hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
verb
present participle of backpack
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspang
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
barkpeeling
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
chalkography
changepocket
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
evilspeaking
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gainspeaker
gainspeaker
noun
(obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
gainspeaking
gainspeaking
noun
(obsolete) A speaking against; opposition.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamekeepers
gamekeepers
noun
plural of gamekeeper
gamekeeping
gamekeeping
noun
The keeping of game; the occupation of a gamekeeper.
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
gangplanks
gangplanks
noun
plural of gangplank
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garpike
garpike
noun
(especially UK) A saltwater fish in the family Belonidae.
(especially US) A freshwater fish in the family Lepisosteidae.
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gatekeep
gatekeep
noun
A gatekeeper.
verb
(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gatekeeping
gatekeeping
verb
present participle and gerund of gatekeep
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalkeepers
goalkeepers
noun
plural of goalkeeper
goalkeeping
goalkeeping
noun
The art of a goalkeeper.
verb
present participle of goalkeep
gopak
gopak
noun
Alternative form of hopak
gorakhpur
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
grapestalk
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
inspeaking
isokeraunographic
jackpiling
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
kalumpang
kampong
kampong
noun
(Cambodia) A landing, a port; a river town.
Dated spelling of kampung.
kampongs
kampongs
noun
plural of kampong
kapfenberg
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
katjepiering
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
ketapang
ketapang
noun
The tropical tree Terminalia catappa.
kiangpu
kidnaping
kidnaping
noun
(US, proscribed) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
verb
(US) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
(US) present participle of kidnap
kidnapping
kidnapping
noun
(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
verb
present participle of kidnap
kidnappings
kidnappings
noun
plural of kidnapping
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kipage
kippage
kippage
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A fit of temper; rage.
(Scotland, obsolete) Confusion, disorder.
(chiefly Scotland, now rare, historical) Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
knapping
knapping
verb
present participle of knap
knapsacking
knapsacking
verb
present participle of knapsack
kneecapping
kneecapping
noun
(gerund) The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
(gerund, figurative, by extension) An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement.
verb
present participle of kneecap
kneecappings
kneecappings
noun
plural of kneecapping
koepang
koilanaglyphic
kopagmiut
kwapong
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
lampmaking
lampmaking
noun
The manufacture of lamps.
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
loudspeaking
mapmaking
mapmaking
noun
Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
marlingspike
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
mispackaged
mispackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispackage
mispackages
mispackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispackage
mispackaging
mispackaging
verb
present participle of mispackage
misspeaking
misspeaking
noun
(obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
The fact or instance of speaking falsely or unclearly.
napkining
napkining
noun
Material for making napkins.
nonsparking
nonsparking
adj
That does not give off sparks.
nonsparkling
nonsparkling
adj
Not sparkling; uncarbonated.
nonspeaking
nonspeaking
adj
Not speaking.
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
overpackages
overpackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpackage
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overspeaking
overspeaking
verb
present participle of overspeak
pacemaking
pacemaking
noun
The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
pacemakings
package
package
noun
(euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
(journalism) A group of related stories spread over several pages.
(software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
(television, radio) Synonym of wrap (“complete news report ready for broadcast”)
(uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something.
(uncountable, historical) A charge made for packing goods.
A football formation.
A package holiday.
Something resembling a package.
Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
verb
To pack or bundle something.
To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.
To travel on a package holiday.
packaged
packaged
adj
Having been placed in a package.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of package
packager
packager
noun
A comic book studio that produces content for comic book publishers on demand.
A person who packages.
A tool or machine used to package objects.
packagers
packagers
noun
plural of packager
packages
packages
noun
plural of package
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of package
packaging
packaging
noun
(by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
The act of packing something.
The industry that produces such material.
The materials used to pack something.
verb
present participle of package
packagings
packagings
noun
plural of packaging
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packing
packing
noun
(rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
(sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
Clipping of meatpacking.
Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
verb
present participle of pack
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
packmaking
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
paddywacking
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
pagelike
pagelike
adj
Resembling a page (sheet in a book, etc.).
pagodalike
pagodalike
adj
Resembling a pagoda.
paiking
painkilling
painkilling
adj
Reducing or eliminating pain.
painstaking
painstaking
adj
Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
noun
The application of careful and attentive effort.
painstakingly
painstakingly
adv
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
painstakings
painstakings
noun
plural of painstaking
paktong
paktong
noun
An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.