(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
backhandedly
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
bankalachi
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
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
blagoveshchensk
blankenship
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bolshevikian
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bundelkhand
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
fliegerabwehrkanone
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
hollenbeck
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
kathemoglobin
knobloch
lebkuchen
lebkuchen
noun
A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
lieberkuhn
liebknecht
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neighborlike
neighborlike
adj
US standard spelling of neighbourlike.
neighborlikeness
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonbookishly
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
schnabelkanne
shacklebone
shacklebones
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
thimblemaking
thinkability
thinkability
Noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkably
thinkably
adv
(philosophy) Such that it can be thought.
unbluestockingish
unbookishly
unbookishly
adv
In an unbookish manner.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
unhuskable
unneighborlike
unshakable
unshakable
adj
(figuratively) Having no errors or loopholes; unassailable
Not able to be shaken; firm, solid
resolute, unfaltering, unwavering
unshakableness
unshakably
unshakably
adv
In an unshakable manner.
unshakeable
unshakeable
adj
Alternative form of unshakable
unshakeably
unshakeably
adv
Alternative spelling of unshakably
unshockability
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
unshrinkability
unshrinkability
noun
The quality of being unshrinkable.
unshrinkable
unshrinkable
adj
That will not shrink
unsketchable
unsketchable
adj
Not sketchable.
unthinkability
unthinkability
Noun
The property of being unthinkable.
unthinkable
unthinkable
adj
Incapable of being believed; incredible.
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.