| BLOCKSHIPS | • blockships n. Plural of blockship. • BLOCKSHIP n. a warship too old for action, but useful in port defence. |
| 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. |
| HOKYPOKIES | • HOKYPOKY n. hocus-pocus; a kind of ice-cream sold on the streets, also HOKEYPOKEY. |
| 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. |
| HOPSACKING | • hopsacking n. Hopsack fabric. • HOPSACKING n. a rough-surfaced loose fabric, also HOPSACK. |
| JOCKEYSHIP | • jockeyship n. The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey. • JOCKEYSHIP n. the art or practice of a jockey. |
| KNIPHOFIAS | • kniphofias n. Plural of kniphofia. • KNIPHOFIA n. any plant of the Kniphofia genus, the red-hot poker. |
| PEACOCKISH | • peacockish adj. Characteristic of a peacock; striking; ostentatious. • PEACOCKISH adj. like a peacock. |
| 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. |
| PINCHCOCKS | • pinchcocks n. Plural of pinchcock. • PINCHCOCK n. a clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe. |
| PINHOOKERS | • pinhookers n. Plural of pinhooker. • PINHOOKER n. (slang) a speculator who buys up foals hoping to make a profit on them when selling them as yearlings for racing. |
| PITCHFORKS | • pitchforks n. Plural of pitchfork. • Pitchforks prop.n. Plural of Pitchfork. • PITCHFORK v. to toss with a pitchfork. |
| POKERISHLY | • pokerishly adv. In a pokerish manner. • POKERISH adv. (US colloquial) mysterious and frightening; ghostly, uncanny. |
| SHIPBROKER | • shipbroker n. (Nautical) An intermediary who negotiates between shipowners and people wanting to charter shipping. • SHIPBROKER n. a broker for the sale, insurance etc. of ships. |
| 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… |
| 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. |