An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
groundskeep
groupthinks
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
humperdinck
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
katipuneros
keraulophon
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
kornephorus
kornerupine
kornerupine
noun
(mineralogy) A rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe²⁺)₄(Al,Fe³⁺)₆(SiO₄,BO₄)₅(O,OH)₂, some varieties of which are valued as gemstones.
kornskeppur
krugersdorp
kulturkampf
kulturkampf
noun
(historical) A conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck.
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
loudspeaker
loudspeaker
noun
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
mudskippers
mudskippers
noun
plural of mudskipper
musketproof
musketproof
adj
resistant to damage by muskets
nursekeeper
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
packbuilder
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
parkersburg
parkersburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
pervouralsk
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
platykurtic
platykurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
pollakiuria
pollakiuria
noun
(urology) Abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine.
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
poundkeeper
poundkeeper
noun
The keeper of a pound.
preshrunken
puckermouth
puritanlike
puritanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
rebukeproof
smokejumper
smokejumper
noun
(US, Canada) A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.
squeakproof
squeakproof
adj
Resistant to making squeaking sounds.
stirruplike
stirruplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stirrup.
stumpsucker
sukarnapura
sulphurlike
sulphurlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
supermarket
supermarket
noun
(figurative) A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services.
A chain of such stores.
A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.