(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
barmskin
barmskin
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
bellowsmaking
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
berkeleianism
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
biscuitmaking
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bismarckianism
blackmailing
blackmailing
noun
The act of one who blackmails.
verb
present participle of blackmail
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blankminded
blankmindedness
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
bloomkin
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bodicemaking
bodymaking
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombernickel
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
bookmarking
bookmarking
verb
present participle of bookmark
boomkin
boomkin
noun
Alternative form of bumkin
boomkins
boomkins
noun
plural of boomkin
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
brakemaking
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
brickmaking
brickmaking
noun
The manufacture of bricks.
brickmason
bridgemaking
brinkema
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
bromeikon
bromopikrin
broommaking
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bumkin
bumkin
noun
(nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
bumkins
bumkins
noun
plural of bumkin
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
bumpkinet
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
bumsucking
burbankism
bushmaking
buttermaking
cabinetmake
cabinetmaker
cabinetmaker
noun
A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
diamondbacked
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
dumbstricken
embanking
embanking
verb
present participle of embank
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
embarking
embarking
noun
An embarkation.
verb
present participle of embark
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
embuskin
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
hubmaking
imbarkation
imbarking
imbarking
verb
present participle of imbark
imbarkment
kathemoglobin
kibblerman
kimballton
kimbang
kimberlin
kimberlin
noun
(UK, historical) In Portland, Dorset, England, an outsider; somebody visiting from the mainland.
kimberlyn
kimberton
kimbolton
kimbundu
lambkin
lambkin
noun
A term of endearment.
A young lamb, a very young sheep.
lambkins
lambkins
noun
plural of lambkin
lamblikeness
lambskin
lambskin
noun
A kind of woollen cloth resembling this.
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.
lambskins
lambskins
noun
plural of lambskin
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
mackinboy
manakinsabot
mecklenburgian
membranelike
membranelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a membrane.
menkib
milbank
minibike
minibike
noun
A small motorcycle, rarely street-legal.
minibikes
minibikes
noun
plural of minibike
mistakableness
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
monkbird
moonblink
moonblink
noun
nyctalopia
motorbiking
motorbiking
verb
present participle of motorbike
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
nickelbloom
nicknameable
nicknameable
adj
Able to be called by a nickname.
nonembarkation
nonembarkation
noun
Failure to embark.
nonmarketability
quickenbeam
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reembarking
reembarking
verb
present participle of reembark
reimbarkation
ribandmaker
ribbonmaker
ribbonmaker
noun
One who makes ribbons.
saltimbank
saltimbank
noun
Alternative form of saltimbanque
saltimbankery
skimobiling
skimobiling
noun
The use of a skimobile; snowmobiling.
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
subkingdoms
subkingdoms
noun
plural of subkingdom
tablemaking
tablemaking
noun
The construction of tables of data.
The manufacture of tables.
thimblemaking
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.