A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
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
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
changchiakow
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
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
cheektowaga
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
kawaguchi
kingchow
kiungchow
kwangchow
kwangchowan
mcknightstown
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
stockwright
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
thwacking
thwacking
noun
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
verb
present participle of thwack
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
wangchuk
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
watchmakings
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
whacking
whacking
adj
(informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).