(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandwagons
bandwagons
noun
plural of bandwagon
bangwaketsi
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
bargainwise
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bedgowns
bedgowns
noun
plural of bedgown
beeswing
beeswing
noun
A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.
beeswinged
beeswinged
adj
(by extension) Covered with a filmy layer.
Of wine: having the filmy, translucent crust called beeswing.
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
beggingwise
bellowsmaking
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshrewing
beshrewing
verb
present participle of beshrew
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestrewing
bestrewing
verb
present participle of bestrew
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
beswinge
beswinge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bigwiggedness
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
boggstown
boswellizing
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowings
bowings
noun
plural of bowing
bowleggedness
bowleggedness
noun
The quality of being bow-legged.
bowlings
bowsing
bowsing
verb
present participle of bowse
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bowstringing
bowstringing
verb
present participle of bowstring
bowstrings
bowstrings
noun
plural of bowstring
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
brainwashing
brainwashing
noun
Alternative spelling of brain-washing
verb
present participle of brainwash
brainwashjng
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brewings
brewings
noun
plural of brewing
browningesque
brownnosing
brownnosing
verb
present participle of brownnose
brownsburg
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
verb
present participle of browse
buckwashing
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
burgettstown
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
disboweling
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
gibbstown
glassblowing
glassblowing
noun
The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.
glassblowings
knowledgableness
knowledgableness
noun
Misspelling of knowledgeableness.
knowledgeableness
knowledgeableness
noun
The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
lawabidingness
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
longbows
longbows
noun
plural of longbow
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
narrowsburg
nonbrowsing
nonbrowsing
adj
Not relating to the browsing of the Internet.
That does not feed by browsing.
overbrowsing
overbrowsing
verb
present participle of overbrowse
owensburg
pawnbrokings
saberwing
saberwing
noun
Alternative form of sabrewing
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
sebewaing
semiburrowing
semiburrowing
adj
(zoology) That sometimes burrows.
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
shellblowing
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
snowballing
snowballing
verb
present participle of snowball
snowberg
snowboarding
snowboarding
noun
The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
verb
present participle of snowboard
snowbridge
snowmobiling
snowmobiling
noun
The use of a snowmobile for amusement.
spiderwebbing
spiderwebbing
verb
present participle of spiderweb
superbungalow
superbungalow
noun
An especially large or luxurious bungalow.
swabbing
swabbing
noun
The act of one who swabs.
verb
present participle of swab
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
swedenborg
swedenborgian
swedenborgian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Noun
A religious follower of
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
swedenborgism
swingable
swingable
adj
Capable of being swung, or made to swing.
swingably
swingback
swingboat
swingboat
noun
A fairground ride consisting of an open gondola which swings back and forth.
swingby
swingby
noun
An interplanetary flight in which the gravitational attraction of a planet is used to provide acceleration and a change in course.
swingbys
swingbys
noun
plural of swingby
swinglebar
swinglebar
noun
A whippletree.
swobbing
swobbing
verb
present participle of swob
twinsburg
unbowingness
unbrowsing
unweighableness
walsenburg
walsenburg
Proper noun
a statutory city in Colorado, USA
walstonburg
warrensburg
washingtonboro
waynesburg
webbings
webbings
noun
plural of webbing
whallonsburg
whizbangs
whizbangs
noun
plural of whizbang
wilsonburg
windbags
windbags
noun
plural of windbag
winesburg
winesburg
Proper noun
An in southwestern Township, County,
The town, named after the Holmes County town of the same name, but otherwise based on that serves as the setting of the novel .