(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gatekeeping
gatekeeping
verb
present participle and gerund of gatekeep
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
geopolitik
glykopectic
grapestalk
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highpockets
hockingport
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
katjepiering
ketapang
ketapang
noun
The tropical tree Terminalia catappa.
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsport
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
kopagmiut
lickspittling
lickspittling
verb
present participle of lickspittle
lightkeeper
lightkeeper
noun
The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
nitpicking
nitpicking
noun
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outskipping
outskipping
verb
present participle of outskip
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
painstaking
painstaking
adj
Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
noun
The application of careful and attentive effort.
painstakingly
painstakingly
adv
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
painstakings
painstakings
noun
plural of painstaking
paktong
paktong
noun
An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
paligorskite
partaking
partaking
noun
(archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality.
The act of taking part in something.
verb
present participle of partake
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
patricksburg
patternmaking
patternmaking
noun
The creation of patterns for either sewing or casting.
peastaking
peasticking
pharyngokeratosis
piatigorsk
piatigorsky
pickeringite
pickeringite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
pickerington
picketing
picketing
noun
The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
verb
present participle of picket
picturemaking
pigstick
pigstick
noun
(nautical) A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.
(obsolete) An event or gathering at which pigs are hunted for sport.
A stick that is used for stabbing.
A waterjet disruptor used to disable explosive devices.
verb
(obsolete) To hunt pigs.
To stab.
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pigstickers
pigstickers
noun
plural of pigsticker
pigsticking
pigsticking
verb
present participle of pigstick
pigsticks
pigsticks
noun
plural of pigstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigstick
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
pitmaking
planktologist
planktologist
noun
One who studies planktology.
planktology
planktology
noun
The study of plankton
platemaking
platemaking
noun
The production of plates (printing surfaces).
platemakings
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
pointmaking
politicking
politicking
noun
(often derogatory) The act of engaging in politics, or in political campaigning.
verb
present participle of politic
present participle of politick
postmarking
postmarking
verb
present participle of postmark
potmaking
potmaking
noun
The manufacture of pots.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prekindergarten
prekindergarten
adj
Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
noun
(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
prekindergartens
prekindergartens
noun
plural of prekindergarten
premarketing
premarketing
adj
Before the marketing of a product or service.
prepartaking
preundertaking
printmaking
printmaking
noun
The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.
printmakings
prokindergarten
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
sabbathkeeping
skepticizing
skepticizing
verb
present participle of skepticize
spectaclemaking
spectaclemaking
noun
The manufacture of spectacles (eyewear).
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
spirketting
spirketting
noun
Alternative form of spirketing
spitchcocking
spitchcocking
verb
present participle of spitchcock
spookologist
spookologist
noun
(informal) One who studies ghosts.
stethokyrtograph
stethokyrtograph
noun
An instrument for measuring a person's chest.
stockkeeping
stockkeeping
noun
stock control
stockpiling
stockpiling
noun
The process of building up a stockpile.
verb
present participle of stockpile
storekeeping
storekeeping
noun
The work of a storekeeper, looking after a shop.
superacknowledgment
tandjungpriok
tanjungpriok
tapamaking
tapemaking
tapermaking
telekinematography
thinkingpart
timekeeping
timekeeping
noun
The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is.
The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time.
verb
present participle of timekeep
timekeepings
timekeepings
noun
plural of timekeeping
topmaking
topmaking
noun
The processing of wool into "top" (bundles of combed slivers with the noils removed).