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of scoring extra points.
plackless
plackless
adj
(Scotland, obsolete) penniless; broke
plainback
plaitwork
planckian
planckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist and founder of quantum theory.
Relating to the Planck length or Planck time
planetkin
plankings
plankings
noun
plural of planking
plankless
plankless
adj
Without a plank or planks.
planklike
planklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plank.
plankters
plankters
noun
plural of plankter
planktons
planktons
noun
plural of plankton
planktont
plankways
plankways
noun
plural of plankway
plankwise
plankwise
adv
(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
plantlike
plantlike
adj
Having characteristics of a plant
platelike
platelike
adj
Having characteristics of a plate
platemark
platemark
noun
A mark or emblem stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, etc.
platework
playbacks
playbacks
noun
plural of playback
playbooks
playbooks
noun
plural of playbook
playmaker
playmaker
noun
(dated) A playwright.
(sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.
plowbacks
plowmaker
pokelogan
pokelogan
Noun
A marsh.
psalmbook
psalmbook
noun
A book of psalms.
pulaskite
pulaskite
noun
(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
pullbacks
pullbacks
noun
plural of pullback
resparkle
ropewalks
ropewalks
noun
plural of ropewalk
scalplock
sepialike
sepialike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sepia.
sheepwalk
sheepwalk
noun
Land given to pasturing of sheep, smaller than a sheep-run.
shoptalks
shoptalks
noun
plural of shoptalk
skaalpund
skaldship
skaldship
noun
(historical) The skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.
skeptical
skeptical
adj
Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics.
skiplanes
skiplanes
noun
plural of skiplane
skippable
skippable
adj
Capable of being skipped.
Not worth watching or doing; missable.
skullcaps
skullcaps
noun
plural of skullcap
slapjacks
slapjacks
noun
plural of slapjack
slapstick
slapstick
noun
(countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.
(uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
sleepwalk
sleepwalk
verb
(intransitive) To walk and/or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate.
slopmaker
spacewalk
spacewalk
noun
Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space; extravehicular activity.
verb
To perform a spacewalk.
spackling
spackling
noun
Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
verb
present participle of spackle
spadelike
spadelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a spade.
sparklers
sparklers
noun
plural of sparkler
sparkless
sparkless
adj
lacking in creativity or energy
without a spark
sparklike
sparklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a spark.
sparkling
sparkling
adj
(figurative) Brilliant and vivacious.
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
noun
A sparkling wine.
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
verb
present participle and gerund of sparkle
sparkplug
sparkplug
noun
Alternative form of spark plug
verb
(transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
speakable
speakable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of speech.
Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.
That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
speakably
speakless
spearlike
spearlike
adj
Resembling a spear.
speckfall
speedwalk
speedwalk
noun
A moving walkway.
verb
To take part in the sport of speedwalking.
To walk quickly.
spiketail
spiketail
noun
(US, dialect) The pintail duck.
splitbeak
spoilbank
spracklen
spraylike
spraylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a spray.
sprekelia
straplike
straplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strap.
tramplike
tramplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tramp (vagrant).