(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
bankrolling
bankrolling
verb
present participle of bankroll
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
barkpeeling
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
beglerbeglik
beglerbeglik
noun
Alternative form of beglerbeglic
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
billbroking
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
noun
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
blitzkrieged
blitzkrieging
blitzkriegs
blitzkriegs
noun
plural of blitzkrieg
blockaderunning
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
bolingbroke
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
bricklining
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
chikmagalur
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
counterlocking
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drygalski
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
ereshkigal
ereshkigel
erlking
erlking
noun
(mythology) In German literature and modern pseudo-mythology, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.
erlkings
erlkings
noun
plural of erlking
fingerlike
fingerlike
adj
Resembling a finger, especially in shape
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
fliegerabwehrkanone
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
folksingers
folksingers
noun
plural of folksinger
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
foretalking
forklifting
forklifting
verb
present participle of forklift
frankalmoign
frankalmoign
noun
(UK, historical) A form of land tenure in return for religious duty or service.
frankalmoigne
frankalmoigne
noun
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
fringelike
fringelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fringe.
friskingly
friskingly
adv
With frisking movements; while leaping.
froglike
froglike
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
gallerylike
gallerylike
adj
Resembling a gallery, especially an art gallery
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garfinkel
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garnetlike
gavelkinder
gavelkinder
noun
One who inherits through gavelkind.
gelsenkirchen
germlike
germlike
adj
Having the characteristics of a germ
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
girllike
girllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girl.
girllikeness
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
gorgonlike
gorgonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.
gorillalike
gorillalike
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
gorkhali
gorlicki
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
granitelike
granitelike
adj
Resembling granite.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
gratelike
gravelike
gravelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
greekling
greekling
Noun
A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.
greenbackville
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
grieshuckle
grilikhes
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
grillwork
grillwork
noun
The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
grimalkin
grimalkin
noun
(archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.
A cat, especially an elderly female.
grippelike
groovelike
groovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a groove (channel or depression).
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gumpoldskirchner
gurkhali
gurolinick
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hallmarking
hallmarking
noun
The action of making a hallmark
verb
present participle of hallmark
hankeringly
hankeringly
adv
In a hankering manner.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
herringlike
herringlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herring
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hyperlinking
hyperlinking
verb
present participle of hyperlink
inkslinger
inkslinger
noun
(derogatory) A careless or unskilful writer.
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interlinkage
interlinkage
noun
linkage together
interlinking
interlinking
adj
Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
noun
A linking between things or concepts; an interconnection.
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
verb
present participle of interlock
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jackrolling
jackrolling
noun
(South Africa) gang rape of women by men
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.