(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
bucksport
carpsucker
carpsucker
noun
Any of various fish of the genus Carpiodes.
chaunoprockt
cockspur
cockspur
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
counterprick
crackup
crackup
noun
A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.
crackups
crackups
noun
plural of crackup
cupmaker
cupmaker
noun
someone who makes cups
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
gumpoldskirchner
humperdinck
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
jumprock
jumprock
noun
Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
kamarupic
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunophonic
keraunoscopia
keraunoscopy
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
mauckport
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
packbuilder
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
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
patricksburg
paucker
petrouchka
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
picturemaker
picturemaking
platykurtic
platykurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
plucker
plucker
noun
A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
One who plucks.
pluckerian
pluckers
pluckers
noun
plural of plucker
pluckier
pluckier
adj
comparative form of plucky: more plucky
plumrock
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
prickspur
probankruptcy
proleukocyte
prongbuck
prongbuck
noun
(dated) The springbok.
The pronghorn
protoleukocyte
psychoquackeries
pucker
pucker
noun
(colloquial) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
A fold or wrinkle.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
puckerbush
puckered
puckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pucker
puckerel
puckerer
puckerer
noun
One who, or that which, puckers.
puckerers
puckerers
noun
plural of puckerer
puckerier
puckeriest
puckering
puckering
noun
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
verb
present participle of pucker
puckermouth
puckers
puckers
noun
plural of pucker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pucker
puckery
puckery
adj
Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Very sour, so that the lips pucker.
puckrel
puckster
puckster
noun
(US, Canada) An ice hockey player.
pumpernickel
pumpernickel
noun
A German sourdough bread made from rye.
pumpernickels
pumpernickels
noun
plural of pumpernickel
purbeck
purbeck
Proper noun
A peninsula in Dorset, England
A local government district in Dorset.
purbeckian
raunpick
rebankruptcy
reunpack
reunpack
verb
To unpack again.
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.
sapsuckers
sapsuckers
noun
plural of sapsucker
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphic
adj
(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
spurlock
spurlockville
stumpknocker
stumpsucker
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
superacknowledgment
superblock
superblock
noun
(architecture, urban planning) A very large block of buildings.
(computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device.
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
superlucky
superlucky
adj
Extremely lucky.
superslick
superslick
adj
(informal) Very slick.
superstocks
superstocks
noun
plural of superstock
superthick
superthick
adj
Very thick.
underclerkship
underclerkship
noun
The position of underclerk.
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
underpick
underpicked
unpacker
unpacker
noun
(computing) A software program that decompresses code or data.
One who, or that which, unpacks.
unpackers
unpackers
noun
plural of unpacker
unpricked
unpricked
adj
Not pricked.
unprickled
unprickled
adj
Not bearing prickles.
unprickly
unprincelike
unprincelike
adj
Not princelike.
unpucker
unpucker
verb
(transitive) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
unpuckered
unpuckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpucker
unpuckering
unpuckering
verb
present participle of unpucker
unpuckers
unpuckers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpucker