A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
Shoe polish.
verb
present participle of black
blanking
blanking
noun
(television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
An instance of something being blanked out.
verb
present participle of blank
blinking
blinking
adj
(UK, euphemistic, slang) bloody
That blinks.
noun
The act of something that blinks.
verb
present participle of blink
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
bookings
bookings
noun
plural of booking
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
bracking
breaking
breaking
noun
(linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
(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
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
bunkoing
bunkoing
verb
present participle of bunko
dungbeck
kibbling
kibbling
verb
present participle of kibble
kingbird
kingbird
noun
A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Tyrannus.
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
knobbing
knobbing
noun
(UK, vulgar, slang) A session of penetrative sexual intercourse.
A pattern of knobs or lumps.
verb
present participle of knob
kornberg
kuebbing
longbeak
longbeak
noun
The American red-bellied snipe (Limnodromus scolopaceus).
nykobing
rebaking
rebaking
verb
present participle of rebake
rebuking
rebuking
noun
The act of giving a rebuke.
verb
present participle of rebuke
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.
songbook
songbook
noun
A book containing songs.
stinkbug
stinkbug
noun
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
wingback
wingback
noun
(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
A wingback chair.
One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.