a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
amphikaryotic
ankylopoietic
ankyloproctia
apokatastatic
apokatastatic
adj
Alternative form of apocatastatic
archipenko
backdrop
backdrop
noun
(figurative) Any background situation.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
An image that serves as a visual background.
The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backdropped
backdropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdrop
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backpointer
backpointers
backrope
backropes
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
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
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
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)
bricktop
brockport
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckpot
bucksport
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
caplock
caplock
noun
A firearm that is discharged by means of a percussion cap.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
caprocks
caprocks
noun
plural of caprock
captaincook
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
chalkography
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
changepocket
chapbook
chapbook
noun
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chaunoprockt
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
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
checkrope
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chlorpikrin
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
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
clockkeeper
cockapoo
cockapoo
noun
A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
cockneyship
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
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
cocksparrow
cockspur
cockspur
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
cockup
cockup
noun
(archaic) A hat or cap worn turned up in front.
A large edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer)
Alternative spelling of cock-up
cockups
cockups
noun
plural of cockup
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
cookshop
cookshop
noun
A shop that sells cooked food.
cookshops
cookshops
noun
plural of cookshop
copake
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
copeck
copeck
noun
Alternative spelling of kopek
copecks
copecks
noun
plural of copeck
copintank
copperskin
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
coppock
copybook
copybook
noun
(Quebec, UK) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
(programming, COBOL) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corapeake
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.
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
cowpock
cowpock
noun
Obsolete form of cowpox.
cowpoke
cowpoke
noun
(US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.
(US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
crackpot
crackpot
adj
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
noun
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
crackpotism
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackpottedness
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
cryoplankton
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
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
dopchick
downpatrick
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
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
empocket
epiplanktonic
epiplanktonic
adj
Relating to epiplankton
flapdock
flickerproof
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
footpick
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
freckleproof
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.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
glykopectic
glykopexic
gumpoldskirchner
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
highpockets
hockingport
hockshop
hockshop
noun
(US, rare) A pawnshop.
hockshops
hockshops
noun
plural of hockshop
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
hoopstick
hopsack
hopsack
noun
(countable) A hemp sack used for holding hops.
(uncountable) A coarse, loosely-woven clothing fabric.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
hopsacks
hopsacks
noun
plural of hopsack
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.