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
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
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
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
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
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
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.
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
enkolpion
epikleses
epiklesis
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
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
kelyphite
kelyphite
noun
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
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
kilopoise
kilopound
kilopound
noun
(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
klemperer
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
klopstock
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.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lickspits
lickspits
noun
plural of lickspit
linkoping
lipsticks
lipsticks
noun
plural of lipstick
locksteps
locksteps
noun
plural of lockstep
lopsticks
lopsticks
noun
plural of lopstick
loudspeak
maplelike
maplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree.
milksoppy
milksoppy
Adjective
weak; timid; ineffectual
mispickel
mispickel
noun
The mineral arsenopyrite
nymphlike
nymphlike
adj
Resembling a nymph.
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
peckishly
peckishly
adv
In a peckish manner.
peckville
peekskill
pennuckle
penuckles
perjinkly
perkingly
petallike
petallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
phiallike
philbrook
piblockto
pibloktos
pickadils
pickadils
noun
plural of pickadil
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
pickleman
picklocks
picklocks
noun
plural of picklock
pikeville
pikeville
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Alabama, USA, which was located on a turnpike.
a ghost town in Alabama, which was the county seat until 1882.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a city in Kentucky, USA
a town in North Carolina, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
a small city in Tennessee, USA
pillicock
pillicock
noun
(archaic) A penis.
(obsolete, endearing) A boy or man.
pillmaker
pilsudski
pipikaula
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
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.