(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
impackment
kleptistic
nickeltype
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
peckhamite
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
picketboat
picketboat
noun
Alternative form of picket boat
pickpocket
pickpocket
noun
One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
verb
To pick pockets; to steal.
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pocketlike
pocketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pocket.
pockmantie
politicked
politicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of politic
simple past tense and past participle of politick
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.
prickliest
prickliest
adj
superlative form of prickly: most prickly
puckeriest
quicksteps
quicksteps
noun
plural of quickstep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quickstep
skepticism
skepticism
noun
A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines
The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
skepticize
skepticize
verb
To doubt; to pretend to doubt everything.
stockpiled
stockpiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stockpile