| APPARATCHIKI | • apparatchiki n. Plural of apparatchik. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| APPARATCHIKS | • apparatchiks n. Plural of apparatchik. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| BACKDROPPING | • backdropping v. Present participle of backdrop. • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKSLAPPERS | • backslappers n. Plural of backslapper. • BACKSLAPPER n. one who backslaps. |
| KARYOMAPPING | • karyomapping n. (Genetics) The production of a karyomap. • KARYOMAPPING n. a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives. |
| PAPERBACKERS | • paperbackers n. Plural of paperbacker. • PAPERBACKER n. one who publishes in paperback. |
| PAPERBACKING | • paperbacking v. Present participle of paperback. • PAPERBACK v. to bring out in paperback. |
| PAPERMAKINGS | • papermakings n. Plural of papermaking. • PAPERMAKING n. the business of making paper. |
| PEACEKEEPERS | • peacekeepers n. Plural of peacekeeper. • PEACEKEEPER n. one who keeps the peace. |
| PREPACKAGING | • prepackaging v. Present participle of prepackage. • prepackaging n. Packaging applied prior to an object being sold. • PREPACKAGE v. to package in advance. |
| SPARKPLUGGED | • sparkplugged v. Simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug. • SPARKPLUG v. to spark something off, in the manner of a sparkplug in a car carrying wires between which an electric spark passes to fire the explosive mixture of gases. |
| SPEAKERPHONE | • speakerphone n. A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset. • speakerphone n. A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree. • SPEAKERPHONE n. a combination microphone and loudspeaker device for two-way communication by telephone lines. |
| SPEAKERSHIPS | • speakerships n. Plural of speakership. • SPEAKERSHIP n. the office of speaker. |
| SPLATTERPUNK | • splatterpunk n. (Uncountable) A movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depictions of violence. • splatterpunk n. (Countable) A fan of splatterpunk fiction. • SPLATTERPUNK n. a genre of fiction centring on extremely gory scenes. |