BACKSPEERING | • BACKSPEER v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEIR. |
FINGERPICKED | • fingerpicked v. Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick. • FINGERPICK v. to play the guitar with fingers rather than a plectrum. |
FORESPEAKING | • forespeaking v. Present participle of forespeak. • forespeaking n. (Obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction. • forespeaking n. (Obsolete) A preface. |
HENPECKERIES | • HENPECKERY n. the practice of henpecking, nagging. |
HYPERKINESES | • hyperkineses n. Plural of hyperkinesis. • HYPERKINESIS n. muscle spasm; a hyperactive condition of children, also HYPERKINESIA. |
HYPERKINESIA | • hyperkinesia n. Hyperkinesis. • HYPERKINESIA n. muscle spasm, a hyperactive condition of children, also HYPERKINESIS. |
HYPERKINESIS | • hyperkinesis n. (Pathology) Abnormally increased and sometimes uncontrollable activity or muscular movements. • hyperkinesis n. (Pathology) A condition especially of childhood characterized by hyperactivity. • HYPERKINESIS n. muscle spasm; a hyperactive condition of children, also HYPERKINESIA. |
HYPERKINETIC | • hyperkinetic adj. (Neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity. • hyperkinetic n. A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity. • HYPERKINETIC adj. of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity. |
KINDERSPIELS | • KINDERSPIEL n. (German) a children's cantata or play. |
MARLINESPIKE | • marlinespike n. Alternative spelling of marlinspike. • marline␣spike n. Alternative spelling of marlinspike. • MARLINESPIKE n. a tool used to separate rope strands while splicing, also MARLINGSPIKE, MARLINSPIKE. |
PERJINKITIES | • PERJINKITY n. (Scots) a nicety. |
PERNICKETIER | • PERNICKETY adj. fussy about small details, also PERSNICKETY. |
PREMARKETING | • premarketing adj. Before the marketing of a product or service. • PREMARKET v. to market in advance. |
PUMPERNICKEL | • pumpernickel n. A German sourdough bread made from rye. • PUMPERNICKEL n. (German) a kind of coarse dark rye bread. |
SPECKSIONEER | • specksioneer n. A chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber, of the whale. • SPECKSIONEER n. (Dutch) the chief harpooner on a whaler, who directs the flensing of the whale, also SPECKTIONEER. |
SPECKTIONEER | • specktioneer n. Alternative form of specksioneer. • SPECKTIONEER n. (Dutch) the chief harpooner on a whaler, who directs the flensing of the whale, also SPECKSIONEER. |
SPRINGKEEPER | • SPRINGKEEPER n. a salamander. |
STOREKEEPING | • storekeeping n. The work of a storekeeper, looking after a shop. • STOREKEEPING n. the business of keeping a store. |
UNDERKEEPING | • underkeeping v. Present participle of underkeep. • UNDERKEEP v. (Spenser) to keep under; to suppress. |