A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckwashing
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
chickenhood
chickenhood
noun
The state or period of being a chicken.
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
chlorpikrin
choukoutien
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
cockishness
cockneyship
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
cruickshank
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
duckhunting
finchbacked
funfkirchen
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
hendrickson
hickishness
hickscorner
highjacking
highjacking
noun
Alternative form of hijacking
verb
present participle of highjack
hitchhiking
hitchhiking
noun
(genetics) A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.
The act of one who hitchhikes.
verb
present participle of hitchhike
hockingport
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
humperdinck
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
interchoked
jackanapish
jackanapish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jackanapes.
jinrickshas
jinrickshas
noun
plural of jinricksha
jinrickshaw
kamanichile
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
kawchodinne
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kinaestheic
kinchinmort
kinesthetic
kinesthetic
adj
Of or relating to kinesthesia.
kinetochore
kinetochore
noun
(biology) The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
kingtehchen
kinorhyncha
kitchenette
kitchenette
noun
small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room instead of a separate room
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwife
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
krishnaitic
machinelike
machinelike
adj
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
metchnikoff
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
nakhichevan
nakhichevan
Proper noun
historically a region of Greater Armenia, divided between the provinces Vaspurakan and Syunik; currently a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan, officially Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
the capital city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
neckerchief
neckerchief
noun
A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
nightsticks
nightsticks
noun
plural of nightstick
nunapitchuk
packmanship
peckishness
peckishness
noun
The quality of being peckish; mild hunger.
pickthankly
prechecking
prechecking
verb
present participle of precheck
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
resketching
resketching
verb
present participle of resketch
shammocking
shankpieces
shellacking
shellacking
noun
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
The act or process of coating with shellac.
verb
present participle of shellac
shickshinny
sickishness
sickishness
noun
The quality of being sickish.
sketchiness
sketchiness
noun
The property of being sketchy.
sketchingly
spinachlike
spinachlike
Adjective
Resembling spinach.
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
thickenings
thickenings
noun
plural of thickening
thicknesses
thicknesses
noun
plural of thickness
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
unchildlike
unchildlike
adj
Not childlike; inappropriate for a child to do or be
unphysicked
unphysicked
adj
(archaic) Not physicked.
unshackling
unshackling
verb
present participle of unshackle
unthickened
unthickened
adj
Not thickened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unthicken