| 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. |
| 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. |
| HARPYLIKE | • harpylike adj. Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish. • HARPYLIKE adj. like a harpy. |
| HOOPSKIRT | • hoopskirt n. Alternative spelling of hoop skirt. • hoop␣skirt n. A women’s undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable… • HOOPSKIRT n. a skirt stiffened with or as if with a hoop. |
| 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. |
| PAPRIKASH | • paprikash n. A Hungarian dish resembling goulash (a paprika-based potato stew), but without potatoes and using meat… • PAPRIKASH n. a chicken dish of Hungarian origin, also PAPRIKAS. |
| 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. |
| PITCHFORK | • pitchfork n. An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for… • pitchfork n. A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding… • pitchfork n. (Casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered… |
| PRESHRINK | • preshrink v. (Transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| 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. |
| SKIAGRAPH | • skiagraph n. (Physics) Alternative form of sciagraph. • skiagraph v. Alternative form of sciagraph. • SKIAGRAPH n. a shadow picture or photograph, e.g. an X-ray photograph. |
| WHIPCRACK | • whipcrack n. The crack of a whip. • WHIPCRACK n. a sound made by a whip. |