a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
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.
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(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.
crankplate
impackment
kineplasty
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
kittlepins
kittlepins
Noun
The game of skittles.
knapbottle
knapbottle
noun
Bladder campion.
kopperston
kryptonite
kryptonite
noun
(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel.
nickeltype
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nonskeptic
nonskeptic
noun
One who is not a skeptic.
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
painstaker
painstaker
noun
One who takes pains; a careful worker.
panickiest
panickiest
adj
superlative form of panicky: most panicky
parentlike
parentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
peastaking
pentelikon
perjinkety
perkinston
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
pistonlike
pistonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a piston.
planetlike
planetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a planet.
plinthlike
plinthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plinth.
pockmantie
pointmaker
pointmaker
noun
(historical) A manufacturer of laces for fastening clothing.
pranksters
pranksters
noun
plural of prankster
prekantian
printmaker
printmaker
noun
A person who makes prints of works of art, (particularly) a self-employed craftsman.
rebankrupt
rebankrupt
verb
(transitive) To bankrupt again.
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.