(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.
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bookkeeps
bookkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookkeep
bookpress
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
capeworks
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
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.
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
epikleses
epiklesis
epikouros
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
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.
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
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.
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
kalispell
kalispell
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
kampliles
keeperess
keeperess
noun
(literary) A female keeper.
keepsakes
keepsakes
noun
plural of keepsake
kephalins
kephalins
noun
plural of kephalin
keyesport
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kilopoise
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.
kinospore
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
knaveship
knaveship
noun
(countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
(uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
kneippism
kneippism
Noun
The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.
knowperts
koniscope
koniscope
noun
An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
lakeports
lakeports
noun
plural of lakeport
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
locksteps
locksteps
noun
plural of lockstep
loudspeak
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
mapmakers
mapmakers
noun
plural of mapmaker
mispacked
mispacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispack
mispickel
mispickel
noun
The mineral arsenopyrite
misspeaks
misspeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspeak
misspoken
misspoken
verb
past participle of misspeak
nescopeck
newspeaks
newspeaks
noun
plural of newspeak
openworks
openworks
noun
plural of openwork
ouspensky
outspeaks
outspeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak
outspoken
outspoken
adj
Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.
verb
past participle of outspeak.
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
packagers
packagers
noun
plural of packager
packeries
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.
packwaxes
palsylike
palsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a palsy, especially shaking motions.
pansylike
pansylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pansy.
parakeets
parakeets
noun
plural of parakeet
parrokets
parrokets
noun
plural of parroket
partakers
partakers
noun
plural of partaker
pasternak
pawkiness
pawkiness
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
The quality of being pawky.
paychecks
paychecks
noun
plural of paycheck
peakgoose
peakiness
peakiness
noun
The quality of being peaky.
peakishly
peaselike
peatstack
peatstack
noun
A stack of peat.
peckiness
peckiness
noun
The quality of being pecky.
peckishly
peckishly
adv
In a peckish manner.
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
peekaboos
peekaboos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peekaboo
peekskill
pekingese
pekingese
Proper noun
The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
A small toy dog from China.
Adjective
of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China
penknives
penknives
noun
plural of penknife
penstocks
penstocks
noun
plural of penstock
pentstock
pentstock
noun
Alternative form of penstock
penuckles
perkiness
perkiness
noun
The condition of being perky
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.
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
peskiness
peskiness
noun
The condition of being pesky.
phenakism
phenakism
noun
(dated) deception; trickery.
physicked
physicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of physic
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
pickerels
pickerels
noun
plural of pickerel
picketers
picketers
noun
plural of picketer
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
pinchecks
pinchecks
noun
plural of pincheck
pinkiness
pinkiness
noun
The condition of being pinky, or somewhat pink.
pipsqueak
pipsqueak
noun
Alternative spelling of pip-squeak
plackless
plackless
adj
(Scotland, obsolete) penniless; broke
plankless
plankless
adj
Without a plank or planks.
plankters
plankters
noun
plural of plankter
plankwise
plankwise
adv
(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
pluckiest
pluckiest
adj
superlative form of plucky: most plucky
pluckless
pluckless
adj
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
plushlike
plushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plush.
pocketers
pocketers
noun
plural of pocketer
pockhouse
pockiness
pockiness
noun
The state or quality of being pocky.
pokeroots
pokeroots
noun
plural of pokeroot
pokeweeds
pokeweeds
noun
plural of pokeweed
porkiness
porkiness
noun
The quality of being porky.
portsoken
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
prefranks
preshrink
preshrink
verb
(transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
presoaked
presoaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of presoak
pressmark
pressmark
noun
The logo of a publishing press.
presspack
presspack
verb
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
presswork
presswork
noun
(cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
(metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.
Pottery produced by pressing clay into moulds.
Printed material.
The operation of a printing press.
prestrike
prestrike
adj
Before a strike (work stoppage as protest).
Before the striking motion of a snake.
prestwick
prestwick
Proper noun
a coastal town in council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport
prickiest
prickiest
adj
superlative form of pricky: most pricky
prickless
prickless
adj
Without a prick or prickle.
prickseam
proselike
proselike
adj
Resembling prose.
prostrike
provokers
provokers
noun
plural of provoker
puckerers
puckerers
noun
plural of puckerer
pulaskite
pulaskite
noun
(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.