(nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
agitpunkt
alkaphrah
alkaptone
amphidisk
amphitoky
apickback
apickpack
apikorsim
apikorsim
noun
plural of apikoros
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
asklepios
aspidiske
baaskaaps
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backpacks
backpacks
noun
plural of backpack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpack
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backropes
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspang
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backstamp
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
bepranked
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bhaktapur
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackpoll
blackpoll
noun
A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
blackpool
blackpool
Proper noun
A town and resort in Lancashire, England
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blockpate
bookplate
bookplate
noun
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
verb
(transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).
buckplate
calpacked
calpacked
adj
Wearing a calpack.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
capeworks
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chappelka
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
chempaduk
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
copintank
corapeake
crackhemp
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
epinikian
epinikian
adj
epinicial
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
forepeaks
forepeaks
noun
plural of forepeak
forespake
forespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak
forespeak
forespeak
verb
(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.
Alternative spelling of forspeak
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
gorakhpur
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
hoddypeak
hoopmaker
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
ispravnik
ispravnik
noun
Alternative spelling of ispravnic
ispraynik
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jampacked
jampacked
adj
Alternative spelling of jam-packed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jampack
jockstrap
jockstrap
noun
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
kakotopia
kakotopia
noun
Alternative form of cacotopia
kalaupapa
kalispell
kalispell
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
kallitype
kallitype
noun
An early photograph produced using an organic salt of iron, preferably the ferric oxalate.
kalumpang
kalyptras
kamarupic
kamperite
kampliles
kampmeier
kampuchea
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
kanephore
kanopolis
karyotype
karyotype
noun
(genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
(obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.
verb
To investigate or record such characteristics
kataplexy
kataplexy
noun
Alternative form of cataplexy
katipunan
keepsakes
keepsakes
noun
plural of keepsake
kephalins
kephalins
noun
plural of kephalin
keplerian
keplerian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnaping
kidnaping
noun
(US, proscribed) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
verb
(US) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
(US) present participle of kidnap
kidnapped
kidnapped
adj
subjected to kidnapping
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
kidnappee
kidnappee
noun
One who is kidnapped.
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kilampere
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
knapsacks
knapsacks
noun
plural of knapsack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knapsack
knapscull
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
knaveship
knaveship
noun
(countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
(uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
kniphofia
kniphofia
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
kopagmiut
kraepelin
krupskaya
kulanapan
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
kyprianou
lakarpite
lakeports
lakeports
noun
plural of lakeport
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
lampmaker
lampmaker
noun
A manufacturer of lamps.
landskips
landskips
noun
plural of landskip
lapstrake
lapstrake
adj
Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
noun
(countable) A boat built in this style.
(uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
lapstreak
lapstreak
noun
Alternative form of lapstrake
larkspurs
larkspurs
noun
plural of larkspur
leakproof
leakproof
adj
Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.