| CHIPMAKER | • chipmaker n. A company that manufactures integrated circuit chips. • CHIPMAKER n. a manufacturer of microchips. |
| CLERKSHIP | • clerkship n. The state or business of a clerk. • clerkship n. (Law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning… • clerkship n. (Medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school. |
| EKPHRASES | • ekphrases n. Plural of ekphrasis. • EKPHRASIS n. a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art, also ECPHRASIS. |
| EKPHRASIS | • ekphrasis n. (Rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork. • EKPHRASIS n. a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art, also ECPHRASIS. |
| 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. |
| HARPYLIKE | • harpylike adj. Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish. • HARPYLIKE adj. like a harpy. |
| HYPERLINK | • hyperlink n. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or… • hyperlink n. (By extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink’s target or function. • hyperlink v. (Of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink. |
| PACKHORSE | • packhorse n. A horse used as a pack animal. • pack-horse n. Alternative spelling of packhorse. • pack␣horse n. A horse used for carrying luggage. |
| PHREAKERS | • phreakers n. Plural of phreaker. • PHREAKER n. one who uses equipment to obtain free telephone calls. |
| PHREAKING | • phreaking n. The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g. trying to get free calls or to discover special… • phreaking v. Present participle of phreak. • PHREAKING n. making illegal phone-calls. |
| PHRENTICK | • phrentick adj. Obsolete form of frenetic. • PHRENTICK adj. (obsolete) frenetic, also FRENETIC, PHRENETIC, PHRENETICAL. |
| PIKEPERCH | • pikeperch n. Alternative form of pike-perch. • pike-perch n. Any of the five species of fish in the genus Sander of the family Percidae (perches and darters). • PIKEPERCH n. a pike-like freshwater fish. |
| PINHOOKER | • pinhooker n. A speculator who buys and sells tobacco. • pinhooker n. One who buys and quickly sells young horses for a profit. • PINHOOKER n. (slang) a speculator who buys up foals hoping to make a profit on them when selling them as yearlings for racing. |
| PRECHECKS | • prechecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precheck. • PRECHECK v. to check beforehand. |
| PRESHRANK | • preshrank v. Simple past tense of preshrink. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| PRESHRINK | • preshrink v. (Transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| PRESHRUNK | • preshrunk v. Past participle of preshrink. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| REAPHOOKS | • reaphooks n. Plural of reaphook. • reap␣hooks n. Plural of reap hook. • REAPHOOK n. an implement used in reaping. |
| SHIPWRECK | • shipwreck n. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. • shipwreck n. (Countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. • shipwreck n. (Figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. |
| SHUNPIKER | • shunpiker n. One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths. • SHUNPIKER n. one who avoids toll roads. |