simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
blacktongue
blockaderunning
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
boghazkeui
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
cokeburg
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
doublethinking
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughmaker
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
geoduck
geoduck
noun
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
(countable) a member of the species.
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
(uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
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.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
goeduck
gorkiesque
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
guauaenok
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
guidebook
guidebook
noun
Alternative spelling of guide book
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
guiderock
gumbolike
gumpoldskirchner
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
isokeraunographic
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
keerogue
keerogue
noun
(Ireland) A beetle.
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
kilogausses
kilogausses
noun
plural of kilogauss
kithogue
konigshutte
krugersdorp
kugelhof
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
adj
That tends to cause leukemia
lockesburg
loudspeaking
muskallonge
muskego
muskegon
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
muskogean
muskogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
muskogee
muskogee
Noun
A member of an American Indian people; the Creek.
Proper noun
The language spoken by these people.
A city in Oklahoma.
muskogees
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
neugkroschen
nonhousekeeping
nonhousekeeping
adj
Not of or relating to housekeeping.
oaktongue
okmulgee
oligotokeus
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
outseeking
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
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.
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
poughkeepsie
poughkeepsie
Proper noun
a city in New York State, USA
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
rougelike
rougelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of rouge.
roughneck
roughneck
noun
(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
verb
To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
skeletogenous
skeletogenous
adj
Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.
skeough
skylounge
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
tonguelike
tonguelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tongue.
toughkenamon
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
troughlike
troughlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
unbluestockingish
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underkingdom
underkingdom
noun
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
The realm of an underking.
underreckoning
underreckoning
verb
present participle of underreckon
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
underworking
underworking
noun
lower or underlying workings
verb
present participle of underwork
unfroglike
unfroglike
adj
Not froglike.
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
unghostlike
unghostlike
adj
Not ghostlike.
ungoatlike
ungoatlike
adj
Not goatlike.
ungodlike
ungodlike
adj
Not godlike.
ungospellike
ungospellike
adj
Not gospellike.
unknowingness
unknowingness
noun
The quality of not knowing; ignorance of something.