(nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
agitpunkt
alkaptone
amphitoky
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.
backstamp
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bhaktapur
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).
brockport
brookport
buckplate
bucksport
bumpkinet
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
copintank
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hoopstick
hopkinton
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
jockstrap
jockstrap
noun
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
kakotopia
kakotopia
noun
Alternative form of cacotopia
kallitype
kallitype
noun
An early photograph produced using an organic salt of iron, preferably the ferric oxalate.
kalyptras
kamperite
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
karyotype
karyotype
noun
(genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
(obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.
verb
To investigate or record such characteristics
kataplexy
kataplexy
noun
Alternative form of cataplexy
katipunan
kelyphite
kelyphite
noun
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
keyesport
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsport
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
klopstock
knowperts
kopagmiut
kropotkin
lakarpite
lakeports
lakeports
noun
plural of lakeport
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
lickspits
lickspits
noun
plural of lickspit
lipsticks
lipsticks
noun
plural of lipstick
locksteps
locksteps
noun
plural of lockstep
lopsticks
lopsticks
noun
plural of lopstick
mauckport
monkeypot
monkeypot
noun
Alternative form of monkey pot
navpaktos
netkeeper
netkeeper
noun
A goalkeeper.
nickpoint
nickpoint
noun
Alternative form of knickpoint
nitpicked
nitpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nitpick
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
oikoplast
outkeeper
outkeeper
noun
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
outpicket
outpicket
noun
A military picket or outpost.
outspeaks
outspeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak
outspoken
outspoken
adj
Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.
verb
past participle of outspeak.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
packtrain
paintbank
paintlick
pakistani
pankhurst
parakeets
parakeets
noun
plural of parakeet
parrakeet
parrakeet
noun
Alternative spelling of parakeet
parrokets
parrokets
noun
plural of parroket
partakers
partakers
noun
plural of partaker
partaking
partaking
noun
(archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality.
The act of taking part in something.
verb
present participle of partake
pasternak
pataskala
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
pawcatuck
pawtucket
pawtucket
Proper noun
A large city in Rhode Island.
peatstack
peatstack
noun
A stack of peat.
penstocks
penstocks
noun
plural of penstock
pentstock
pentstock
noun
Alternative form of penstock
peritrack
peritrack
noun
Synonym of taxiway
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
petallike
petallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
phenakite
phenakite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
pianokoto
piblockto
pibloktos
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
pickshaft
picksmith
pickstown
pickthank
pickthank
adj
Of or relating to pickthanks.
noun
A sycophant, a yes-man; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour).
picktooth
picktooth
Noun
A toothpick.
pigsticks
pigsticks
noun
plural of pigstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigstick
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
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).
pinkroots
pinkroots
noun
plural of pinkroot
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
pitchpike
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pitmaking
plaitwork
planetkin
plankters
plankters
noun
plural of plankter
planktons
planktons
noun
plural of plankton
planktont
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
pluckiest
pluckiest
adj
superlative form of plucky: most plucky
pocketers
pocketers
noun
plural of pocketer
pocketful
pocketful
noun
(figurative) A small or moderate amount.
The amount that a pocket would hold.
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.
verb
present participle of pocket
pokanoket
pokanoket
Noun
A member of the headship tribe of the many tribes that make up the
pokeroots
pokeroots
noun
plural of pokeroot
politicks
politicks
noun
Obsolete form of politics.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of politick
poltinnik
poltinnik
noun
A Russian silver half-ruble or 50-kopeck piece.
pontianak
pontianak
noun
(countable) A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.
Alternative form of pontianac (“fossil resin”)
porkeater
portsoken
postmarks
postmarks
noun
plural of postmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of postmark
potlicker
potlikker
potmaking
potmaking
noun
The manufacture of pots.
potwhisky
potyomkin
prakritic
prakritic
Adjective
Relating to Prakrit.
prankiest
prankiest
adj
superlative form of pranky: most pranky
prankster
prankster
noun
One who performs pranks.
predikant
predikant
noun
(chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
prestrike
prestrike
adj
Before a strike (work stoppage as protest).
Before the striking motion of a snake.
prestwick
prestwick
Proper noun
a coastal town in council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport