Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
biscuitmaking
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.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
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
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bumsucking
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
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gumpoldskirchner
gunlocks
gunlocks
noun
plural of gunlock
gunnysack
gunnysack
noun
Alternative spelling of gunny sack
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gunstocking
gunstocks
gunstocks
noun
plural of gunstock
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
isokeraunographic
jacksonburg
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
longshucks
lungsick
neugkroschen
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
recklinghausen
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
saucemaking
saucemaking
noun
(cooking) The making of sauces.
sculking
sculking
verb
present participle of sculk
shucking
shucking
noun
An event at which something is shucked.
verb
present participle of shuck
shuckings
shuckings
noun
plural of shucking
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
stockjudging
stucking
stuckling
suckering
suckering
verb
present participle of sucker
sucking
sucking
adj
(archaic) Still nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.
(archaic, by extension, figurative) Young and inexperienced.
noun
A sound or motion that sucks.
An act of sucking.
verb
present participle of suck
suckling
suckling
noun
(gerund) The act of suckling.
A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.
An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
verb
present participle of suckle
sucklings
sucklings
noun
plural of suckling
superacknowledgment
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
trackingscout
truckings
truckings
noun
plural of trucking
unacknowledgedness
unbluestockingish
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.