(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
athabaskan
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
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
bankruptship
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
battakhin
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
beothukan
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethankit
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
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
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bottonhook
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.
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
byrthynsak
chickenbreasted
ditchbank
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
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
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
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
kabirpanthi
katabothron
kathemoglobin
kinetophobia
knightsbridge
liebknecht
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
nekhbet
nekhebet
nekhebit
nekhebt
notchback
notchback
noun
A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
stinkbush
stinkbush
noun
(Southern US) star anise plant
thickbrained
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.
thornback
thornback
noun
(archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
thumbikin
thumbikin
noun
Synonym of thumbikins
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbkin
thumbkin
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
thumbkins
thumbkins
noun
plural of thumbkin
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
umbethink
umbethink
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.