| CHECKPOINT | • checkpoint n. A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where… • checkpoint n. (Computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system… • checkpoint n. (Video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they… |
| CHECKSTOPS | • checkstops n. Plural of checkstop. • CHECKSTOP n. (Canadian) a roadside checkpoint where drivers are randomly tested with a Breathalyzer. |
| CHOPSTICKS | • chopsticks n. Plural of chopstick. • Chopsticks prop.n. (Music) A simple waltz, written in 1877 by Arthur de Lulli, that serves as a two-finger exercise for… • CHOPSTICK n. either of two small sticks used instead of a fork for eating, esp. in Oriental countries. |
| GROUPTHINK | • groupthink n. A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance… • group-think n. Alternative form of groupthink. • GROUPTHINK n. a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception and conformity to group values. |
| HOOPSKIRTS | • hoopskirts n. Plural of hoopskirt. • hoop␣skirts n. Plural of hoop skirt. • HOOPSKIRT n. a skirt stiffened with or as if with a hoop. |
| PACKCLOTHS | • PACKCLOTH n. a cloth in which goods are enclosed. |
| PATCHCOCKE | • PATCHCOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHOCKE. |
| PATCHOCKES | • PATCHOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHCOCKE. |
| PATCHWORKS | • patchworks n. Plural of patchwork. • PATCHWORK v. in needlework, to sew pieces together. |
| PHOTODISKS | • photodisks n. Plural of photodisk. • PHOTODISK n. a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner. |
| PHOTOMASKS | • photomasks n. Plural of photomask. • PHOTOMASK n. a mask used in photography. |
| PINAKOTHEK | • pinakothek n. Alternative form of pinacotheca. • PINAKOTHEK n. (German) a picture gallery. |
| PITCHFORKS | • pitchforks n. Plural of pitchfork. • Pitchforks prop.n. Plural of Pitchfork. • PITCHFORK v. to toss with a pitchfork. |
| POHUTUKAWA | • pohutukawa n. A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display… • POHUTUKAWA n. (Maori) a New Zealand evergreen which bears clusters of red flowers in December and January; thus called the Christmas tree. |
| SPATCHCOCK | • spatchcock n. (Cooking, also attributively) Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking. • spatchcock v. (Cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking. • spatchcock v. (Figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing);… |
| SPITCHCOCK | • spitchcock n. (Obsolete) A method of cooking an eel (or occasionally some other fish) by splitting it along the back… • spitchcock n. (By extension, archaic or obsolete) An eel (or other fish) prepared in this way. • spitchcock v. (Transitive, cooking, archaic or obsolete) To cook (an eel, or occasionally some other fish) by splitting… |
| TOKOPHOBIA | • tokophobia n. A morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy. • TOKOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant. |
| TOOTHPICKS | • toothpicks n. Plural of toothpick. • TOOTHPICK n. an instrument for picking shreds of food from between the teeth. |
| WHIPSTOCKS | • whipstocks n. Plural of whipstock. • WHIPSTOCK n. the rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened. |