| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALLED | • backpedalled v. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| DOCKWALLOPER | • DOCKWALLOPER n. an informal US name for docker. |
| DOUBLESPEAKS | • DOUBLESPEAK n. language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth. |
| FRANKPLEDGES | • frankpledges n. Plural of frankpledge. • frank-pledges n. Plural of frank-pledge. • FRANKPLEDGE n. a system of sureties under Old English law by which each adult member of a tithing was held responsible for the good conduct of the others. |
| KALEIDOPHONE | • kaleidophone n. (Obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate… • KALEIDOPHONE n. an instrument for demonstrating sound waves by lines of light. |
| 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. |
| KINDERSPIELS | • KINDERSPIEL n. (German) a children's cantata or play. |
| LEOPARDSKINS | • leopardskins n. Plural of leopardskin. • LEOPARDSKIN n. the skin of a leopard. |
| LOUDSPEAKERS | • loudspeakers n. Plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel. • LOUDSPEAKER n. a device that changes electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance. |
| PICKADILLIES | • PICKADILLY n. a cut or vandyked edging, esp. to a woman's collar, also PICCADILLY, PICKADIL. |
| PICKADILLOES | • PICKADILLO n. (Spanish) a traditional Mexican dish of ground meat, tomatoes etc, also PICADILLO, PICCADILLO. |
| PICKERELWEED | • pickerelweed n. (US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves. • pickerel␣weed n. Any of the genus Pontederia of tristylous aquatic plants with large waxy leaves, succulent stems, and… • PICKERELWEED n. a shallow-water perennial plant chiefly of the eastern United States and Canada with large leaves and a spike of purplish-blue flowers. |
| POSTCARDLIKE | • postcardlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque. • POSTCARDLIKE adj. resembling a postcard. |
| 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. |
| SPECKLEDNESS | • speckledness n. The quality of being speckled. • SPECKLEDNESS n. the state of being speckled. |
| SPELLCHECKED | • spellchecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of spellcheck. • spell-checked v. Simple past tense and past participle of spell-check. • spell␣checked v. Simple past tense and past participle of spell check. |
| SPOKESMODELS | • spokesmodels n. Plural of spokesmodel. |
| UNPROVOKEDLY | • unprovokedly adv. Without provocation. • UNPROVOKED adv. UNPROVOKE, (Shakespeare) to counteract the provocation of. |