Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
chopsockies
chopsockies
noun
plural of chopsocky
cockneyship
dolphinlike
dolphinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
harpoonlike
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
highpockets
hokeypokeys
hokeypokeys
noun
plural of hokeypokey
homekeeping
homekeeping
adj
Staying at home.
noun
Synonym of housekeeping (“looking after domestic affairs in a house”)
horsekeeper
horsekeeper
noun
A person who looks after horses, for example in a coal mine.
hotelkeeper
hotelkeeper
noun
A hotelier; a hotel owner.
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.
humperdinck
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
hypermarket
hypermarket
noun
A combination of department store and supermarket.
hypokalemia
hypokalemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood (below the reference range).
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypokinemia
hypokinesia
hypokinesia
noun
(pathology) Slowed or diminished movement of the body.
hypokinesis
hypokinesis
noun
(pathology) Diminished power of movement; hypomotility
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
kaleidophon
kaleidophon
noun
Alternative form of kaleidophone
kataphrenia
kephallenia
keratophyre
keratophyre
noun
(petrography) A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
keraulophon
ketoheptose
ketoheptose
noun
(biochemistry) Any ketose form of a heptose
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kindredship
kindredship
noun
The quality of being kindred.
kinesipathy
kinesipathy
noun
kinesiatrics
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetophone
kinetophone
noun
(historical) A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
kornephorus
lakemanship
lakemanship
noun
Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.
lakshadweep
lakshadweep
Proper noun
Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.
lightkeeper
lightkeeper
noun
The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
lymphokines
lymphokines
noun
plural of lymphokine
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
packthreads
packthreads
noun
plural of packthread
pantherlike
pantherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a panther.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pathbreaker
pathbreaker
noun
A person who carries out pathbreaking work.
peakishness
peakishness
noun
The quality of being peakish.
peckishness
peckishness
noun
The quality of being peckish; mild hunger.
pfannkuchen
phantomlike
phantomlike
adj
Like a phantom; ghostly.
phoenixlike
phoenixlike
adj
Resembling a phoenix, especially in being (figuratively) reborn after destruction.
phrasemaker
phrasemaker
noun
A crafter of phrases; one who pens bombast or rhetoric.
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
pikeperches
pikeperches
noun
plural of pikeperch
pinakotheke
pinkishness
pinkishness
noun
The quality of being pinkish.
pitcherlike
pitcherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pitcher.
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
prechecking
prechecking
verb
present participle of precheck
preshrinked
preshrunken
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
prophetlike
prophetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet.
puckermouth
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
rockhoppers
rockhoppers
noun
plural of rockhopper
schipperkes
schipperkes
noun
plural of schipperke
shakespeare
shakespeare
Proper noun
William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
His works or media adaptations of his works.
Noun
Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare
shaksperean
shaksperian
shankpieces
sheepkeeper
sheepshanks
sheepshanks
noun
plural of sheepshank
sheepwalker
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
shopbreaker
shopbreaker
noun
One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent.
shopkeepers
shopkeepers
noun
plural of shopkeeper
shopkeepery
shopkeeping
shopkeeping
noun
The business of operating a shop
shriekproof
skiagraphed
skiagraphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skiagraph