The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backrope
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
bookkeep
bookkeep
verb
Alternative spelling of book-keep
bookshop
bookshop
noun
A shop that sells books.
bricktop
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
caprocks
caprocks
noun
plural of caprock
chapbook
chapbook
noun
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts
cockapoo
cockapoo
noun
A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
cockpits
cockpits
noun
plural of cockpit
cockspur
cockspur
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
cookshop
cookshop
noun
A shop that sells cooked food.
copybook
copybook
noun
(Quebec, UK) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
(programming, COBOL) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
crackpot
crackpot
adj
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
noun
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
dekapode
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
doodskop
doorkeep
dopchick
dopebook
dropkick
dropkick
noun
(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent or useless person.
(professional wrestling) a kick made to the opponent by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
verb
to make a dropkick
to score via a dropkick
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
ekphoria
empocket
enkolpia
flapdock
footpick
forepeak
forepeak
noun
(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
freakpot
hockshop
hockshop
noun
(US, rare) A pawnshop.
hokypoky
hookshop
hooplike
hooplike
adj
Resembling a hoop.
hopsacks
hopsacks
noun
plural of hopsack
impocket
impocket
verb
(transitive, rare) To place into a pocket.
inspoken
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
jumprock
jumprock
noun
Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma
kamloops
kamloops
Proper noun
A city and a lake in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the
kampongs
kampongs
noun
plural of kampong
kapowsin
kelpwort
kelpwort
noun
The plant kali.
kickapoo
kickapoo
Proper noun
An Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
The language spoken by this people.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
killcrop
killcrop
noun
(obsolete) A changeling.
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
klaproth
knopweed
knopweed
noun
Alternative form of knapweed
kolhapur
kolhapur
Proper noun
A city in Maharashtra province, western India.
kopfring
koupreys
koupreys
noun
plural of kouprey
kromskop
kromskop
Noun
A device used for taking colour photographs of specimens in pathology.
kryptons
kryptons
noun
plural of krypton
kulpmont
kyklopes
kyphoses
kyphoses
noun
plural of kyphosis
kyphosis
kyphosis
noun
(anatomy) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
(pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
lakeport
lakeport
noun
A port located on a lake.
lockport
lockport
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
a city in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a town in Louisiana, USA.
a city and a town in New York, USA. The city is the county seat of
a ghost town in Ohio, USA.
lockspit
lockspit
noun
(cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
verb
to dig a such a trench
lockstep
lockstep
noun
(figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
(military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.
lokapala
loopback
loopback
noun
The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
looplike
looplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a loop.
lopstick
lopstick
noun
Alternative form of lobstick
mesopeak
milkshop
milksops
milksops
noun
plural of milksop
misspoke
misspoke
verb
simple past tense of misspeak
monkship
monkship
noun
The position or role of a monk.
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
mopstick
mopstick
noun
(music, historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.
The long handle of a mop.
morepork
morepork
intj
The call of a morepork.
noun
(chiefly New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania.
A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.
A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke.
opalocka
openbeak
openwork
openwork
noun
(mining) A quarry; an open cut.
Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
outkeeps
outkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outkeep
outspeak
outspeak
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To speak out or aloud.
(transitive) To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To declare; utter; express; vocalise.
outspoke
outspoke
verb
simple past tense of outspeak
overkeep
overkeep
verb
(transitive) To keep or observe too strictly.
(transitive) To keep too long.
overpack
overpack
noun
A container intended to hold smaller containers.
verb
(intransitive) To pack too much.
overpark
overpark
verb
(intransitive) To park (a vehicle) for longer than is permitted.
overpeck
overpick
overskip
overskip
verb
To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.
oxpecker
oxpecker
noun
Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, in the monotypic family Buphagidae, endemic to sub-Saharan African savannah.
pachinko
pachinko
noun
A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
verb
(intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.
packston
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
packwood
packwood
Proper noun
A ghost town in California.
A city in Iowa.
paddocks
paddocks
noun
plural of paddock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paddock
padlocks
padlocks
noun
plural of padlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of padlock
palookas
palookas
noun
plural of palooka
panofsky
papaikou
parkston
parroket
parroket
noun
Archaic form of parakeet.
passbook
passbook
noun
(South Africa, historical) A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.
(banking) A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
(dated) A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
pavkovic
peacocks
peacocks
noun
plural of peacock
peacocky
peacocky
adj
Of a horse: showy in motion; holding itself high while running.
Proud and boastful.
peekaboo
peekaboo
adj
(boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.
(of clothing) with holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.
intj
Boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly).
noun
(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".
verb
(intransitive) To peep out.
pembroke
pembroke
Proper noun
A town in Pembrokeshire, Wales
pembrook
penstock
penstock
noun
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
The barrel of a wooden pump.
pepeekeo
petcocks
petcocks
noun
plural of petcock
petoskey
petoskey
Proper noun
a city and coastal resort in Michigan, USA
petrovsk
phonikon
piblokto
piblokto
noun
A condition affecting dogs or other animals in the Arctic, characterized by aggressive behavior and seizures.
A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterised by a period of frenzied activity or irrational behaviour, followed by unconsciousness or stupor.
pickford
pickfork
picklock
picklock
noun
A device designed to pick locks.
One who picks locks; a thief.
pickoffs
pickoffs
noun
plural of pickoff
pickover
pickpole
picksome
picksome
adj
Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective.
Valued for picking; choice; select.
pickwork
piddocks
piddocks
noun
plural of piddock
pilework
pilework
noun
A structure built of piles; piling.
pinakoid
pinakoid
noun
Alternative form of pinacoid
pineknot
pinkroot
pinkroot
noun
A perennial North American herb (Spigelia marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms.
An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia anthelmia).
The root of Spigelia marilandica or Spigelia anthelmia, used as a powerful vermifuge.
pinksome
pinkwood
pinkwort
pinworks
pinworks
noun
A factory that makes pins.
pipework
pipework
noun
(music) The pipes and stops of an organ
Any system of pipes or tubes; piping
piroshki
piroshki
noun
Alternative spelling of pirozhki
pirozhki
pirozhki
noun
A single such pastry.
Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
pirozhok
pirozhok
noun
singular of pirozhki - Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí)
pithwork
plankton
plankton
noun
(uncountable) A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.
(uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
playbook
playbook
noun
(US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines).
(US, figurative) A set of commonly employed tactics and strategies.
A book containing the text of a play or plays.
A book of games and amusements for children.
playfolk
playwork
playwork
noun
(UK) A branch of childcare involving the supervision and development of play.