(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.
crackhemp
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
gorakhpur
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
hoopmaker
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
kanephore
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.
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
packhorse
packhorse
noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
pankhurst
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
pharmakoi
pharmakoi
noun
plural of pharmakos
pharmakos
pharmakos
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.
philbrook
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
pikeperch
pikeperch
noun
Alternative form of pike-perch
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pohickory
pohickory
noun
A kind of hickory nut milk prepared by Native Americans in New England and used as a beverage.
porchlike
porchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porch.
pracharak
pracharak
noun
(India) A missionary or recruiter belonging to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an Indian nationalist paramilitary volunteer organization.
prechecks
prechecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precheck
preshrink
preshrink
verb
(transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
prickshot
reaphooks
reaphooks
noun
plural of reaphook
serpukhov
shakspere
sharkship
shipwreck
shipwreck
noun
(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
verb
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
shkupetar
shunpiker
shunpiker
noun
One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.
skiagraph
skiagraph
noun
(physics) Alternative form of sciagraph
verb
Alternative form of sciagraph
skiograph
spikehorn
spikehorn
noun
A deer whose antlers do not branch.
sprackish
turkophil
whipcrack
whipcrack
noun
The crack of a whip.
whipmaker
whipmaker
noun
A manufacturer of whips.
workshops
workshops
noun
plural of workshop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of workshop