An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
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.
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.
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
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
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
buckplate
calpacked
calpacked
adj
Wearing a calpack.
chappelka
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
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.
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
klopstock
knapscull
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.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lickspits
lickspits
noun
plural of lickspit
lipsticks
lipsticks
noun
plural of lipstick
locksteps
locksteps
noun
plural of lockstep
lopsticks
lopsticks
noun
plural of lopstick
mispickel
mispickel
noun
The mineral arsenopyrite
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
packplane
padlocked
padlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of padlock
paintlick
paniclike
paniclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of panic.
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
peacelike
peacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of peace.
peachlike
peachlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a peach.
peacockly
peckishly
peckishly
adv
In a peckish manner.
peckville
pennuckle
penuckles
piblockto
pickadils
pickadils
noun
plural of pickadil
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
pickleman
picklocks
picklocks
noun
plural of picklock
pillicock
pillicock
noun
(archaic) A penis.
(obsolete, endearing) A boy or man.
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
placekick
placekick
noun
(in several forms of football) A kick of the ball from a stationary position.
verb
(in several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of scoring extra points.
plackless
plackless
adj
(Scotland, obsolete) penniless; broke
plainback
planckian
planckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist and founder of quantum theory.
Relating to the Planck length or Planck time
playbacks
playbacks
noun
plural of playback
plowbacks
pluckemin
pluckiest
pluckiest
adj
superlative form of plucky: most plucky
pluckless
pluckless
adj
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
pocketful
pocketful
noun
(figurative) A small or moderate amount.
The amount that a pocket would hold.
politicks
politicks
noun
Obsolete form of politics.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of politick
porchlike
porchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porch.
potlicker
pouchlike
pouchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
prickless
prickless
adj
Without a prick or prickle.
pricklier
pricklier
adj
comparative form of prickly: more prickly
prickling
prickling
noun
A sensation that prickles.
verb
present participle of prickle
puckishly
puckishly
adv
mischievously; playfully
pullbacks
pullbacks
noun
plural of pullback
punchlike
punchlike
adj
Resembling a punch (tool for punching holes).
Resembling or characteristic of punch (the drink).
scalplock
sicklepod
sicklepod
noun
Senna obtusifolia, a legume used in folk medicine.
skeptical
skeptical
adj
Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics.
skullcaps
skullcaps
noun
plural of skullcap
slapjacks
slapjacks
noun
plural of slapjack
slapstick
slapstick
noun
(countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.
(uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
slipstick
slipstick
noun
(informal) A slide rule.
spacewalk
spacewalk
noun
Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space; extravehicular activity.
verb
To perform a spacewalk.
spackling
spackling
noun
Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
verb
present participle of spackle
speckfall
speckledy
speckless
speckless
adj
spotless, perfectly clean
spotless; without blemish
speckling
speckling
noun
A pattern of small spots
ticking (the fabric)
verb
present participle of speckle
spicelike
spicelike
adj
(drugs) Like or resembling (in constitution, use, effects, etc.) spice (synthetic marijuana)
Like or resembling a spice
spracklen
stockpile
stockpile
noun
(mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
(specifically, military, weaponry) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
verb
(intransitive) To build up a supply; to accumulate.
(mining) To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
(specifically, military, weaponry) To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
stopblock
stopblock
noun
(rail transport, especially US) An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.