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
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
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
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
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
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
chalkography
changchiakow
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
changepocket
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
checkage
checkage
noun
The act of marking with a check mark.
The items or amount to which attention is called by a check mark.
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
cheektowaga
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chekiang
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chickamauga
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chiggak
chignik
chikmagalur
chinkiang
chinking
chinking
noun
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
The sound of something that chinks.
verb
present participle of chink
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
chogak
chokage
choking
choking
noun
The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
verb
present participle of choke
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chuckfarthing
chucking
chucking
noun
(engineering) The holding of an object in a chuck.
verb
present participle of chuck
chuckingly
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
chugiak
chungking
chunking
chunking
noun
(computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
(mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
(psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
(writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
verb
present participle of chunk
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
duckhunting
ducklingship
fishybacking
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
gascheck
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gebrauchsmusik
gelsenkirchen
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
gerlachovka
glossokinesthetic
gorchakov
gottschalk
grieshuckle
gulfhammock
gumpoldskirchner
hacking
hacking
adj
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
noun
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
(obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
(obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
(obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
verb
present participle of hack
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackleburg
hackling
hackling
verb
present participle of hackle
hacklog
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
havocking
heartsickening
heckling
heckling
noun
The act of one who heckles.
The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
verb
present participle of heckle
hedgcock
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
highjack
highjack
noun
Alternative spelling of hijack
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
highjacking
highjacking
noun
Alternative form of hijacking
verb
present participle of highjack
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
highpockets
hijacking
hijacking
noun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
verb
present participle of hijack
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hitchhiking
hitchhiking
noun
(genetics) A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.
The act of one who hitchhikes.
verb
present participle of hitchhike
hocking
hocking
verb
present participle of hock
hockingport
hockling
hogback
hogback
noun
(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
A hogframe.
hogbacks
hogbacks
noun
plural of hogback
hogchoker
hogchoker
noun
Trinectes maculatus, a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hughmanick
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
interchoking
isokeraunographic
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
jackpuddinghood
kanchenjunga
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
kawaguchi
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.