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
ampherotokous
amphitokous
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
apikores
apikoros
apikoros
noun
A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
apikorsim
apikorsim
noun
plural of apikoros
apokatastasis
apokatastasis
noun
Alternative form of apocatastasis
apokatastatic
apokatastatic
adj
Alternative form of apocatastatic
apokreos
asklepios
aspartokinase
aspartokinase
noun
(organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backpointers
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
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bespoke
bespoke
adj
Individually or custom made.
Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
verb
(archaic) past participle of bespeak
simple past tense of bespeak
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
biskop
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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)
bloubiskop
bookkeepers
bookkeepers
noun
plural of bookkeeper
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bookkeeps
bookkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookkeep
bookplates
bookplates
noun
plural of bookplate
bookpress
bookshop
bookshop
noun
A shop that sells books.
bookshops
bookshops
noun
plural of bookshop
boskop
boskopoid
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
bucksport
capeworks
caprocks
caprocks
noun
plural of caprock
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
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
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
cockneyship
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
cockups
cockups
noun
plural of cockup
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
cookshop
cookshop
noun
A shop that sells cooked food.
cookshops
cookshops
noun
plural of cookshop
copecks
copecks
noun
plural of copeck
copperskin
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
crackpotism
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackpottedness
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
desktop
desktop
adj
(computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
noun
(computing) A desktop computer.
(computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
(computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
(computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
The top surface of a desk.
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
desmopyknosis
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
dikaryophasic
dikelocephalus
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
diskophile
disworkmanship
dneprodzerzhinsk
dnepropetrovsk
doodskop
doorkeepers
doorkeepers
noun
plural of doorkeeper
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
epikouros
episkotister
episkotister
noun
Alternative form of episcotister
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forebespeak
forepeaks
forepeaks
noun
plural of forepeak
forespake
forespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak
forespeak
forespeak
verb
(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.
Alternative spelling of forspeak
forespeaker
forespeaker
noun
(obsolete or historical) One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forespoke
forespoke
verb
simple past tense of forespeak
forespoken
forespoken
adj
Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
verb
past participle of forespeak.
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
forspoken
forspoken
adj
(obsolete) Bewitched, charmed.
verb
past participle of forspeak.
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
goalkeepers
goalkeepers
noun
plural of goalkeeper
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
groupthinks
gumpoldskirchner
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
highpockets
hockshop
hockshop
noun
(US, rare) A pawnshop.
hockshops
hockshops
noun
plural of hockshop
hokeypokeys
hokeypokeys
noun
plural of hokeypokey
hokypokies
hookshop
hookups
hookups
noun
plural of hookup
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hoopstick
hopkins
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopkinsianism
hopkinson
hopkinsonian
hopkinsville
hopkinsville
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
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
horsekeeper
horsekeeper
noun
A person who looks after horses, for example in a coal mine.
horsekeeping
housekeep
housekeep
noun
(archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.