BACKFLIPPINGS | • BACKFLIPPING n. the act of performing a reverse somersault. |
CLINOPINAKOID | • CLINOPINAKOID n. a form consisting of two faces parallel to the clinoaxis and the vertical axis, also CLINOPINACOID. |
KALEIDOSCOPIC | • kaleidoscopic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope. • kaleidoscopic adj. (Figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope. • KALEIDOSCOPIC adj. like a kaleidoscope. |
KLIPSPRINGERS | • klipspringers n. Plural of klipspringer. • KLIPSPRINGER n. (South African) a small, hoofed African antelope. |
MACHTPOLITIKS | • MACHTPOLITIK n. (German) power politics. |
MARLINESPIKES | • marlinespikes n. Plural of marlinespike. • marline␣spikes n. Plural of marline spike. • MARLINESPIKE n. a tool used to separate rope strands while splicing, also MARLINGSPIKE, MARLINSPIKE. |
MARLINGSPIKES | • marlingspikes n. Plural of marlingspike. • marling␣spikes n. Plural of marling spike. • MARLINGSPIKE n. a tool used to separate rope strands while splicing, also MARLINESPIKE, MARLINSPIKE. |
OUTPOLITICKED | • outpoliticked v. Simple past tense and past participle of outpolitick. • OUTPOLITICK v. to surpass in politicking. |
PACKABILITIES | • PACKABILITY n. the ability to be packed. |
PAINSTAKINGLY | • painstakingly adv. In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully. • PAINSTAKING adv. taking pains. |
PINNIEWINKLES | • PINNIEWINKLE n. an instrument of torture designed to crush fingers, also PILLIWINKS, PILNIEWINKS, PINNYWINKLE. |
POIKILOTHERMS | • poikilotherms n. Plural of poikilotherm. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
POIKILOTHERMY | • poikilothermy n. (Biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature… • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
PORCELAINLIKE | • porcelainlike adj. Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it. • PORCELAINLIKE adj. like porcelain. |
PRICKLINESSES | • pricklinesses n. Plural of prickliness. • PRICKLINESS n. the state of being prickly. |
REALPOLITIKER | • realpolitiker n. One who supports or engages in realpolitik. • REALPOLITIKER n. (German) one who practises realpolitik, politics based on practical, rather than moral or ideological, considerations. |
SPAGHETTILIKE | • spaghettilike adj. Resembling spaghetti; entangled or confused. • SPAGHETTILIKE adj. like spaghetti. |