| APPLEJACK | • applejack n. An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider. • APPLEJACK n. apple brandy, distilled from fermented apple juice, also APPLECART. |
| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BACKPLANE | • backplane n. (Electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each… • BACKPLANE n. the circuit board on a computer to which other circuit boards and components can be connected. |
| BACKPLATE | • backplate n. A plate protecting a fighting person’s back. • backplate n. (Underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver’s back, to which the gas cylinders are attached. • backplate n. A metal plate on the rear of a computer’s casing, used to cover a port or slot. |
| BAKEAPPLE | • bakeapple n. (Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus. • BAKEAPPLE n. (Canadian) the fruit of the cloudberry. |
| JACKALOPE | • jackalope n. A folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed… • JACKALOPE n. a mythical animal that is reported chiefly from the western US and is reputed to be the size of a small deer and to have the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of an antelope. |
| JACKPLANE | • jackplane n. Alternative spelling of jack plane. • jack␣plane n. A general-purpose bench plane, used for general sizing of wood and for smoothing or straightening edges. • JACKPLANE n. a large woodworking plane. |
| KALIPHATE | • KALIPHATE n. the office of a kaliph, an Eastern ruler, also CALIFATE, CALIPHATE, KHALIFAT, KHALIFATE, KHILAFAT. |
| LAPSTRAKE | • lapstrake n. (Uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks. • lapstrake n. (Countable) A boat built in this style. • lapstrake adj. Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed. |
| LAPSTREAK | • lapstreak n. Alternative form of lapstrake. • LAPSTREAK n. a clinker-built boat, also LAPSTRAKE. |
| PALACINKE | • palacinke n. Slavic crepes. • PALACINKE n. a thin crjpe-like variety of pancake common in Central and Eastern Europe. |
| PALANKEEN | • palankeen n. Alternative spelling of palanquin. • PALANKEEN n. (Malay) a light litter for one passenger, also PALANQUIN. |
| PARAKELIA | • PARAKELIA n. (Native Australian) a succulent Australian herb, also PARAKEELYA. |
| PASTALIKE | • pastalike adj. Resembling pasta. • PASTALIKE adj. like pasta. |
| PLATEMARK | • platemark n. A mark or emblem stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, etc. • plate␣mark n. A legal emblem stamped into articles made from precious metals such as gold and silver to indicate the… • plate␣mark n. A mark made on paper by the edge of an intaglio plate during printing. |
| PLAYMAKER | • playmaker n. (Dated) A playwright. • playmaker n. (Sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score. • PLAYMAKER n. a playwright. |
| SPACEWALK | • spacewalk n. Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space; extravehicular activity. • spacewalk v. To perform a spacewalk. • space␣walk n. Any activity performed by an astronaut outside of a space vehicle in space. |
| SPEAKABLE | • speakable adj. That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable. • speakable adj. Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo. • speakable adj. (Obsolete) Capable of speech. |