The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
gumpoldskirchner
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.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
katipuneros
keraphyllous
keraunoscopia
keraunoscopy
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
kornephorus
kornskeppur
koupreys
koupreys
noun
plural of kouprey
krugersdorp
leptokurtosis
leptokurtosis
noun
(statistics) The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
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.
leukophoresis
leukophoresis
noun
Leukapheresis.
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.
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
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
musketproof
musketproof
adj
resistant to damage by muskets
nursekeeper
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
outspeaker
outspeaker
noun
One who speaks out.
parkersburg
parkersburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
parkesburg
perukeless
perukes
perukes
noun
plural of peruke
perukiership
pervouralsk
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.
pluckers
pluckers
noun
plural of plucker
plunkers
plunkers
noun
plural of plunker
prankfulness
prankfulness
noun
The quality of being prankful.
predusk
predusk
adj
Before dusk.
noun
The period immediately preceding dusk.
predusks
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
preshrunken
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
pseudobankrupt
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
psychoquackeries
puckerbush
puckerers
puckerers
noun
plural of puckerer
puckeriest
puckers
puckers
noun
plural of pucker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pucker
puckster
puckster
noun
(US, Canada) An ice hockey player.
pumpernickels
pumpernickels
noun
plural of pumpernickel
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
purselike
purselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a purse.
quakership
rumpelstiltskin
rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
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
serpukhov
shkupetar
shunpiker
shunpiker
noun
One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
skeuomorph
skeuomorph
noun
A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
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.
smokejumper
smokejumper
noun
(US, Canada) A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
spelunker
spelunker
noun
(Canada, US) One who explores caves; one who spelunks.
(derogatory) An amateur or inadequately prepared caver.
spelunkers
spelunkers
noun
plural of spelunker
spruiker
spruiker
noun
(Australia) One who spruiks business, a tout.
(Australia) One who toots their own horn.
spunkier
spunkier
adj
comparative form of spunky: more spunky
spurlike
spurlike
adj
Resembling a spur.
spurlockville
spurmaker
squeakproof
squeakproof
adj
Resistant to making squeaking sounds.
stirruplike
stirruplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stirrup.
strumpetlike
strumpetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strumpet.
stumpknocker
stumpsucker
subbookkeeper
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
sulphurlike
sulphurlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike
superacknowledgment
superalkaline
superalkaline
adj
Highly alkaline.
superalkalinity
superalkalinity
noun
The property of being superalkaline.
superbazooka
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
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superlikelihood
superlucky
superlucky
adj
Extremely lucky.
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.
supermarkets
supermarkets
noun
plural of supermarket
superslick
superslick
adj
(informal) Very slick.
superstocks
superstocks
noun
plural of superstock
superstrike
superstrike
noun
A remarkable or huge strike.
superstrikes
superstrikes
noun
plural of superstrike
supertanker
supertanker
noun
An extremely large tanker ship.
supertankers
supertankers
noun
plural of supertanker
superthankful
superthankfully
superthankfulness
superthick
superthick
adj
Very thick.
superweak
superweak
adj
(physics) Describing a class of particles (superWIMPs) that interact with others very weakly
syruplike
syruplike
adj
Resembling syrup or some aspect of it.
turnpikes
turnpikes
noun
plural of turnpike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turnpike
unbesprinkled
unbesprinkled
adj
Not besprinkled.
underclerkship
underclerkship
noun
The position of underclerk.
unisparker
unpackers
unpackers
noun
plural of unpacker
unpostmarked
unpostmarked
adj
Without a postmark.
unpriestlike
unpriestlike
adj
Not priestlike.
unprovokedness
unprovokedness
noun
The quality of being unprovoked.
unpuckers
unpuckers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpucker
unpurposelike
unpurposelike
adj
Not purposelike.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unsparked
unsparked
adj
That has not been sparked.
unspecterlike
unspectrelike
unspinsterlike
unspinsterlike
adj
Not spinsterlike.
unspinsterlikeness
unsportsmanlike
unsportsmanlike
adj
violating the accepted standards of sportsmanship
unsportsmanlikeness
unspringlike
unspringlike
adj
Not springlike.
unsprinkled
unsprinkled
adj
Not having been sprinkled.
unsprinklered
unsprinklered
adj
Not fitted with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.
upperstocks
upperworks
upperworks
noun
(nautical) superstructure
(slang) head; brains
upsprinkle
upstrike
upstrike
noun
(often attributive) A kind of early typewriter whose typebar falls back into position under gravity after typing each character, with the disadvantage that typed characters are not immediately visible.