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.
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.
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.
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).
dekapode
ekphoria
enkolpia
flapdock
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.
freakpot
hopsacks
hopsacks
noun
plural of hopsack
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
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
kickapoo
kickapoo
Proper noun
An Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
The language spoken by this people.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
klaproth
kolhapur
kolhapur
Proper noun
A city in Maharashtra province, western India.
lakeport
lakeport
noun
A port located on a lake.
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.
mesopeak
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
opalocka
openbeak
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.
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.
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.
pinakoid
pinakoid
noun
Alternative form of pinacoid
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.
A role.
Work that is very easy or enjoyable.
plowback
pockmark
pockmark
noun
A crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.
A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.
polanski
polkadot
polkaing
polkaing
verb
present participle of polka
pollacks
pollacks
noun
plural of pollack
polykarp
pookhaun
portapak
portapak
noun
A portable, battery-powered, self-contained video recording system.
postmark
postmark
noun
A marking made by a postal service on a letter, package, postcard or the like, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, and often serving to cancel a postage stamp.
verb
To apply a postmark on.
potmaker
potmaker
noun
A manufacturer of pots.
presoaks
presoaks
noun
plural of presoak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of presoak
prickado
pyknatom
reaphook
ropebark
ropewalk
ropewalk
noun
A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope.
A place where rope is made, a rope factory.
Any narrow walkway that has rope handrails.
shakopee
shakopee
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
shoepack
shoepack
noun
Alternative spelling of shoepac
shopmark
shopmark
noun
A logo indicating the workshop from which a product originated.
shoptalk
shoptalk
noun
Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.
slangkop
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
soapbark
soapbark
noun
The bark of the evergreen tree, Quillaja saponaria, which when pulverised forms a lather with water.
The tree Quillaja saponaria.
soaplike
soaplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a soap opera.
Resembling or characteristic of soap.
soaprock
soaprock
noun
soapstone
spaebook
spaework
sphakiot
stopback
stopbank
stopbank
noun
levee, dyke
swankpot
swankpot
noun
(slang, derogatory) A show-off.
szopelka
szopelka
noun
(music) A Russian double-reed wind instrument, similar in form to the zurna.
tapework
tophaike
tophaike
noun
(obsolete) A Turkish musket
topmaker
topmaker
noun
A person or company in the business of topmaking.
trackpot
traprock
traprock
noun
Alternative form of trap rock
wapokomo
woolpack
woolpack
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling a pillow or cushion.