(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
athabaskan
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backhandedness
backhandedness
noun
(of writing) Leftward slant.
Backwardness of direction.
Deceit or neglect.
Indirection.
Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
The use of a backward flip of the hand.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
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.
badakhshan
badakhshan
Proper noun
A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
bankruptship
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
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
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
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.
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bolshevikian
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
broomshank
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckwashing
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bunkhouse
bunkhouse
noun
A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
bushmaking
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
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
byrthynsak
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
chelyabinsk
chickenbreasted
dobzhansky
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
fishybacking
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
handbooks
handbooks
noun
plural of handbook
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
hornbooks
hornbooks
noun
plural of hornbook
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebrokenness
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
hymnbooks
hymnbooks
noun
plural of hymnbook
inkbush
inkbush
noun
The plant Cestrum laevigatum.
The plant Forestiera eggersiana.
The plant Suaeda torreyana.
kashubian
kiboshing
kiboshing
verb
present participle of kibosh
kinksbush
kneebrush
knightsbridge
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
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.
marshbanker
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
neighborlikeness
nonbookish
nonbookishly
nonbookishness
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
overbookishness
quackenbush
reichsbank
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
schnabelkanne
shacklebone
shacklebones
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
shubunkin
shubunkin
noun
A Japanese variety of goldfish
skunkbush
skunkbush
noun
A low shrubby type of sumac, Rhus trilobata.
Rhus aromatica.
snakephobia
snakephobia
noun
Fear of snakes.
stinkbush
stinkbush
noun
(Southern US) star anise plant
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbkins
thumbkins
noun
plural of thumbkin
unbluestockingish
unbookish
unbookish
adj
Not bookish.
unbookishly
unbookishly
adv
In an unbookish manner.
unbookishness
unbookishness
noun
The quality of being unbookish.
unhuskable
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).