(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backchecking
backchecking
verb
present participle of backcheck
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
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backstitches
backstitches
noun
plural of backstitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch
bankruptship
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blackshirted
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blatherskite
blatherskite
noun
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bolshevikian
bolshevikism
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
chickenberry
chokeberries
chokeberries
noun
plural of chokeberry
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fishybacking
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
kinetophobia
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
neighborlike
neighborlike
adj
US standard spelling of neighbourlike.
nonbookishly
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
schomburgkia
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
svarabhaktic
svarabhaktic
adj
Of or relating to svarabhakti.
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback