(nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
backropes
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
bepranked
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bookpress
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
capeworks
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
checkrope
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.
corapeake
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
crackhemp
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
epikouros
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
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
forespoke
forespoke
verb
simple past tense of forespeak
forspoken
forspoken
adj
(obsolete) Bewitched, charmed.
verb
past participle of forspeak.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
hoopmaker
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
innkeeper
innkeeper
noun
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
jokeproof
jokeproof
adj
(rare) Unable or unwilling to understand a joke; humorless.
(rare) Unable to be joked about.
kamperite
kampmeier
kanephore
karyotype
karyotype
noun
(genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
(obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.
verb
To investigate or record such characteristics
keeperess
keeperess
noun
(literary) A female keeper.
keepering
keepering
noun
gamekeeping
keplerian
keplerian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian
keyesport
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kilampere
kinospore
kippering
kippering
noun
The development of an acquired hypospadias, usually as a result of long use of a catheter.
The trait of walking on the front legs while dragging the hind legs (applied to a dog).
verb
present participle of kipper
klemperer
knowperts
koopbrief
kraepelin
lakarpite
lakeports
lakeports
noun
plural of lakeport
lampmaker
lampmaker
noun
A manufacturer of lamps.
lapstrake
lapstrake
adj
Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
noun
(countable) A boat built in this style.
(uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
lapstreak
lapstreak
noun
Alternative form of lapstrake
leakproof
leakproof
adj
Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to leakage.
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
mankeeper
mapmakers
mapmakers
noun
plural of mapmaker
morpunkee
netkeeper
netkeeper
noun
A goalkeeper.
nipperkin
nipperkin
noun
(archaic) A small amount of beer, wine, or other liquid, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
(archaic) A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
nitpicker
nitpicker
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
openworks
openworks
noun
plural of openwork
outkeeper
outkeeper
noun
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
overprick
overspeak
overspeak
verb
To exceed in speaking.
To speak too much; to use too many words.
overspoke
overspoke
verb
simple past tense of overspeak
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
packeries
packhorse
packhorse
noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
packmaker
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
panickier
panickier
adj
comparative form of panicky: more panicky
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.
paperbark
paperbark
noun
Any of several Australian plants, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark
paperlike
paperlike
adj
Resembling paper or some aspect of it.
paperwork
paperwork
noun
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
routine work involving written documents
written documents
parabrake
parabrake
noun
Synonym of drag parachute
parakeets
parakeets
noun
plural of parakeet
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
parkville
parrakeet
parrakeet
noun
Alternative spelling of parakeet
parrokets
parrokets
noun
plural of parroket
partakers
partakers
noun
plural of partaker
pasternak
penkeeper
penkeeper
noun
The person in charge of a pen in which animals are kept.
penworker
perikarya
perikarya
noun
plural of perikaryon
perioikoi
perioikoi
noun
Alternative form of Perioikoi
peritrack
peritrack
noun
Synonym of taxiway
perjinkly
perkiness
perkiness
noun
The condition of being perky
perkingly
perkinism
perkinism
Noun
A pseudoscientific treatment in which two pointed metal rods ("tractors") were waved over the body, supposed to cure inflammation, rheumatism, etc. by drawing off an electrical fluid.
perrukery
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
pickeered
pickeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickeer
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
pickering
pickering
Proper noun
A town in North Yorkshire, England.
A city in Ontario, Canada.
from the town.
picketeer
picketeer
noun
Synonym of picketer
picketers
picketers
noun
plural of picketer
pickietar
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
picnicker
picnicker
noun
Someone who has a picnic.
piecework
piecework
noun
Alternative spelling of piece work
piemarker
pikeperch
pikeperch
noun
Alternative form of pike-perch
pillmaker
pinebrook
pinkberry
pinkerton
pinkerton
Proper noun
for someone from a place of that name near Dunbar.
Noun
An operative employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency founded by Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884).
plankters
plankters
noun
plural of plankter
platemark
platemark
noun
A mark or emblem stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, etc.
platework
playmaker
playmaker
noun
(dated) A playwright.
(sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.
plowmaker
pocketers
pocketers
noun
plural of pocketer
pokeberry
pokeberry
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).
pokerface
pokerlike
pokerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a poker (metal rod).
Resembling or characteristic of the card game of poker.
pokeroots
pokeroots
noun
plural of pokeroot
pomperkin
porchlike
porchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porch.
porkeater
porkiness
porkiness
noun
The quality of being porky.
portsoken
potlicker
potlikker
prankiest
prankiest
adj
superlative form of pranky: most pranky
pranksome
pranksome
adj
(dated, poetic) Characterised by pranks or pranking; mischievous; prone to pull pranks.
prankster
prankster
noun
One who performs pranks.
prechecks
prechecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precheck
precooked
precooked
adj
Alternative spelling of pre-cooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precook
precooker
predikant
predikant
noun
(chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
prefranks
prekindle
premaking
premaking
verb
present participle of premake
prepacked
prepacked
adj
packed in advance
prereckon
preshrink
preshrink
verb
(transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.