Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backliding
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backstring
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blacksburg
blakesburg
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bodymaking
boghazkeui
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
breakshugh
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bushmaking
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
clankingly
clankingly
adv
With a clanking sound.
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
coinmaking
coinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coins.
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
dekagramme
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dollmaking
dollmaking
noun
The manufacture of dolls.
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
doughmaker
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
earmarking
earmarking
noun
An earmark (funding designation).
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
verb
present participle of earmark
edgemaking
edgemaking
noun
The manufacture of the edges of shoes.
ereshkigal
facemaking
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
filemaking
filemaking
noun
The manufacture of files (rasping tools).
filmmaking
filmmaking
noun
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
The manufacture of physical film.
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
flagmaking
flagmaking
noun
The manufacture of flags.
frankewing
galleylike
galleylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a galley.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gangplanks
gangplanks
noun
plural of gangplank
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garnetlike
garnetwork
gastrodisk
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gawkhammer
geckotidae
gekkonidae
ginkgoales
girdlecake
gitanemuck
glassmaker
glassmaker
noun
A person or company that makes glass or glass items.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
gottschalk
grannyknot
grapestalk
gravemaker
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
guerickian
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gulbenkian
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
hackleburg
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
heatmaking
hedgemaker
hedgemaker
noun
One who constructs a hedge.
heelmaking
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
hookmaking
hookmaking
noun
The manufacture of hooks.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hughmanick
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
inspeaking
ironmaking
ironmaking
noun
The making of iron (from an ore)
jacknifing
jackpiling
jaywalking
jaywalking
noun
gerund of jaywalk.
verb
present participle of jaywalk
jogjakarta
kabaragoya
kabaragoya
noun
The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
kalgoorlie
kalgoorlie
Proper noun
A city in Western Australia.
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kangarooer
kangarooer
noun
One who hunts kangaroos.
kapfenberg
karamojong
karamojong
Proper noun
A Nilo-Saharan language of Uganda.
karinghota
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
katalyzing
katalyzing
verb
present participle of katalyze
keelhaling
keelhaling
verb
present participle of keelhale
kenduskeag
kentigerma
keratalgia
keratalgia
noun
Pain of the cornea
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
khagiarite
khagiarite
noun
(mineralogy) A black vitreous variety of pantellerite.