(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
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.
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
bankruptship
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
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
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
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
blankenship
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blockheadishness
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bolshevikian
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
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
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.
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
chelyabinsk
chickenbreasted
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
fishybacking
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
inkbush
inkbush
noun
The plant Cestrum laevigatum.
The plant Forestiera eggersiana.
The plant Suaeda torreyana.
kashubian
kiboshing
kiboshing
verb
present participle of kibosh
kinksbush
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.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
neighborlikeness
nonbookish
nonbookishly
nonbookishness
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
overbookishness
reichsbank
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
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
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.