| CHOKEDAMP | • chokedamp n. (Mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate. • choke␣damp n. An asphyxiant found in enclosed places such as mines and sewers; a mixture of several gases left after… • CHOKEDAMP n. an asphyxiating gas, mainly carbon dioxide, found in mines. |
| HAMMERKOP | • hammerkop n. A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons. • HAMMERKOP n. (South African) a bird of the heron family. |
| KOMPROMAT | • kompromat n. Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt. • KOMPROMAT n. documents, photographs, etc that may be damaging to a person's reputation, kept as a potential tool for blackmail. |
| KYMOGRAPH | • kymograph n. A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure… • KYMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording fluid pressure. |
| MOKOPUNAS | • MOKOPUNA n. (Maori) a grandchild or young person. |
| MOPEHAWKS | • mopehawks n. Plural of mopehawk. • MOPEHAWK n. an owl of Australia and New Zealand, also MOPOKE, MOREPORK. |
| PHOTOMASK | • photomask n. A transparent quartz block marked with many high-resolution images; a series of them are used in the… • PHOTOMASK n. a mask used in photography. |
| POCKMANKY | • POCKMANKY n. (Scots) a corrupt form of portmanteau, also POCKMANTIE. |
| POCKMARKS | • pockmarks n. Plural of pockmark. • POCKMARK v. to mark with scars caused by an eruptive disease. |
| POSTMARKS | • postmarks n. Plural of postmark. • postmarks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of postmark. • POSTMARK v. to stamp mail with an official mark. |
| PRANKSOME | • pranksome adj. (Dated, poetic) Characterised by pranks or pranking; mischievous; prone to pull pranks. • PRANKSOME adj. full of pranks. |
| PSALMBOOK | • psalmbook n. A book of psalms. • PSALMBOOK n. a book of psalms. |
| SPOKESMAN | • spokesman n. One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people. • SPOKESMAN n. a person who speaks for another, or for others. |
| TOPMAKERS | • topmakers n. Plural of topmaker. • TOPMAKER n. one who makes tops. |
| TOPMAKING | • topmaking n. The processing of wool into "top" (bundles of combed slivers with the noils removed). • TOPMAKING n. the making of toy tops. |