| BACKSPEERING | • BACKSPEER v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEIR. |
| CHICKENPOXES | • chickenpoxes n. Plural of chickenpox. • chicken␣poxes n. Plural of chicken pox. • CHICKENPOX n. a contagious febrile disease, chiefly affecting children, not unlike a mild form of smallpox. |
| GLOCKENSPIEL | • glockenspiel n. (Music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone… • GLOCKENSPIEL n. (German) a musical instrument, a set of bells. |
| HENPECKERIES | • HENPECKERY n. the practice of henpecking, nagging. |
| KALEIDOSCOPE | • kaleidoscope n. An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when… • kaleidoscope n. (Figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things. • kaleidoscope v. (Intransitive) To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns. |
| KINETOSCOPES | • kinetoscopes n. Plural of kinetoscope. • KINETOSCOPE n. an instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements. |
| KNEECAPPINGS | • kneecappings n. Plural of kneecapping. • knee-cappings n. Plural of knee-capping. • KNEECAPPING n. punishment by shooting through the kneecap. |
| PEACEMAKINGS | • peacemakings n. Plural of peacemaking. • PEACEMAKING n. activities relating to making peace. |
| PEACOCKERIES | • peacockeries n. Plural of peacockery. • PEACOCKERY n. vain ostentation. |
| PICKEDNESSES | • PICKEDNESS n. the state of being sharpened. |
| PICKELHAUBES | • pickelhaubes n. Plural of pickelhaube. • PICKELHAUBE n. (German) the spiked helmet worn by German or Prussian soldiers before World War I. |
| PIECEWORKERS | • pieceworkers n. Plural of pieceworker. • PIECEWORKER n. one who does piecework. |
| PLACEKICKERS | • placekickers n. Plural of placekicker. • PLACEKICKER n. one who does placekicks. |
| PLUCKINESSES | • PLUCKINESS n. the state of being plucky. |
| POCKETKNIVES | • pocketknives n. Plural of pocketknife. • pocket␣knives n. Plural of pocket knife. • POCKETKNIFE n. a knife for carrying in the pocket. |
| QUICKSTEPPED | • quickstepped v. Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep. • QUICKSTEP v. to do the quickstep. |
| SPECKSIONEER | • specksioneer n. A chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber, of the whale. • SPECKSIONEER n. (Dutch) the chief harpooner on a whaler, who directs the flensing of the whale, also SPECKTIONEER. |
| SPECKTIONEER | • specktioneer n. Alternative form of specksioneer. • SPECKTIONEER n. (Dutch) the chief harpooner on a whaler, who directs the flensing of the whale, also SPECKSIONEER. |
| SPEECHMAKING | • speechmaking n. The delivery of speeches. • SPEECHMAKING n. the making of speeches. |