A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
bromopikrin
buckjump
buckjump
verb
(Australia) Of a horse, to jump upwards with arched back and head down in an attempt to throw its rider.
(Australia) To take part in a buckjumping competition.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
bumpkinet
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
verb
To hunt humpback whales.
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
lampblacked
lampblacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lampblack
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
pembroke
pembroke
Proper noun
A town in Pembrokeshire, Wales
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
pembrook
pimpleback
pimpleback
noun
Quadrula pustulosa, an American freshwater mussel.
pricktimber
promptbook
promptbook
noun
An annotated copy of a script used by a prompter
promptbooks
promptbooks
noun
plural of promptbook
psalmbook
psalmbook
noun
A book of psalms.
spekboom
spekboom
noun
A South African shrub (Portulacaria afra), whose succulent leaves are used as fodder.