(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
keepworthy
keepworthy
adj
Worth keeping.
keratophyr
kopperston
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
kryptomere
kryptonite
kryptonite
noun
(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel.
mckeesport
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outspeaker
outspeaker
noun
One who speaks out.
parrotbeak
parrotlike
parrotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parrot.
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
perkinston
perofskite
perofskite
noun
Alternative form of perovskite
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
petrouchka
pointmaker
pointmaker
noun
(historical) A manufacturer of laces for fastening clothing.
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.
porterlike
porterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porter (person employed to carry things).
Resembling or characteristic of porter (type of beer).
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
pothookery
prepartook
prokaryote
prokaryote
noun
An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.
In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).