(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
backboneless
backboneless
adj
Cowardly, spineless.
Without a backbone; invertebrate.
backbonelessness
backbonelessness
noun
cowardice; spinelessness
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlings
backlins
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanising
balkanising
verb
present participle of balkanise
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balkans
balkans
Proper noun
A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo), sometimes including Romania and Slovenia.
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balkinesses
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
baloskion
baloskionaceae
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
bankrolls
bankrolls
noun
plural of bankroll
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beanstalks
beanstalks
noun
plural of beanstalk
bellowsmaking
bengkalis
berkeleianism
bernkasteler
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackens
blackens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacken
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blackness
blackness
noun
The experiences and culture of African-American people.
The quality of being evil or dismal.
The state of being of African descent.
The state or quality of being black in colour.
blacknesses
blacknesses
noun
plural of blackness
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.
verb
To whip with a long, tapering whip.
blacksnakes
blacksnakes
noun
plural of blacksnake
blackstone
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blagoveshchensk
blankenship
blankest
blankest
adj
superlative form of blank: most blank
blanketers
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blankets
blankets
noun
plural of blanket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blanket
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blankmindedness
blankness
blankness
noun
The characteristic of being blank.
blanknesses
blanknesses
noun
plural of blankness
blanks
blanks
noun
plural of blank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blank
bleakness
bleakness
noun
The characteristic of being bleak.
bleaknesses
bleaknesses
noun
plural of bleakness
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
bolshevikian
bradyteleokinesis
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
breakableness
breakableness
noun
breakability
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
bullsnake
bullsnake
noun
Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chelyabinsk
claybanks
claybanks
noun
plural of claybank
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
crackableness
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
foreknowableness
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
jablonsky
kissableness
klausenburg
knowableness
knowableness
noun
The state or quality of being knowable.
knowledgableness
knowledgableness
noun
Misspelling of knowledgeableness.
knowledgeableness
knowledgeableness
noun
The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
knuckleballs
knuckleballs
noun
plural of knuckleball
koeberliniaceous
lackbrainedness
lambkins
lambkins
noun
plural of lambkin
lamblikeness
lambskin
lambskin
noun
A kind of woollen cloth resembling this.
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.
lambskins
lambskins
noun
plural of lambskin
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
likableness
likableness
noun
The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
likeableness
likeableness
noun
likeability
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebackings
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
marketableness
marketableness
noun
The state or quality of being marketable.
mistakableness
nonmaskable
nonmaskable
adj
(computing) Not maskable.
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
nonsinkable
nonsinkable
adj
Not sinkable.
pickableness
plainbacks
pocketableness
remarkableness
remarkableness
noun
The state of being remarkable or striking; extraordinariness; unusualness.
remarkablenesses
saltimbank
saltimbank
noun
Alternative form of saltimbanque
saltimbankery
schnabelkanne
shacklebone
shacklebones
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
sinkable
sinkable
adj
Capable of being sunk
skinball
skullbanker
slawbank
slingback
slingback
noun
A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
snakeblennies
snakeblenny
speakableness
spoilbank
stinkball
stinkball
noun
(military, historical) A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odour, formerly used in naval warfare.
subalkaline
subalkaline
adj
Somewhat alkaline.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
transbaikal
transbaikalian
unaskable
unaskable
adj
That cannot be asked.
noun
Something that cannot be asked.
unattackableness
unawakableness
unbankableness
unbasketlike
unbreakableness
unbreakableness
noun
The quality or state of not being breakable.
undrinkableness
undrinkableness
noun
The quality of being undrinkable.
unhuskable
unknowableness
unknowableness
noun
Quality or state of not being knowable.
unlikableness
unlikableness
noun
Alternative form of unlikeableness
unlikeableness
unlikeableness
noun
The quality of being unlikeable.
unmistakable
unmistakable
adj
Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
unmistakableness
unmistakableness
noun
The quality of being unmistakable, or recognizably unique.