(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
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.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
blackhander
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
buckwashing
bunchbacked
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
chelyabinsk
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
cruickshank
finchbacked
hackneyedly
handkercher
handkercher
noun
Obsolete form of handkerchief.
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
highjacking
highjacking
noun
Alternative form of hijacking
verb
present participle of highjack
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
jackanapish
jackanapish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jackanapes.
jinrickshas
jinrickshas
noun
plural of jinricksha
jinrickshaw
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
kamanichile
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
karakatchan
karyenchyma
kawchodinne
kinaestheic
kinorhyncha
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
krishnaitic
kwangchowan
landsknecht
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
machinelike
machinelike
adj
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
nakhichevan
nakhichevan
Proper noun
historically a region of Greater Armenia, divided between the provinces Vaspurakan and Syunik; currently a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan, officially Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
the capital city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
nunapitchuk
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
packmanship
pfannkuchen
pickthankly
quackenbush
rockhampton
rockhampton
Proper noun
A village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Proper noun
A regional city of Queensland, Australia.
shacklebone
shammocking
shankpieces
shellacking
shellacking
noun
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
The act or process of coating with shellac.
verb
present participle of shellac
spinachlike
spinachlike
Adjective
Resembling spinach.
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
stockhausen
thackerayan
thackerayan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
tunkhannock
tunkhannock
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
unhackneyed
unhackneyed
adj
Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.
Unpractised, inexperienced.
unshackling
unshackling
verb
present participle of unshackle
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).