| 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. |
| BACKSLAPPERS | • backslappers n. Plural of backslapper. • BACKSLAPPER n. one who backslaps. |
| BACKSLAPPING | • backslapping v. Present participle of backslap. • backslapping n. Action of the verb to backslap. • back-slapping n. Alternative spelling of backslapping. |
| BACKSTOPPING | • backstopping v. Present participle of backstop. • BACKSTOP v. to act as a backstop. |
| KNEECAPPINGS | • kneecappings n. Plural of kneecapping. • knee-cappings n. Plural of knee-capping. • KNEECAPPING n. punishment by shooting through the kneecap. |
| LANDSKIPPING | • LANDSKIP v. to landscape. |
| PAPERBACKERS | • paperbackers n. Plural of paperbacker. • PAPERBACKER n. one who publishes 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. |
| SPANAKOPITAS | • spanakopitas n. Plural of spanakopita. • SPANAKOPITA n. (Modern Greek) a Greek dish of spinach and feta cheese in filo pastry, also SPANOKOPITA. |
| SPANOKOPITAS | • spanokopitas n. Plural of spanokopita. • SPANOKOPITA n. (Modern Greek) a Greek dish of spinach and feta cheese in filo pastry, also SPANAKOPITA. |
| 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. |