(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
bagritski
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bengkalis
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
brookings
brookings
Proper noun
A city in South Dakota, USA
A city in Oregon, USA.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
disliking
disliking
noun
gerund of dislike: a dislike.
verb
present participle of dislike
disyoking
disyoking
verb
present participle of disyoke
drygalski
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
finksburg
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
frogskins
frogskins
noun
plural of frogskin
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
gieseking
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
glasslike
glasslike
adj
Resembling glass.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gooselike
gooselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
gooseskin
gooseskin
noun
A kind of thin soft leather.
The skin of a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on.
grainsick
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
greensick
greensick
adj
Afflicted with green sickness.
grilikhes
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
grunitsky
guiltsick
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
ickesburg
insinking
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
kaingangs
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
kaoliangs
kaoliangs
noun
plural of kaoliang
kashering
kashering
verb
present participle of kasher
kiboshing
kiboshing
verb
present participle of kibosh
kieselgur
kieselgur
noun
Alternative spelling of kieselguhr
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilograms
kilograms
noun
plural of kilogram
kindlings
kindlings
noun
plural of kindling
kingbirds
kingbirds
noun
plural of kingbird
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
kinghoods
kinghoods
noun
plural of kinghood
kingliest
kingliest
adj
superlative form of kingly: most kingly
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsburg
kingsbury
kingsbury
Proper noun
a suburb in the London Borough of England
a village in district, Warwickshire, England
a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
a village municipality in region, Quebec, Canada.
a town in Indiana, USA.
a CDP in Nevada, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA.
kingsdown
kingsford
kingships
kingships
noun
plural of kingship
kingsides
kingsides
noun
plural of kingside
kingsland
kingsnake
kingsnake
noun
Any of various colubrid snakes of the genus Lampropeltis.
kingsport
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
kingstree
kingwoods
kingwoods
noun
plural of kingwood
kirghizes
kirigamis
kisangani
kisangani
Proper noun
The capital city of the Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
kissinger
kissingly
kissingly
adv
So as to kiss, or make contact as if kissing.
kiungshan
knaggiest
knaggiest
adj
superlative form of knaggy: most knaggy
knightess
knightess
noun
(rare) A female knight.
(rare) The wife of a knight.
knightsen
knigsberg
knittings
knittings
noun
plural of knitting
knockings
knockings
noun
plural of knocking
koshering
koshering
verb
present participle of kosher
krugerism
kyanising
kyanising
verb
present participle of kyanise
milkgrass
misliking
misliking
noun
dislike; disapproval
verb
present participle of mislike
mismaking
mismaking
verb
present participle of mismake
mistaking
mistaking
noun
(obsolete) A mistake.
verb
present participle of mistake
misyoking
misyoking
verb
present participle of misyoke
outasking
outasking
verb
present participle of outask
pekingese
pekingese
Proper noun
The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
A small toy dog from China.
Adjective
of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China
pigsticks
pigsticks
noun
plural of pigstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigstick
plankings
plankings
noun
plural of planking
reseeking
reseeking
verb
present participle of reseek
reshaking
reshaking
verb
present participle of reshake
ringbarks
ringbarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ringbark
ringnecks
ringnecks
noun
plural of ringneck
ringstick
rocklings
rocklings
noun
plural of rockling
sawmaking
sawmaking
noun
The manufacture of saws.
screaking
screaking
noun
A shriek or screech.
verb
present participle of screak
sedgelike
sedgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sedge.
sedgewick
sedgewick
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
shackings
shackling
shackling
verb
present participle of shackle
shakingly
shakingly
adv
In a shaking manner; shakily
shankings
shankings
noun
plural of shanking
shikargah
shikargah
noun
(India, historical) A hunting-ground, or enclosed preserve.
(India, historical) An arabesque pattern depicting a variety of figures and groups of animals.
shrieking
shrieking
noun
gerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks.
verb
present participle of shriek
shrinkage
shrinkage
noun
(slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
shrinkerg
shrinking
shrinking
noun
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
verb
present participle of shrink
shrrinkng
shuckings
shuckings
noun
plural of shucking
sickening
sickening
adj
(LGBT slang) Amazing, fantastic.
Causing sickness or disgust.
noun
The act of making somebody sick.
verb
present participle of sicken
sicklying
sicklying
verb
present participle of sickly
siegework
siegework
noun
A temporary fort where siege guns are mounted.
singkamas
singkamas
noun
(Philippines) Synonym of jicama
sinkingly
sitzkrieg
sitzkrieg
noun
The Phoney War (French: Drôle de guerre; German: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.
warfare without any military operations or campaigns, a stalemate
skeighish
sketching
sketching
noun
Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
verb
present participle of sketch
skewering
skewering
noun
The act by which something is skewered.
verb
present participle of skewer
skiagrams
skiagrams
noun
plural of skiagram
skiagraph
skiagraph
noun
(physics) Alternative form of sciagraph
verb
Alternative form of sciagraph
skidooing
skidooing
noun
Synonym of snowmobiling
verb
present participle of skidoo
skiffling
skiffling
noun
In quarrying, rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
skijoring
skijoring
noun
(skiing) The winter sport of a person being towed on skis, especially by sled dogs
verb
present participle of skijor
present participle of skijore
skillings
skillings
noun
plural of skilling
skimmings
skimmings
noun
plural of skimming
skintight
skintight
adj
Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
skintling
skiograph
skiorings
skirtings
skirtings
noun
plural of skirting
skittaget
skittling
skittling
verb
present participle of skittle
sklenting
skraeling
skraeling
Noun
A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
Proper noun
A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).
skreighed
skydiving
skydiving
noun
The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump.