(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
(television, film) A backdrop.
A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
Support, especially financial.
The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
The mounting of a horse or other animal.
verb
present participle of back
backlog
backlog
noun
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
baglike
baglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bag.
bagwork
bagwork
noun
(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
bakongo
balking
balking
noun
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
verb
present participle of balk
bangkok
bangkok
noun
A kind of straw hat.
banking
banking
noun
(aviation) A horizontal turn.
(rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
The business of managing a bank.
The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
verb
present participle of bank
barking
barking
adj
(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
noun
The action of the verb to bark.
verb
present participle of bark
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
bilking
bilking
noun
The act of one who bilks (in any sense).
verb
present participle of bilk
bocking
bocking
noun
A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.
bonking
bonking
verb
present participle of bonk
booking
booking
noun
(law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
(sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
verb
present participle of book
boskage
boskage
noun
Alternative form of boscage
bovgazk
braking
braking
noun
The act of applying brakes.
verb
present participle of brake
brokage
brokage
noun
(archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.
broking
broking
noun
(computing) The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
bulkage
bulkage
noun
bulk
bulking
bulking
noun
(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.
verb
present participle of bulk
bunking
bunking
verb
present participle of bunk
burking
burking
verb
present participle of burke
busking
busking
noun
(obsolete) Clothing; dress; ornaments worn.
verb
present participle of busk
fogbank
fogbank
noun
A bank of fog.
gabback
gablock
gablock
noun
A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
geelbek
gemsbok
gemsbok
noun
A large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
gigback
grysbok
grysbok
noun
A small antelope of genus Raphicerus from South Africa.
hogback
hogback
noun
(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
A hogframe.
kabonga
kerbing
kerbing
noun
A strip of kerb.
verb
present participle of kerb
kimbang
kingcob
kubango
logbook
logbook
noun
(UK) A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car
(by extension) A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.
sackbag
subking
subking
noun
A monarch of a polity that is in turn part of another kingdom.
workbag
workbag
noun
A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework.