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
antiskeptical
applejacks
applejacks
noun
plural of applejack
asklepios
asparkle
asparkle
adj
Sparkling.
asphaltlike
asphaltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backslap
backslap
verb
To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backslapper
backslapper
noun
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
backslappers
backslappers
noun
plural of backslapper
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backspacefile
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
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
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
bespeakable
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
bespecklement
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blankenship
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
bookplates
bookplates
noun
plural of bookplate
calpacks
calpacks
noun
plural of calpack
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
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
dikelocephalus
disciplelike
disciplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disciple.
diskophile
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
ducklingship
ekpweles
ekpweles
noun
plural of ekpwele
elkslip
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
epikleses
epiklesis
episkeletal
episkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Above or outside the endoskeleton; epaxial.
evilspeaker
evilspeaking
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gangplanks
gangplanks
noun
plural of gangplank
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
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.
grapestalk
gumpoldskirchner
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
hopkinsville
hopkinsville
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemias
hypokalemias
noun
plural of hypokalemia
hyposkeletal
hyposkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial.
intersprinkle
intersprinkle
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle between.
intersprinkled
intersprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intersprinkle
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
kaleidescope
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope
noun
(figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.
verb
(intransitive) To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns.
kaleidoscopes
kaleidoscopes
noun
plural of kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic
adj
(figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
kaleidoscopical
kaleidoscopical
adj
Alternative form of kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopically
kaleidoscopically
adv
In a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner.
kaliphs
kaliphs
noun
plural of kaliph
kalispel
kalispell
kalispell
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
kalpaks
kalpaks
noun
plural of kalpak
kalpas
kalpas
noun
plural of kalpa
kalpis
kalpis
noun
A kind of Ancient Greek water jug.
kalyptras
kamloops
kamloops
Proper noun
A city and a lake in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the
kampliles
kampsville
kannapolis
kannapolis
Proper noun
A city in North Carolina.
kanopolis
kapellmeister
kapellmeister
noun
(music) A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
(music, historical) Person in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
kappellmeister
karyolymphs
karyolymphs
noun
plural of karyolymph
karyoplasm
karyoplasm
noun
nucleoplasm
karyoplasma
karyoplasmatic
karyoplasmic
karyoplasmic
adj
Relating to, or composed of karyoplasm
kataplasia
kataplasia
noun
Alternative form of cataplasia
katlaps
keeperless
keeperless
adj
Not having a keeper; not minded; not kept.
keeslip
keleps
keleps
noun
plural of kelep
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
kelpies
kelpies
noun
plural of kelpie
kelps
kelps
noun
plural of kelp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kelp
(surgery) grafting or transplantation of the cornea
keslep
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
kilopascals
kilopascals
noun
plural of kilopascal
kilopoise
kineplasty
kinetoplast
kinetoplast
noun
(microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
A kinetoplastid.
kinetoplastic
kinetoplastic
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
kinetoplasts
kinetoplasts
noun
plural of kinetoplast
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
kinspeople
kiplingese
kiplingese
Noun
Language characteristic of the writer (1865-1936), characterised by realism, jingoism, etc.
kiplingism
kiplingism
Noun
An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
kittlepins
kittlepins
Noun
The game of skittles.
klappvisier
klappvisier
noun
(historical) A type of visor, found on medieval European (especially German) helmets, typically hinged at a single point in the middle of the brow of the helmet (rather than hinged on the sides of the skull).
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.