A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
aprickle
aprickle
adj
Prickling.
backslapper
backslapper
noun
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
backslappers
backslappers
noun
plural of backslapper
camelkeeper
caterpillarlike
caterpillarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
clockkeeper
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
crankplate
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
flickerproof
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
freckleproof
gumpoldskirchner
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
keraphyllocele
keraphyllocele
noun
A horny tumor which forms on the internal surface of the wall of a horse's foot, at the expense of the keraphyllous tissue, which becomes hypertrophied.
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kreplach
kreplach
noun
(plural only) Small dumplings of Eastern European origin, filled with meat or cheese and served usually in soup.
kreplech
kreplech
noun
Alternative form of kreplach
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.
lockkeepers
lockkeepers
noun
plural of lockkeeper
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
marketplace
marketplace
noun
(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
(figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
An open area in a town housing a public market.
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
marketplaces
marketplaces
noun
plural of marketplace
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
microplakite
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overskeptically
overskepticalness
packbuilder
packwaller
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
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
penclerk
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
pickerel
pickerel
noun
(Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
A wading bird, the dunlin.
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
pickerelweed
pickerelweed
noun
(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
pickler
pickler
noun
(programming) (in the Python programming language) A program or algorithm that performs serialization.
A cucumber grown for pickling.
A machine that pickles metal.
One who pickles food products.
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
pickrell
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
pincerlike
pincerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pincer.
pitcherlike
pitcherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pitcher.
placekicker
placekicker
noun
(in several forms of football) A player who takes a placekick
placekickers
placekickers
noun
plural of placekicker
placemaker
placemaker
noun
A person involved in placemaking.
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
poikilothermic
poikilothermic
adj
(of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
policymaker
policymaker
noun
One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists.
politicker
politicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A politician; one who employs politics.
One who politicks; one who engages in politicking to increase their stature or power within a (non-governmental) business, organization, profession, etc.
politickers
politickers
noun
plural of politicker
polykaryocyte
polykaryocyte
noun
(cytology) A cell that has many nuclei
porcelainlike
porcelainlike
adj
Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it.
porchlike
porchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porch.
postcardlike
postcardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
potlicker
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
prealkalic
preblockade
preblockade
adj
Before a blockade.
preblockaded
preblockading
prickle
prickle
noun
(UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
A kind of willow basket.
A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
verb
(intransitive) To feel a prickle.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
prickleback
prickleback
noun
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
The stickleback
prickled
prickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prickle
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
prickles
prickles
noun
(Ulster) gooseflesh
plural of prickle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prickle
prickless
prickless
adj
Without a prick or prickle.
pricklier
pricklier
adj
comparative form of prickly: more prickly
prickliest
prickliest
adj
superlative form of prickly: most prickly
prickliness
prickliness
noun
The state or quality of being prickly.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
princelike
princelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prince.
princesslike
princesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a princess.
problockade
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
proleukocyte
protoleukocyte
protonickel
puckerel
puckrel
pumpernickel
pumpernickel
noun
A German sourdough bread made from rye.
pumpernickels
pumpernickels
noun
plural of pumpernickel
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
noun
An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.
schoolkeeper
slickpaper
slipperyback
spacewalker
spacewalker
noun
An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
spacewalkers
spacewalkers
noun
plural of spacewalker
specklebreast
specklebreast
noun
A thrush.
spectaclemaker
spectaclemaker
noun
A manufacturer of spectacles (eyewear).
specterlike
specterlike
adj
Like a specter; spectral; ghostly.
spermacetilike
splatterdock
splatterdock
noun
Alternative form of spatterdock (“species of water lily”)
sprackle
sprackle
verb
Alternative form of sprauchle
spracklen
spreckle
spurlockville
stockpiler
stockpiler
noun
One who stockpiles.
stockpilers
stockpilers
noun
plural of stockpiler
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.