A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backspeir
backspier
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bumpkinet
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
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)
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
enkolpion
epikleses
epiklesis
epikouros
epinikian
epinikian
adj
epinicial
epinikion
epinikion
noun
Alternative form of epinicion
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
innkeeper
innkeeper
noun
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
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.
kamperite
kampliles
kampmeier
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
keepering
keepering
noun
gamekeeping
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.
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnapped
kidnapped
adj
subjected to kidnapping
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
kidnappee
kidnappee
noun
One who is kidnapped.
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kilampere
kilopoise
kinescope
kinescope
noun
(historical) An early television receiver tube.
A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
verb
(transitive) To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.
kingpiece
kinospore
kippering
kippering
noun
The development of an acquired hypospadias, usually as a result of long use of a catheter.
The trait of walking on the front legs while dragging the hind legs (applied to a dog).
verb
present participle of kipper
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
knaveship
knaveship
noun
(countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
(uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
kneepiece
kneepiece
noun
(construction) An angular piece of timber strengthening a joint where two roof timbers meet.
The piece of armour that covers the knee.
kneippism
kneippism
Noun
The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.
koniscope
koniscope
noun
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
koopbrief
kraepelin
lakarpite
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
maplelike
maplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree.
mispacked
mispacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispack
mispickel
mispickel
noun
The mineral arsenopyrite
misspeaks
misspeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspeak
misspoken
misspoken
verb
past participle of misspeak
neckpiece
neckpiece
noun
A piece of clothing to be worn around the neck.
nipperkin
nipperkin
noun
(archaic) A small amount of beer, wine, or other liquid, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
(archaic) A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
nitpicked
nitpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nitpick
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
nymphlike
nymphlike
adj
Resembling a nymph.
outpicket
outpicket
noun
A military picket or outpost.
overprick
packeries
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
palsylike
palsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a palsy, especially shaking motions.
panickier
panickier
adj
comparative form of panicky: more panicky
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.
parkville
pawkiness
pawkiness
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
The quality of being pawky.
peacelike
peacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of peace.
peachlike
peachlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a peach.
peakiness
peakiness
noun
The quality of being peaky.
peakishly
peaselike
peckiness
peckiness
noun
The quality of being pecky.
peckinpah
peckishly
peckishly
adv
In a peckish manner.
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
peckville
peekskill
pekingese
pekingese
Proper noun
The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
A small toy dog from China.
Adjective
of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China
penknives
penknives
noun
plural of penknife
penmaking
penmaking
noun
The manufacture of pens for writing.
perikarya
perikarya
noun
plural of perikaryon
perioikoi
perioikoi
noun
Alternative form of Perioikoi
peritrack
peritrack
noun
Synonym of taxiway
perjinkly
perkiness
perkiness
noun
The condition of being perky
perkingly
perkinism
perkinism
Noun
A pseudoscientific treatment in which two pointed metal rods ("tractors") were waved over the body, supposed to cure inflammation, rheumatism, etc. by drawing off an electrical fluid.
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
peskiness
peskiness
noun
The condition of being pesky.
petallike
petallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
phenakism
phenakism
noun
(dated) deception; trickery.
phenakite
phenakite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
phiallike
phonodeik
physicked
physicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of physic
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
pickeered
pickeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickeer
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
pickering
pickering
Proper noun
A town in North Yorkshire, England.
A city in Ontario, Canada.
from the town.
picketeer
picketeer
noun
Synonym of picketer
picketers
picketers
noun
plural of picketer
picketing
picketing
noun
The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
verb
present participle of picket
pickietar
pickleman
pickpenny
pickpenny
noun
A sharper
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
picnicked
picnicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of picnic
picnicker
picnicker
noun
Someone who has a picnic.
piecework
piecework
noun
Alternative spelling of piece work
piemarker
pikeperch
pikeperch
noun
Alternative form of pike-perch
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
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
pillmaker
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
pinchecks
pinchecks
noun
plural of pincheck
pinckneya
pinebrook
pinkberry
pinkerton
pinkerton
Proper noun
for someone from a place of that name near Dunbar.
Noun
An operative employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency founded by Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884).
pinkified
pinkiness
pinkiness
noun
The condition of being pinky, or somewhat pink.
pipsqueak
pipsqueak
noun
Alternative spelling of pip-squeak
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
pitchpike
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.
planetkin
planklike
planklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plank.
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
pluckemin
pluckiest
pluckiest
adj
superlative form of plucky: most plucky
plumelike
plumelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plume.
plushlike
plushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plush.
pocketing
pocketing
noun
A structure resembling a pocket or pouch.
Material used for making pockets for clothing.
The act of something being illicitly taken or purloined.