(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.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
bepranked
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
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
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bookkeeps
bookkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookkeep
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).
bookpress
bookshops
bookshops
noun
plural of bookshop
boskopoid
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
brockport
brookport
buckplate
bucksport
bumpkinet
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
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.
checkrope
chempaduk
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
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.
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
cookshops
cookshops
noun
plural of cookshop
copintank
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corapeake
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
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.
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
enkolpion
epikleses
epiklesis
epikouros
epinikian
epinikian
adj
epinicial
epinikion
epinikion
noun
Alternative form of epinicion
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
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
forespoke
forespoke
verb
simple past tense of forespeak
forspoken
forspoken
adj
(obsolete) Bewitched, charmed.
verb
past participle of forspeak.
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gorakhpur
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
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.
henpecked
henpecked
adj
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.
hockshops
hockshops
noun
plural of hockshop
hoddypeak
hoopmaker
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hoopstick
hopkinson
hopkinton
housekeep
housekeep
noun
(archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
innkeeper
innkeeper
noun
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.