(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.
noun
One who has aphakia.
apickaback
apickaback
adv
Alternative form of pickaback
apickback
apickpack
apokatastatic
apokatastatic
adj
Alternative form of apocatastatic
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
aprickle
aprickle
adj
Prickling.
archipenko
assapanick
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backpacking
backpacking
noun
hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
verb
present participle of backpack
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
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.
backpointer
backpointers
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backspacefile
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstrip
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
berrypicker
berrypicking
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bipack
bipack
noun
(cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verb
(cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.
bipacks
bipacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipack
blackprint
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bricktop
capeneddick
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
capkin
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
captaincook
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
caterpillarlike
caterpillarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
chalkpit
chalkpit
noun
A quarry where chalk is found.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chapnick
chappaquiddick
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
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.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
cheekpiece
cheekpiece
noun
A piece of armour, or the bridle of a horse, that protects the cheek.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickpea
chickpea
noun
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chipmuck
chipmuck
noun
Archaic form of chipmunk.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chlorpikrin
chopsockies
chopsockies
noun
plural of chopsocky
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.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
chuipek
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
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.
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
cockneyship
cockpit
cockpit
noun
(Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
(figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
(figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
(nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
(nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
(now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
(vulgar, slang) The vagina.
The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
cockpits
cockpits
noun
plural of cockpit
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
copintank
copperskin
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
cottonpicking
counterprick
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
crackpotism
crankpin
crankpin
noun
The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
cuckoopint
cuckoopint
noun
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
cuckoopintle
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cuplike
cuplike
adj
Resembling a cup.
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
deckpipe
depickle
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
dipchick
dipchick
noun
Alternative form of dabchick
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
disciplelike
disciplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disciple.
dopchick
downpatrick
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.
dropkick
dropkick
noun
(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent or useless person.
(professional wrestling) a kick made to the opponent by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
verb
to make a dropkick
to score via a dropkick
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
ducklingship
duckpin
duckpin
noun
A short, squat form of tenpin.
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
earpick
earpick
noun
An instrument for removing earwax from the ear.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
epiclike
epiclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an epic.
epiplanktonic
epiplanktonic
adj
Relating to epiplankton
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
fitzpatrick
flickerproof
flipjack
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
footpick
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.