(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacklegging
blacklegging
noun
The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.
verb
present participle of blackleg
blockaderunning
blockheadishness
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blockline
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bombernickel
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
brickliner
bucklandite
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
cabinlike
cabinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cabin.
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
greenbackville
iceblink
iceblink
noun
A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field.
iceblinks
iceblinks
noun
plural of iceblink
inattackable
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
koeberliniaceae
koeberliniaceous
lackbrained
lackbrainedness
liebknecht
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebacking
linebacking
noun
(American football) Playing as a 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.
mecklenburgian
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
nickelbloom
nicknameable
nicknameable
adj
Able to be called by a nickname.
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
pickableness
preblockading
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
ticklebrain
ticklebrain
noun
(obsolete) Alcoholic liquor.
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.