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.
backspeir
backspier
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backstrip
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
boskopoid
bumpkinet
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
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
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.
copintank
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
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tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.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
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
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
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.
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.
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hoopstick
hopkinson
hopkinton
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
innkeeper
innkeeper
noun
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
ispravnik
ispravnik
noun
Alternative spelling of ispravnic
ispraynik
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jonkoping
kakotopia
kakotopia
noun
Alternative form of cacotopia
kalispell
kalispell
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
kallitype
kallitype
noun
An early photograph produced using an organic salt of iron, preferably the ferric oxalate.
kamarupic
kamperite
kampliles
kampmeier
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
kanopolis
katipunan
keepering
keepering
noun
gamekeeping
kelyphite
kelyphite
noun
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
kephalins
kephalins
noun
plural of kephalin
keplerian
keplerian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnaping
kidnaping
noun
(US, proscribed) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
verb
(US) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
(US) present participle of kidnap
kidnapped
kidnapped
adj
subjected to kidnapping
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
kidnappee
kidnappee
noun
One who is kidnapped.
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kilampere
kilopoise
kilopound
kilopound
noun
(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.
kinescope
kinescope
noun
(historical) An early television receiver tube.
A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
verb
(transitive) To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.
kingpiece
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingships
kingships
noun
plural of kingship
kingsport
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
kinospore
kippering
kippering
noun
The development of an acquired hypospadias, usually as a result of long use of a catheter.
The trait of walking on the front legs while dragging the hind legs (applied to a dog).
verb
present participle of kipper
kissproof
kissproof
adj
(of lipstick) Resistant to smearing when the wearer is kissed.
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
knaveship
knaveship
noun
(countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
(uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
kneepiece
kneepiece
noun
(construction) An angular piece of timber strengthening a joint where two roof timbers meet.
The piece of armour that covers the knee.
kneippism
kneippism
Noun
The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.
kniphofia
kniphofia
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
koniscope
koniscope
noun
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
koopbrief
kopagmiut
kraepelin
kropotkin
kyprianou
lakarpite
landskips
landskips
noun
plural of landskip
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lickspits
lickspits
noun
plural of lickspit
linkoping
lipsticks
lipsticks
noun
plural of lipstick
lopsticks
lopsticks
noun
plural of lopstick
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
maplelike
maplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree.
mapmaking
mapmaking
noun
Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
milksoppy
milksoppy
Adjective
weak; timid; ineffectual
mispacked
mispacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispack
mispickel
mispickel
noun
The mineral arsenopyrite
misspeaks
misspeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspeak
misspoken
misspoken
verb
past participle of misspeak
napkining
napkining
noun
Material for making napkins.
neckpiece
neckpiece
noun
A piece of clothing to be worn around the neck.
nickpoint
nickpoint
noun
Alternative form of knickpoint
nipperkin
nipperkin
noun
(archaic) A small amount of beer, wine, or other liquid, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
(archaic) A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
nitpicked
nitpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nitpick
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
norrkping
nymphlike
nymphlike
adj
Resembling a nymph.
oikoplast
outpicket
outpicket
noun
A military picket or outpost.
overprick
paasikivi
packaging
packaging
noun
(by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
The act of packing something.
The industry that produces such material.
The materials used to pack something.
verb
present participle of package
packeries
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packtrain
paintbank
paintlick
pakistani
palsylike
palsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a palsy, especially shaking motions.