(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
kamarupic
kampuchea
knapscull
mauckport
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
outpicket
outpicket
noun
A military picket or outpost.
packhouse
packhouse
noun
A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
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
pawcatuck
pawtucket
pawtucket
Proper noun
A large city in Rhode Island.
pennuckle
penuckles
pequabuck
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
pluckemin
pluckiest
pluckiest
adj
superlative form of plucky: most plucky
pluckless
pluckless
adj
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
pocketful
pocketful
noun
(figurative) A small or moderate amount.
The amount that a pocket would hold.
pockhouse
poquonock
pouchlike
pouchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
poundcake
poundcake
noun
Alternative spelling of pound cake
prickspur
prongbuck
prongbuck
noun
(dated) The springbok.
The pronghorn
puckerers
puckerers
noun
plural of puckerer
puckerier
puckering
puckering
noun
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
verb
present participle of pucker
puckfoist
puckishly
puckishly
adv
mischievously; playfully
pullbacks
pullbacks
noun
plural of pullback
punchlike
punchlike
adj
Resembling a punch (tool for punching holes).
Resembling or characteristic of punch (the drink).
quickstep
quickstep
noun
A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.
verb
To dance the quickstep.
To move with a hurried step.
sapsucker
sapsucker
noun
A woodpecker of the eastern United States (of the genus Sphyrapicus) that feeds mainly on the sap of trees
Any woodpecker that punctures the bark of trees and feeds upon the sap.
skullcaps
skullcaps
noun
plural of skullcap
underpick
unpackers
unpackers
noun
plural of unpacker
unpacking
unpacking
noun
(linguistics) The separation of the features of a segment (such as a nasal vowel or palatal consonant) into distinct segments; for example, the separation of a nasal vowel such as /ɑ̃/ into a vowel /ɑ/ and a nasal consonant /n/ (i.e., into /ɑn/) which often occurs when a language which does not use nasal vowels borrows from a language which does use them.
The act by which something is unpacked.
verb
present participle of unpack
unpanicky
unpanicky
adj
Not panicky.
unpicking
unpicking
noun
The act or process by which something is unpicked or disentangled.
verb
present participle of unpick
unpickled
unpickled
adj
Not pickled (preserved).
unplucked
unplucked
adj
Not having been plucked.
unpricked
unpricked
adj
Not pricked.
unprickly
unpuckers
unpuckers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpucker