The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backdropped
backdropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdrop
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backspread
backstrapped
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bepranked
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
crackpottedness
dekaparsec
dekaparsec
noun
Alternative form of decaparsec
depark
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
dikaryophasic
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dikaryophytic
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dispark
dispark
verb
(archaic, transitive) To open (a private enclosure, park, etc.) to the public.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
disworkmanship
divekeeper
divekeeper
noun
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
dneprodzerzhinsk
dnepropetrovsk
doorkeep
doorkeeper
doorkeeper
noun
The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
doorkeepers
doorkeepers
noun
plural of doorkeeper
downpatrick
dressmakership
drinkproof
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tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
drokpa
dropkick
dropkick
noun
(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent or useless person.
(professional wrestling) a kick made to the opponent by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
verb
to make a dropkick
to score via a dropkick
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
drukpa
drukpa
Noun
The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu) school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
dukkeripen
dykehopper
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
gumpoldskirchner
hermokopid
humperdinck
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
imparked
imparked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impark
intersprinkled
intersprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intersprinkle
kidnaper
kidnaper
noun
Alternative spelling of kidnapper
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
kindredship
kindredship
noun
The quality of being kindred.
kippered
kippered
adj
Stiff and lacking vitality; stale.
Worn out; tired.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kipper
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
knipperdolling
krugersdorp
lapstreaked
leopardskin
leopardskin
noun
(uncountable, attributive) A design, especially on fabric, similar to the markings of a leopard.
Such a skin forming a simple article of clothing.
The skin or pelt of a leopard.
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
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.
loudspeakers
loudspeakers
noun
plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
misprovoked
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
mudskippers
mudskippers
noun
plural of mudskipper
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
overprovoked
overprovoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprovoke
packard
packboard
packboard
noun
A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.
packbuilder
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
packthreaded
packthreads
packthreads
noun
plural of packthread
paddockride
paderewski
paperbacked
paperbacked
adj
Having the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.
paradelike
paradelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parade.
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
parkdale
parked
parked
adj
Left somewhere when not in use.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of park
parkerford
parkland
parkland
noun
(Canada, US) A landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.
Land suitable for use as a park.
parklands
parklands
noun
plural of parkland
parkward
parkward
adv
(rare) Towards a park.
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peakward
peakward
adv
Toward a peak.
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedrick
pedricktown
penderecki
periwinkled
periwinkled
adj
(poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
perked
perked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perk
peruked
peruked
adj
Wearing a peruke.
petrozavodsk
petrozavodsk
Proper noun
The capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
pherkad
pickard
pickeered
pickeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickeer
pickerelweed
pickerelweed
noun
(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
pickford
pinckard
pinpricked
pinpricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pinprick
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
pockmarked
pockmarked
adj
having pockmarks
incomplete, lacking, having holes
pitted, or scarred with holes
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pockmark
porkwood
porkwood
noun
The wood of the spekboom tree (Portulacaria afra).
porkwoods
porridgelike
porridgelike
adj
Resembling porridge or some aspect of it.
postcardlike
postcardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
poundkeeper
poundkeeper
noun
The keeper of a pound.
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
prajadhipok
pranked
pranked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prank
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockade
preblockade
adj
Before a blockade.
preblockaded
preblockading
prechecked
prechecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precheck
precooked
precooked
adj
Alternative spelling of pre-cooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precook
predark
predarkness
predarkness
noun
The period of time before darkness falls.
predikant
predikant
noun
(chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
predislike
predisliked
predisliking
predusk
predusk
adj
Before dusk.
noun
The period immediately preceding dusk.
predusks
prefranked
prefranked
adj
Of mail, an envelope, etc.: franked 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
prekindle
prekindled
prekindling
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
premankind
premarketed
prepackaged
prepackaged
adj
That has been packaged prior to being sold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prepackage