(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backlighted
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
bathkol
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
bibliotheke
bibliotheke
noun
Alternative form of bibliotheque
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
blackheartedly
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blackpatch
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackshirted
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blatherskite
blatherskite
noun
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
bletherskate
blithelike
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bothlike
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
breithablik
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
buckholts
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
bushelbasket
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
hackbolt
hackbolt
noun
(archaic, Scilly Isles) The greater shearwater or hagdon.
halterbreak
halterbreak
verb
To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
halterbreaks
halterbreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halterbreak
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
heartblock
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kathemoglobin
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
leatherback
leatherback
noun
A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.
leatherbacks
leatherbacks
noun
plural of leatherback
leatherbark
liebknecht
sabbathlike
shackbolt
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
sketchable
sketchable
adj
Capable of being sketched.
thimblelike
thimblelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a thimble.
thimblemaker
thimblemaking
thinkability
thinkability
Noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkably
thinkably
adv
(philosophy) Such that it can be thought.
thumblike
thumblike
adj
Resembling a thumb.
unbluestockingish
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
unshockability
unshrinkability
unshrinkability
noun
The quality of being unshrinkable.
unsketchable
unsketchable
adj
Not sketchable.
unthinkability
unthinkability
Noun
The property of being unthinkable.
unthinkable
unthinkable
adj
Incapable of being believed; incredible.
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.