(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.
copperskin
dukkeripen
episarkine
innkeepers
innkeepers
noun
plural of innkeeper
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
knifeproof
knifeproof
adj
Resistant to knives.
kryptonite
kryptonite
noun
(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel.
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
painkiller
painkiller
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
painstaker
painstaker
noun
One who takes pains; a careful worker.
paperknife
paperknife
noun
A knife for cutting paper or opening envelopes.
parentlike
parentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
parsonlike
parsonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parson.
pelargikon
penderecki
perikaryon
perikaryon
noun
The cell body of a neuron or of an odontoblast.
periwinkle
periwinkle
adj
Of pale bluish purple colour.
noun
A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
perjinkety
perkinston
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
pickeering
pickeering
verb
present participle of pickeer
picknicker
picknicker
noun
Archaic form of picnicker.
picnickers
picnickers
noun
plural of picnicker
picnickery
pikemonger
pincerlike
pincerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pincer.
pinpricked
pinpricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pinprick
pluckerian
pointmaker
pointmaker
noun
(historical) A manufacturer of laces for fastening clothing.
precooking
precooking
verb
present participle of precook
prekantian
prekindled
preknowing
premankind
prepacking
prepacking
verb
present participle of prepack
preshrinks
preshrinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preshrink
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
princelike
princelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prince.
princewick
printmaker
printmaker
noun
A person who makes prints of works of art, (particularly) a self-employed craftsman.
prisonlike
prisonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prison
purbeckian
purkinjean
purkinjean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Johannes Evangelists Purkinje, 1787-1869), Czech anatomist and physiologist, or to his discoveries.
pyrewinkes
resprinkle
ropemaking
ropemaking
noun
The manufacture of rope.
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
skippering
skippering
verb
present participle of skipper
sparkiness
sparkiness
noun
The quality of being sparky.
spinnakers
spinnakers
noun
plural of spinnaker
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
springlike
springlike
adj
(chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season).
Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).
