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
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
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
bedticking
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknotting
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
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
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
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
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blinkingly
blinkingly
adv
While blinking, or as if blinking
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
noun
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bodymaking
boghazkeui
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.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
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
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
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.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bumsucking
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.
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chuckingly
clankingly
clankingly
adv
With a clanking sound.
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
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.
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
dezincking
diesinking
diesinking
noun
The process of engraving dies.
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.
eikonology
ekebergite
ekebergite
noun
(archaic, mineralogy) Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.
enginelike
enginelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an engine.
enkindling
enkindling
verb
present participle of enkindle
ereshkigal
ereshkigel
eskimology
eskimology
Noun
The study of the Eskimo people.
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.
fingerhook
fingerlike
fingerlike
adj
Resembling a finger, especially in shape
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
finnicking
flagmaking
flagmaking
noun
The manufacture of flags.
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
folkething
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.
verb
present participle of fossick
frankewing
fringelike
fringelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fringe.
friskingly
friskingly
adv
With frisking movements; while leaping.
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
funguslike
funguslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fungus.
galleylike
galleylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a galley.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garnetlike
gastrodisk
geckotidae
geeldikkop
geeldikkop
noun
(South Africa) tribulosis
geikielite
geikielite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
gekkonidae
geopolitik
gieseckite
gieseckite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.
gimmickery
gimmickery
noun
Alternative form of gimmickry
gimmicking
gimmicking
verb
present participle of gimmick
gingerwork
ginkgoales
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
gitanemuck
glucokinin
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
glykopexic
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
gorgonlike
gorgonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.
gorkiesque
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
grippelike
groovelike
groovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a groove (channel or depression).
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.