Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backliding
backstring
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bodymaking
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
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.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
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.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bushmaking
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
clankingly
clankingly
adv
With a clanking sound.
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
coinmaking
coinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coins.
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dollmaking
dollmaking
noun
The manufacture of dolls.
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
earmarking
earmarking
noun
An earmark (funding designation).
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
verb
present participle of earmark
edgemaking
edgemaking
noun
The manufacture of the edges of shoes.
facemaking
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
filemaking
filemaking
noun
The manufacture of files (rasping tools).
filmmaking
filmmaking
noun
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
The manufacture of physical film.
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
flagmaking
flagmaking
noun
The manufacture of flags.
frankewing
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garnetlike
gekkonidae
ginkgoales
gitanemuck
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
guerickian
gulbenkian
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
heatmaking
heelmaking
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
hookmaking
hookmaking
noun
The manufacture of hooks.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hughmanick
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
inspeaking
ironmaking
ironmaking
noun
The making of iron (from an ore)
jacknifing
jackpiling
jaywalking
jaywalking
noun
gerund of jaywalk.
verb
present participle of jaywalk
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
karinghota
katalyzing
katalyzing
verb
present participle of katalyze
keelhaling
keelhaling
verb
present participle of keelhale
kentigerma
kidnapping
kidnapping
noun
(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
verb
present participle of kidnap
kinesalgia
kinesalgia
noun
Alternative form of kinesialgia
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kingmaking
kingmaking
noun
In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
verb
present participle of kingmake
kirghizean
kittanning
kittanning
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
kneadingly
kneadingly
adv
(rare) In the manner of one who is kneading.
knightdale
knighthead
knighthead
noun
A bollard or bitt.
A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
koniggratz
kratogenic
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lacemaking
lacemaking
noun
The manufacture of lace.
lampmaking
lampmaking
noun
The manufacture of lamps.
lockmaking
lockmaking
noun
The manufacture of locks.
lovemaking
lovemaking
noun
(dated) Courtship; amorous advances.
Sexual intercourse.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
mafficking
mafficking
noun
(dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude.
maiongkong
mammocking
mammocking
verb
present participle of mammock
mankilling
marketings
marketings
noun
plural of marketing
maskinonge
maskinonge
noun
The muskellunge
mintmaking
mismarking
mismarking
noun
An incorrect marking.
verb
present participle of mismark
moonraking
mosaicking
mosaicking
noun
A process in which a mosaic (of images) is constructed.
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
mythmaking
mythmaking
noun
The production or composing of myths.
nankingese
nicknaming
nicknaming
verb
present participle of nickname
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nonarcking
nonleaking
nonleaking
adj
Not leaking.
nonlinkage
nonwalking
nonwalking
adj
Not involving walking.
Unable to walk.
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
outtalking
outtalking
verb
present participle of outtalk
outtasking
outtasking
verb
present participle of outtask
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overraking
overraking
verb
present participle of overrake
overtaking
overtaking
noun
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
verb
present participle of overtake
pacemaking
pacemaking
noun
The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
packagings
packagings
noun
plural of packaging
packmaking
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
peacocking
peacocking
noun
(seduction community) Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
peastaking
pelargikon
pelasgikon
pillmaking
playmaking
playmaking
noun
(sports) The initiation of offensive play with the intent of scoring a goal (or the equivalent)
plowmaking
prankingly
prankingly
adv
(archaic) With showy display or adornment.
prepacking
prepacking
verb
present participle of prepack
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
racinglike
racinglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of racing.
rainmaking
rainmaking
noun
(US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.