| BLOCKSHIP | • blockship n. (Nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy). • BLOCKSHIP n. a warship too old for action, but useful in port defence. |
| CHALKPITS | • chalkpits n. Plural of chalkpit. • CHALKPIT n. a quarry of chalk. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| KALIPHATE | • KALIPHATE n. the office of a kaliph, an Eastern ruler, also CALIFATE, CALIPHATE, KHALIFAT, KHALIFATE, KHILAFAT. |
| KEPHALICS | • KEPHALIC n. a headache remedy, also CEPHALIC. |
| KEPHALINS | • kephalins n. Plural of kephalin. • KEPHALIN n. a compound of phosphorus found in the brain and nervous tissue, also CEPHALIN. |
| KLEPHTISM | • klephtism n. (Historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a… • KLEPHTISM n. being a klepht, a Greek brigand. |
| NYMPHLIKE | • nymphlike adj. Resembling a nymph. • NYMPHLIKE adj. like a nymph. |
| PASHALIKS | • pashaliks n. Plural of pashalik. • PASHALIK n. (Turkish) the territory of a pasha, also PACHALIC, PASHALIC. |
| PECKISHLY | • peckishly adv. In a peckish manner. • PECKISH adv. somewhat hungry. |
| POUCHLIKE | • pouchlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a pouch. • POUCHLIKE adj. like a pouch. |
| PUCKISHLY | • puckishly adv. Mischievously; playfully. • PUCKISH adv. like a puck, impish. |
| SHEEPLIKE | • sheeplike adj. Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly. • sheep-like adj. Alternative spelling of sheeplike. • SHEEPLIKE adj. like a sheep. |
| SKALDSHIP | • skaldship n. (Historical) The skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age. • SKALDSHIP n. the office of skald, an ancient Scandinavian bard, also SCALDSHIP. |
| SYLPHLIKE | • sylphlike adj. Resembling (that of) a sylph; slender and graceful. • SYLPHLIKE adj. like a sylph. |