An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backpacks
backpacks
noun
plural of backpack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpack
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
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.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backropes
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspang
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backstamp
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
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
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)
brockport
buckplate
bucksport
calpacked
calpacked
adj
Wearing a calpack.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
capeworks
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chappelka
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
checkrope
chempaduk
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
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.
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.
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
cookshops
cookshops
noun
plural of cookshop
copintank
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corapeake
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
crackhemp
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
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.
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
henpecked
henpecked
adj
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.
hockshops
hockshops
noun
plural of hockshop
hoopstick
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jampacked
jampacked
adj
Alternative spelling of jam-packed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jampack
jockstrap
jockstrap
noun
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
kamarupic
kampuchea
kickplate
kickplate
noun
A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
kinescope
kinescope
noun
(historical) An early television receiver tube.
A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
verb
(transitive) To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.
kingpiece
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
klopstock
knapsacks
knapsacks
noun
plural of knapsack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knapsack
knapscull
kneepiece
kneepiece
noun
(construction) An angular piece of timber strengthening a joint where two roof timbers meet.
The piece of armour that covers the knee.
koniscope
koniscope
noun
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
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.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lickspits
lickspits
noun
plural of lickspit
lipsticks
lipsticks
noun
plural of lipstick
locksteps
locksteps
noun
plural of lockstep
lopsticks
lopsticks
noun
plural of lopstick
mauckport
mispacked
mispacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispack
mispickel
mispickel
noun
The mineral arsenopyrite
neckpiece
neckpiece
noun
A piece of clothing to be worn around the neck.
nescopeck
nickpoint
nickpoint
noun
Alternative form of knickpoint
nitpicked
nitpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nitpick
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
outpicket
outpicket
noun
A military picket or outpost.
overprick
oxpeckers
oxpeckers
noun
plural of oxpecker
pacemaker
pacemaker
noun
(anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
(by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
packagers
packagers
noun
plural of packager
packaging
packaging
noun
(by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
The act of packing something.
The industry that produces such material.
The materials used to pack something.
verb
present participle of package
packboard
packboard
noun
A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
packeries
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packhorse
packhorse
noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
packhouse
packhouse
noun
A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
packmaker
packplane
packsacks
packsacks
noun
plural of packsack
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
packtrain
packwaxes
paddocked
paddocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paddock
paddywack
paddywack
noun
Alternative form of paddywhack
padlocked
padlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of padlock
paintlick
pancaking
pancaking
verb
present participle of pancake
panickier
panickier
adj
comparative form of panicky: more panicky
panicking
panicking
verb
present participle of panic
paniclike
paniclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of panic.
paperback
paperback
adj
(of a book) Having flexible binding.
noun
A book with flexible binding.
verb
(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.