(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlings
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
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.
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswing
backswing
noun
(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.
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biscuitmaking
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
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
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
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
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
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
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
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
cabinetmakings
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
carjackings
carjackings
noun
plural of carjacking
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
casking
casking
verb
present participle of cask
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
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
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
clankingness
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
cookings
cookings
noun
plural of cooking
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cricketings
cricketings
noun
plural of cricketing
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
fackings
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
finickingness
finickingness
noun
The quality of being finicking.
fishybacking
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.
verb
present participle of fossick
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
gebrauchsmusik
gelsenkirchen
giesecke
gieseckite
gieseckite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gimmickries
gimmickries
noun
plural of gimmickry
gimmicks
gimmicks
noun
plural of gimmick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimmick
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
glossokinesthetic
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.
gobstick
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
grainsick
grainsickness
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
greensick
greensick
adj
Afflicted with green sickness.
greensickness
greensickness
noun
Alternative form of green sickness
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
grieshuckle
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
guiltsick
gumpoldskirchner
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
gunstocking
heartsickening
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
highpockets
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
ickesburg
isokeraunographic
jestingstock
kickboxings
kickstarting
kickstarting
verb
present participle of kickstart
kinescoping
kinescoping
verb
present participle of kinescope
kinesiologic
kinesiologic
adj
Alternative form of kinesiological
kinesiological
kinesiological
adj
of, or related to kinesiology
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
knapsacking
knapsacking
verb
present participle of knapsack
kneecappings
kneecappings
noun
plural of kneecapping
knockings
knockings
noun
plural of knocking
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.