(music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
Breakdancing.
The act by which something is broken.
verb
present participle of break
bricking
bricking
noun
The act of pelting with bricks.
verb
present participle of brick
brisking
brisking
verb
present participle of brisk
brooking
brooking
verb
present participle of brook
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cracking
cracking
adj
(colloquial) Enjoyable.
(colloquial) Great.
That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
adv
(Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
noun
(chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface.
The production of a crack sound.
verb
present participle of crack
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
cranking
cranking
noun
The act by which something is cranked.
verb
present participle of crank
creaking
creaking
noun
A noise that creaks.
verb
present participle of creak
cricking
cricking
verb
present participle of crick
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
dogtrick
drinking
drinking
noun
An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
verb
present participle of drink
drouking
erlkings
erlkings
noun
plural of erlking
foreking
foreking
noun
A preceding king.
A predecessor on the throne.
franking
franking
noun
(Australia, finance, uncountable) A corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution.
(countable) A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
frogskin
frogskin
noun
(US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar.
The skin of a frog, or leather made from it.
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gaverick
germlike
germlike
adj
Having the characteristics of a germ
gherkins
gherkins
noun
plural of gherkin
gimcrack
gimcrack
adj
Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
noun
Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick.
verb
(transitive) To embellish with gimcracks.
(transitive) To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge.
girllike
girllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girl.
gorkhali
gorlicki
greekish
greekish
Adjective
Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greeks
greekism
greekist
greekize
greyskin
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
griskins
griskins
noun
plural of griskin
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
guericke
gurkhali
gurmukhi
gurmukhi
Proper noun
An abugida script, or writing system, designed for writing the Punjabi language, and subsequently also adapted to write other lects, such as Braj Bhasha, Hindi, Sanskrit and Sindhi.
jerkings
jerkings
noun
plural of jerking
kartings
kilogram
kilogram
noun
(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
kingbird
kingbird
noun
A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Tyrannus.
kinghorn
kinglier
kinglier
adj
comparative form of kingly: more kingly
kirigami
kirigami
noun
An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted.
klingsor
knaggier
knaggier
adj
comparative form of knaggy: more knaggy
knorring
knurling
knurling
noun
A knurled pattern
verb
present participle of knurl
koftgari
koftgari
noun
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.
kopfring
korrigan
korrigan
noun
A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
korrigum
korrigum
noun
Damaliscus korrigum korrigum, an antelope of a subspecies of the topi.
kraaling
kraaling
verb
present participle of kraal
krahling
kreistag
krigsman
larkling
markings
markings
noun
plural of marking
the pattern of colouration on a particular animal
overking
overking
noun
A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes; a ruler of an overkingdom; a king that is truly superior or supreme.
parkings
parkings
noun
plural of parking
pigmaker
porkling
porkling
noun
(dated) A young pig; a porket.
pranking
pranking
noun
(archaic) A showy adornment.
(archaic) The playing of pranks; tomfoolery.
verb
present participle of prank
pricking
pricking
noun
(mining) A nicking.
(obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
A sensation that pricks.
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
verb
present participle of prick
prinking
prinking
verb
present participle of prink
quirking
quirking
verb
present participle of quirk
rakingly
rankings
rankings
noun
plural of ranking
rankling
rankling
noun
A sensation that rankles.
verb
present participle of rankle
rebaking
rebaking
verb
present participle of rebake
rebuking
rebuking
noun
The act of giving a rebuke.
verb
present participle of rebuke
reckling
reckling
noun
(archaic) A reckless person.
(archaic) A weak child or animal.
reinking
reinking
noun
The act of restoring ink to a device that prints or stamps.
verb
present participle of reink
rekeying
rekeying
noun
(computing) The process of entering information into a device again, by means of a keyboard or similar.
(social sciences) The process of changing the key or tenor of something; a reframing.
verb
present participle of rekey
remaking
remaking
noun
recreation; reconstruction
verb
present participle of remake
retaking
retaking
noun
The act of taking again.
verb
present participle of retake
revoking
revoking
verb
present participle of revoke
rewaking
rewaking
verb
present participle of rewake
reyoking
reyoking
verb
present participle of reyoke
ringbark
ringbark
verb
To remove the bark, phloem, and cambium from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, thereby normally killing the tree.
ringlike
ringlike
adj
Like a ring; round or nearly so.
ringneck
ringneck
noun
Any of several unrelated birds that have a ringed neck.
ringwalk
rockling
rockling
noun
Any of certain fishes from other families.
Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
ruckling
ruckling
verb
present participle of ruckle
runkling
runkling
verb
present participle of runkle
sharking
sharking
noun
The act of one who sharks (in any sense)
verb
present participle of shark
shirking
shirking
noun
The act of one who shirks.
verb
present participle of shirk
skiagram
skiagram
noun
A picture or image created from shadows, especially with X-rays.
skiogram
skioring
skioring
noun
Alternative form of skijoring
skirling
skirling
noun
(Northern England and Scotland) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
(UK, dialect) A small trout or salmon.
verb
present participle of skirl
skirring
skirring
verb
present participle of skirr
skirting
skirting
noun
Skirting boards collectively.
The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.
skirts collectively; material for skirts
verb
present participle of skirt
skreighs
smerking
smerking
verb
present participle of smerk
smirking
smirking
noun
The act of one who smirks.
verb
present participle of smirk
sparking
sparking
noun
The act of producing a spark.
verb
present participle of spark
striking
striking
adj
(non-comparable, of employees) On strike, taking part in industrial action.
Making a strong impression.
noun
The act by which something strikes or is struck.
verb
present participle of strike
stroking
stroking
noun
(textiles) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
The act of making strokes.
verb
present participle of stroke
tigerkin
tracking
tracking
noun
(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.
(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.
The act or process by which something is tracked.
verb
present participle of track
traiking
trekking
trekking
noun
Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.
verb
present participle of trek
tricking
tricking
adj
(now rare) Deceptive; using trickery.
noun
Dress; ornament.
verb
present participle of trick
troaking
troaking
verb
present participle of troak
trocking
trucking
trucking
noun
(US) the conveyance of freight by trucks.
(broadcasting) Lateral movement of the camera.
(now rare) Trading, bartering.
moving quickly
walking
verb
present participle of truck
trunking
trunking
noun
(UK) A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
(UK) Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
(business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations.
A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.
All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
verb
present participle of trunk
tughriks
tughriks
noun
plural of tughrik
unkinger
unraking
unraking
verb
present participle of unrake
wigmaker
wigmaker
noun
A person who makes wigs.
workgirl
workgirl
noun
A young female laborer.
workings
workings
noun
The internal mechanism of some device or system.
The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.
plural of working.
wracking
wracking
verb
present participle of wrack
wreaking
wreaking
noun
The act by which something is wreaked.
verb
present participle of wreak
wrecking
wrecking
noun
The act by which something is wrecked.
The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
verb
present participle of wreck
wricking
wricking
verb
present participle of wrick
yukaghir
yukaghir
Proper noun
A language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia.