(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antibank
antibank
adj
Opposing banks (financial institutions).
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
antiblock
antibreakage
antibreakage
adj
Preventing breakage.
antikickback
antikickback
adj
Serving to counter kickbacks (illicit payments); antibribery.
Serving to prevent kickbacks (accidents with machinery).
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
backadation
backbiting
backbiting
adj
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backbitingly
backbitingly
adv
In a backbiting manner.
backbitings
backbitings
noun
plural of backbiting
backbitten
backbitten
verb
past participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backpointer
backpointers
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstein
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backtracking
backtracking
noun
(aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
verb
present participle of backtrack
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bagtikan
baikerinite
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
battakhin
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
benedikta
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethankit
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
biscuitmaking
blackington
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blackprint
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blanketlike
blanketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blankit
blankite
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
bradyteleokinesis
brankiest
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
bribetaking
bribetaking
noun
The acceptance of bribes.
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucklandite
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttermaking
cabinetmake
cabinetmaker
cabinetmaker
noun
A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
chickenbreasted
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
ditchbank
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
ekaterinburg
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
frankability
frankability
noun
The quality of being frankable.
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
imbarkation
imbarkment
inattackable
interbank
interbank
adj
Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).
interbanking
kabinettwein
kabirpanthi
kabistan
katabanian
kathemoglobin
kimballton
kinetophobia
kneadability
kneadability
noun
Ability to be kneaded, or worked into a mass.
knitback
knitback
noun
(archaic) The plant comfrey.
knittable
knittable
adj
That can be knitted or used as material for knitting.
knowability
knowability
noun
The quality or state of being knowable.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
manakinsabot
mistakableness
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
nonembarkation
nonembarkation
noun
Failure to embark.
nonmarketability
outbaking
outbaking
verb
present participle of outbake
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
paintbank
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
plankbuilt
pointblank
pointblank
adv
(obsolete or rare) point blank
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event