(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
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
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
bankruptship
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
battakhin
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethankit
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
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.
chickenbreasted
ditchbank
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
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
kabirpanthi
kathemoglobin
kinetophobia
knightsbridge
liebknecht
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
nekhebit
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
stinkbush
stinkbush
noun
(Southern US) star anise plant
thickbrained
thimblemaking
thinkability
thinkability
Noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkably
thinkably
adv
(philosophy) Such that it can be thought.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
thumbikin
thumbikin
noun
Synonym of thumbikins
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbkin
thumbkin
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
thumbkins
thumbkins
noun
plural of thumbkin
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
umbethink
umbethink
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.