(nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
alkaphrah
apikorsim
apikorsim
noun
plural of apikoros
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backropes
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
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
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
bepranked
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bhaktapur
bookpress
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
brockport
brookport
bucksport
capeworks
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
checkrope
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.
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
corapeake
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
crackhemp
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
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.
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
epikouros
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
forepeaks
forepeaks
noun
plural of forepeak
forespake
forespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak
forespeak
forespeak
verb
(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.
Alternative spelling of forspeak
forespoke
forespoke
verb
simple past tense of forespeak
forspoken
forspoken
adj
(obsolete) Bewitched, charmed.
verb
past participle of forspeak.
gorakhpur
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
hoopmaker
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
innkeeper
innkeeper
noun
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
ispravnik
ispravnik
noun
Alternative spelling of ispravnic
ispraynik
jockstrap
jockstrap
noun
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
jokeproof
jokeproof
adj
(rare) Unable or unwilling to understand a joke; humorless.
(rare) Unable to be joked about.
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
kalyptras
kamarupic
kamperite
kampmeier
kanephore
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
keeperess
keeperess
noun
(literary) A female keeper.
keepering
keepering
noun
gamekeeping
keplerian
keplerian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian
keyesport
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kilampere
kingsport
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
kissproof
kissproof
adj
(of lipstick) Resistant to smearing when the wearer is kissed.
klemperer
knowperts
koopbrief
kraepelin
kropotkin
krupskaya
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
kyprianou
lakarpite
lakeports
lakeports
noun
plural of lakeport
lampmaker
lampmaker
noun
A manufacturer of lamps.
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.
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
mankeeper
mapmakers
mapmakers
noun
plural of mapmaker
marakapas
mauckport
moorpunky
morpunkee
netkeeper
netkeeper
noun
A goalkeeper.
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.
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
norrkping
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
openworks
openworks
noun
plural of openwork
outkeeper
outkeeper
noun
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
overprick
overspeak
overspeak
verb
To exceed in speaking.
To speak too much; to use too many words.
overspoke
overspoke
verb
simple past tense of overspeak
oxpeckers
oxpeckers
noun
plural of oxpecker
pacemaker
pacemaker
noun
(anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
(by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
packagers
packagers
noun
plural of packager
packboard
packboard
noun
A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.
packeries
packhorse
packhorse
noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
packmaker
packtrain
pakanbaru
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
panickier
panickier
adj
comparative form of panicky: more panicky
pankhurst
paperback
paperback
adj
(of a book) Having flexible binding.
noun
A book with flexible binding.
verb
(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
paperbark
paperbark
noun
Any of several Australian plants, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark
paperlike
paperlike
adj
Resembling paper or some aspect of it.
paperwork
paperwork
noun
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
routine work involving written documents
written documents
parabrake
parabrake
noun
Synonym of drag parachute
parakeets
parakeets
noun
plural of parakeet
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
parkinson
parklands
parklands
noun
plural of parkland
parkville
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
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.
penkeeper
penkeeper
noun
The person in charge of a pen in which animals are kept.
penworker
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.