| ALPENSTOCKS | • alpenstocks n. Plural of alpenstock. • ALPENSTOCK n. (German) a long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. |
| BACKSTOPPED | • backstopped v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstop. • BACKSTOP v. to act as a backstop. |
| BREAKPOINTS | • breakpoints n. Plural of breakpoint. • break␣points n. Plural of break point. • BREAKPOINT n. a point at tennis that if won gives the player a service break. |
| KINETOPLAST | • kinetoplast n. (Microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in… • kinetoplast n. A kinetoplastid. • KINETOPLAST n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETONUCLEUS. |
| KLEPTOCRATS | • kleptocrats n. Plural of kleptocrat. |
| OUTSPARKLED | • outsparkled v. Simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle. • OUTSPARKLE v. to exceed in sparkling. |
| OUTSPARKLES | • outsparkles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle. • OUTSPARKLE v. to exceed in sparkling. |
| OUTSPEAKING | • outspeaking v. Present participle of outspeak. • OUTSPEAK v. to outdo in speaking. |
| PATCHCOCKES | • PATCHCOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHOCKE. |
| PEACOCKIEST | • peacockiest adj. Superlative form of peacocky: most peacocky. • PEACOCKY adj. vain, strutting. |
| PERESTROIKA | • perestroika n. (Historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union… • perestroika n. (Historical, uncountable) The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried… • perestroika n. (Countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden… |
| PICKETBOATS | • picketboats n. Plural of picketboat. • picket␣boats n. Plural of picket boat. • PICKETBOAT n. a craft used (as by the coastguard) for harbour patrol. |
| PINAKOTHEKS | • pinakotheks n. Plural of pinakothek. • PINAKOTHEK n. (German) a picture gallery. |
| PLASTERWORK | • plasterwork n. Architectural work executed in plaster. • PLASTERWORK n. plastering, often ornate in design, used to finish architectural constructions. |
| POCKMANTIES | • POCKMANTIE n. (Scots) a corrupt form of portmanteau, also POCKMANKY. |
| PROKARYOTES | • prokaryotes n. Plural of prokaryote. • PROKARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROCARYOTE, PROKARYOT. |
| SPATTERDOCK | • spatterdock n. A species of water lily, Nuphar advena. • SPATTERDOCK n. the yellow water lily of the genus Nuphar. |
| SPATTERWORK | • spatterwork n. Art produced by spattering ink or paint against a surface. • SPATTERWORK n. reproduction of designs by covering the surface with the pattern and spattering colour on the parts exposed. |
| TECHNOSPEAK | • technospeak n. Technobabble. • TECHNOSPEAK n. technical jargon. |