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.
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bentincks
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bestink
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
biscuitmaking
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
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
bockstein
bootikins
bootikins
noun
plural of bootikin
botkins
botkins
noun
plural of botkin
bradyteleokinesis
brankiest
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
buttinski
buttinski
noun
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Alternative spelling of buttinsky
buttinskies
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
cabinetworks
chickenbreasted
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
dumbstricken
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
inkblots
inkblots
noun
plural of inkblot
kabistan
kibbutzniks
kibbutzniks
noun
plural of kibbutznik
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
knightsbridge
knobbiest
knobbiest
adj
superlative form of knobby: most knobby
knobbliest
knobbliest
adj
superlative form of knobbly: most knobbly
knobstick
knobstick
noun
(slang) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union.
A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
knubbiest
kongsbergite
kongsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of silver containing about 5% mercury
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.
rabbitskin
rabbitskin
noun
The skin of a rabbit.
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
saltimbank
saltimbank
noun
Alternative form of saltimbanque
saltimbankery
sinkboat
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
snakebite
snakebite
noun
(countable) Either of a pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.
(countable) The bite of a snake.
(countable, uncountable) A mixture of cider and lager; a serving of this drink.
snakebitten
snakebitten
adj
(US) Alternative form of snakebit
steinbeck
steinbeck
Proper noun
(1902–2968), American writer.
steinbock
steinbock
noun
A type of ibex.
steinbok
steinbok
noun
Alternative spelling of steenbok
steinboks
steinboks
noun
plural of steinbok
steinbuck
stinkball
stinkball
noun
(military, historical) A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odour, formerly used in naval warfare.
stinkberries
stinkberry
stinkbird
stinkbird
noun
The hoatzin.
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.
stinkbugs
stinkbugs
noun
plural of stinkbug
stinkbush
stinkbush
noun
(Southern US) star anise plant
stinkibus
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
strikebreaking
strikebreaking
adj
Of or pertaining to such activity.
noun
Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.
verb
present participle of strikebreak
stringybark
stringybark
noun
Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.
stringybarks
stringybarks
noun
plural of stringybark
subtasking
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbkins
thumbkins
noun
plural of thumbkin
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
transbaikal
transbaikalian
twinbrooks
unbasketlike
unbluestockingish
unmistakable
unmistakable
adj
Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
unmistakableness
unmistakableness
noun
The quality of being unmistakable, or recognizably unique.