A popular South African food fish; Genypterus capensis .
kingpins
kingpins
noun
plural of kingpin
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingship
kingship
noun
A monarchy.
The dignity, rank or office of a king; the state of being a king.
The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
knapping
knapping
verb
present participle of knap
kopfring
linkping
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
parkings
parkings
noun
plural of parking
pickings
pickings
noun
plural of picking
pickling
pickling
noun
A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) or other metallic objects is chemically removed (by strong acids).
An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.
verb
present participle of pickle
pigskins
pigskins
noun
plural of pigskin
pinkiang
pinkings
pinkings
noun
plural of pinking
plankage
planking
planking
noun
A series of planks; a group of planks.
The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
verb
present participle of plank
plinking
plinking
noun
(firearms) informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles and wood blocks.
A noise that plinks.
verb
present participle of plink
plonking
plonking
noun
A noise that plonks.
verb
present participle of plonk
plucking
plucking
noun
(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.
(printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.
A fragment of something obtained by plucking.
verb
present participle of pluck
plunking
plunking
noun
A noise that plunks.
verb
present participle of plunk
pokingly
pokingly
adv
(dated) In a drudging, servile manner.
So as to poke out or protrude.
polkaing
polkaing
verb
present participle of polka
porkling
porkling
noun
(dated) A young pig; a porket.
pranking
pranking
noun
(archaic) A showy adornment.
(archaic) The playing of pranks; tomfoolery.
verb
present participle of prank
pricking
pricking
noun
(mining) A nicking.
(obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
A sensation that pricks.
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
verb
present participle of prick
prinking
prinking
verb
present participle of prink
puckling
punkling
punkling
noun
(obsolete) A young strumpet
Someone young associated with the punk movement or music.
skelping
skelping
adj
large; whopping
noun
A beating or slapping.
verb
present participle of skelp
skimping
skimping
adj
scanty; meagre; done inefficiently.
verb
present participle of skimp
skipping
skipping
noun
The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
The game, activity, or exercise of jump rope.
verb
present participle of skip
slangkop
spanking
spanking
adj
(often nautical) Brisk and fresh.
Fast and energetic.
adv
(colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
noun
A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
verb
present participle of spank
sparking
sparking
noun
The act of producing a spark.
verb
present participle of spark
speaking
speaking
adj
(in compounds) Having competence in a language.
Expressive; eloquent.
Having the ability of speech.
Involving speaking.
Used in speaking.
intj
(telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.
noun
An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
The act of communicating vocally.
verb
present participle of speak
specking
specking
noun
(Australia) The practice by speckers or fossickers of walking around scanning the ground for gemstones.
verb
present participle of speck
spooking
spooking
noun
(blackjack, slang) The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook.
A supernatural fright.
verb
present participle of spook
spunking
spunking
verb
present participle of spunk
upmaking
upmaking
noun
(nautical, historical) Pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as filling up in building, especially between the bilgeways and ship's bottom, preparatory to launching.
(printing, historical) The arrangement of lines into columns or pages.