(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
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.
bangwaketsi
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bellowsmaking
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
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
buckwashing
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
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
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downsinking
eggwhisk
eggwhisk
noun
Alternative spelling of egg whisk.
gawkies
gawkies
noun
plural of gawky
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkinesses
gawkinesses
noun
plural of gawkiness
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
hawkings
hawkings
noun
plural of hawking
hookswinging
kingsdown
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
kingwoods
kingwoods
noun
plural of kingwood
klingerstown
knightstown
knightswort
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
knowingness
knowingness
noun
Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.
The quality or state of being knowing.
knowings
knowings
noun
plural of knowing
knownothingism
kuskwogmiut
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
mcknightstown
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misknowing
misknowing
verb
present participle of misknow
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
pawnbrokings
racewalkings
reawakenings
reawakenings
noun
plural of reawakening
sawmaking
sawmaking
noun
The manufacture of saws.
sedgewick
sedgewick
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
sedgewickville
sedgwick
semiwaking
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
sidgwick
siegework
siegework
noun
A temporary fort where siege guns are mounted.
silkgrower
silkgrower
noun
A grower of silk.
skedgewith
skewering
skewering
noun
The act by which something is skewered.
verb
present participle of skewer
skewing
skewing
noun
The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular direction.
verb
present participle of skew
skewings
skewings
noun
plural of skewing
skywriting
skywriting
noun
Messages, left by leaving a trail of smoke from an airplane, that are visible from the ground.
skywritings
sleepwaking
sleepwaking
noun
The state of one who is mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
sleepwalking
sleepwalking
noun
The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.
verb
present participle of sleepwalk
sneckdrawing
snickdrawing
snowmaking
snowmaking
noun
The artificial production of snow
spacewalking
spacewalking
verb
present participle of spacewalk
squawking
squawking
noun
squawk, the sound of a squawk
verb
present participle of squawk
squawkingly
squawkingly
adv
In a squawking way; with squawking noises.
steelworking
steelworking
noun
The act of working steel, the creation of steelwork or steelwares
stockwright
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
swacking
swacking
adj
(slang) Huge; whopping.
Characteristic of a swack.
verb
present participle of swack
swaglike
swaglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swag, or loop of draped fabric; falling in loops or folds.
swanking
swanking
verb
present participle of swank
swanmarking
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
swingback
swingknife
swingstock
swinking
swinking
verb
present participle of swink
swordmaking
swordmaking
noun
The manufacture of swords.
unknowingness
unknowingness
noun
The quality of not knowing; ignorance of something.
wakenings
wakenings
noun
plural of wakening
walkings
walkings
noun
plural of walking
walkingstick
walkingstick
noun
Alternative form of walking stick
watchmakings
waterskiing
waterskiings
weaklings
weaklings
noun
plural of weakling
weeknights
weeknights
adv
On weeknights.
noun
plural of weeknight
whiskerage
whiskerage
noun
Whiskers.
whisking
whisking
noun
The motion of something that is whisked.
The movement of an animal's whiskers.
verb
present participle of whisk
whiskingly
whiskingly
adv
With a whisking motion.
wickings
wickings
noun
plural of wicking
wigmakers
wigmakers
noun
plural of wigmaker
wingbacks
wingbacks
noun
plural of wingback
wisecracking
wisecracking
adj
Making many wisecracks.
verb
present participle of wisecrack
wisking
woodworkings
woodworkings
noun
plural of woodworking
workings
workings
noun
The internal mechanism of some device or system.
The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.