The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
changepocket
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chuckfarthing
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
deknight
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duckhunting
earthmaking
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
folkething
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
hatmaking
hatmaking
noun
The manufacture of hats.
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartsickening
heatmaking
helmetmaking
helsingkite
hitchhiking
hitchhiking
noun
(genetics) A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.
The act of one who hitchhikes.
verb
present participle of hitchhike
hockingport
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
interchoking
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
karinghota
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
kathemoglobin
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
kinghunter
kingtehchen
kitching
kithing
kithing
verb
present participle of kithe
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
knight
knight
noun
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
(historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
(law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
(literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
(modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.
(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
verb
(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
knightage
knightage
noun
knighthood; state of being a knight
knights collectively
knightdale
knighted
knighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knight
knightess
knightess
noun
(rare) A female knight.
(rare) The wife of a knight.
knighthead
knighthead
noun
A bollard or bitt.
A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
knighthood
knighthood
noun
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"
The knights collectively, the body of knights.
The quality of being a knight.
knighthoods
knighthoods
noun
plural of knighthood
knightia
knighting
knighting
noun
The act of making somebody a knight.
verb
present participle of knight
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightlihood
knightlihood
noun
Quality of being knightly.
knightlike
knightlike
adj
Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
knightliness
knightliness
noun
knightly behaviour; chivalry
knightling
knightling
noun
A small or petty knight.
knightly
knightly
adj
Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
adv
In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
knighton
knighton
Proper noun
a town in Powys, Wales, on the border with England. Its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England.
a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.
a suburb of Leicester, England.
a hamlet in Staffordshire, England, on the Shropshire border.
a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, part of Compton Beauchamp.
a hamlet near Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.
knights
knights
noun
plural of knight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knight
knightsbridge
knightsen
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
knightstown
knightsville
knightswort
knigshte
knownothingism
konigshutte
kvetching
kvetching
noun
Persistent complaining.
verb
present participle of kvetch
kweihwating
kything
kything
noun
The spiritual process of focusing on one's shared connection with a loved one.
verb
present participle of kythe
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lightninglike
lightninglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
markgenossenschaft
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
matchmarking
mcknight
mcknightstown
misthinking
misthinking
verb
present participle of misthink
mythmaking
mythmaking
noun
The production or composing of myths.
mythmakings
mythmakings
noun
plural of mythmaking
nighthawk
nighthawk
noun
(UK, regional) A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
(US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
A nighthawker (metal detectorist who works illegally at night).
A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nightlike
nightlike
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightsticks
nightsticks
noun
plural of nightstick
nightstock
nightwake
nightwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwalking
nightwalking
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
nightwork
nightwork
noun
Work which is carried out at night.
nightworker
nonthinking
nonthinking
adj
(of a person) Tending not to think
(of an action) Done without forethought
noun
Not thinking; the absence of thought.
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outthinking
outthinking
verb
present participle of outthink
overthinking
overthinking
verb
present participle of overthink
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
pharyngokeratosis
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
radknight
radknight
noun
Synonym of radman
resketching
resketching
verb
present participle of resketch
rethinking
rethinking
noun
The act of thinking again or differently.
verb
present participle of rethink
rodknight
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
shirtmaking
shirtmaking
noun
the industry or practice of making shirts
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
sketching
sketching
noun
Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
verb
present participle of sketch
sketchingly
skintight
skintight
adj
Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
smokefarthings
spitchcocking
spitchcocking
verb
present participle of spitchcock
starchmaking
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.