(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlogs
backlogs
noun
plural of backlog
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blacking
blacking
noun
A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
Shoe polish.
verb
present participle of black
blackleg
blackleg
noun
(countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
(countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.
(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
verb
To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
blackrag
blockage
blockage
noun
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
The state of being blocked.
constipation
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
bracking
bricking
bricking
noun
The act of pelting with bricks.
verb
present participle of brick
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
cackling
cackling
noun
A sound that cackles.
verb
present participle of cackle
cagelike
cagelike
adj
Like a cage.
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
checkage
checkage
noun
The act of marking with a check mark.
The items or amount to which attention is called by a check mark.
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
chekiang
chinking
chinking
noun
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
The sound of something that chinks.
verb
present participle of chink
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
chucking
chucking
noun
(engineering) The holding of an object in a chuck.
verb
present participle of chuck
chunking
chunking
noun
(computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
(mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
(psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
(writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
verb
present participle of chunk
clacking
clacking
noun
A sound that clacks.
verb
present participle of clack
clanking
clanking
noun
A noise that clanks.
verb
present participle of clank
cleeking
cleeking
verb
present participle of cleek
clerkage
clerkage
noun
The work of a clerk.
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clicking
clicking
noun
The sound or action of a click.
verb
present participle of click
clinking
clinking
noun
A noise that clinks.
verb
present participle of clink
cloakage
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
clocking
clocking
noun
A time measurement made according to a clock.
verb
present participle of clock
cloglike
cloglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
clonking
clonking
verb
present participle of clonk
clucking
clucking
adj
(slang, euphemistic) fucking (as intensifier)
noun
The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.
verb
present participle of cluck
clunking
clunking
adj
clunky; awkward
noun
A sound that clunks.
verb
present participle of clunk
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
cokeburg
comaking
cookings
cookings
noun
plural of cooking
corkages
corkages
noun
plural of corkage
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cracking
cracking
adj
(colloquial) Enjoyable.
(colloquial) Great.
That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
adv
(Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
noun
(chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface.
The production of a crack sound.
verb
present participle of crack
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
cragwork
cranking
cranking
noun
The act by which something is cranked.
verb
present participle of crank
creaking
creaking
noun
A noise that creaks.
verb
present participle of creak
cricking
cricking
verb
present participle of crick
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
dogtrick
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
dungbeck
fackings
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
gamecock
gamecock
noun
A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting.
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
gascheck
gavelock
gavelock
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) An iron crow or lever.
(rare, obsolete) A spear or dart.
gaverick
geckotid
geelbeck
gemsbuck
gemsbuck
noun
Alternative form of gemsbok
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
giesecke
gimcrack
gimcrack
adj
Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
noun
Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick.
verb
(transitive) To embellish with gimcracks.
(transitive) To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge.
gimmicks
gimmicks
noun
plural of gimmick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimmick
gimmicky
gimmicky
adj
Containing gimmicks.
Resembling, or characteristic of a gimmick.
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
glackens
gladbeck
gobstick
gorcocks
gorcocks
noun
plural of gorcock
gorlicki
grackles
grackles
noun
plural of grackle
grayback
grayback
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback
greenock
greenock
Proper noun
a town on the south side of the Scotland, which is the administrative centre of council area
a small town in the South Australia.
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
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.
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
guericke
gunlocks
gunlocks
noun
plural of gunlock
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
hackling
hackling
verb
present participle of hackle
heckling
heckling
noun
The act of one who heckles.
The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
verb
present participle of heckle
hedgcock
highjack
highjack
noun
Alternative spelling of hijack
hockling
hogbacks
hogbacks
noun
plural of hogback
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
keckling
keckling
noun
Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable.
kingchow
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
kitching
knacking
knacking
verb
present participle of knack
knocking
knocking
noun
(automotive) A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber.
An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
verb
present participle of knock
lickings
lickings
noun
plural of licking
lockages
lockages
noun
plural of lockage
lockings
lockings
noun
plural of locking
longlick
longneck
longneck
noun
A longneck eel.
A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
An apatosaur, or other similar sauropod.
lungsick
mackling
mackling
verb
present participle of mackle
magicked
magicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magic
mcknight
meckling
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
neckings
neckings
noun
plural of necking
nickling
ockeghem
packaged
packaged
adj
Having been placed in a package.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of package
packager
packager
noun
A comic book studio that produces content for comic book publishers on demand.
A person who packages.
A tool or machine used to package objects.
packages
packages
noun
plural of package
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of package
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
pickings
pickings
noun
plural of picking
pickling
pickling
noun
A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) or other metallic objects is chemically removed (by strong acids).
An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.
verb
present participle of pickle
pigstick
pigstick
noun
(nautical) A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.
(obsolete) An event or gathering at which pigs are hunted for sport.
A stick that is used for stabbing.
A waterjet disruptor used to disable explosive devices.
verb
(obsolete) To hunt pigs.
To stab.
pluckage
plucking
plucking
noun
(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.
(printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.
A fragment of something obtained by plucking.
verb
present participle of pluck
pricking
pricking
noun
(mining) A nicking.
(obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
A sensation that pricks.
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
verb
present participle of prick
puckling
quacking
quacking
adj
Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.
noun
The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.
verb
present participle of quack
quicking
quicking
verb
present participle of quick
reckling
reckling
noun
(archaic) A reckless person.
(archaic) A weak child or animal.
ringneck
ringneck
noun
Any of several unrelated birds that have a ringed neck.
rockling
rockling
noun
Any of certain fishes from other families.
Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
ruckling
ruckling
verb
present participle of ruckle
sackings
sackings
noun
plural of sacking
sculking
sculking
verb
present participle of sculk
sedgwick
shacking
shacking
verb
present participle of shack
shocking
shocking
adj
(colloquial) Extremely bad.
Inspiring shock; startling.
Unusually obscene or lewd.
noun
The application of an electric shock.
verb
present participle of shock
shucking
shucking
noun
An event at which something is shucked.
verb
present participle of shuck
sickling
sickling
noun
The deformation of red blood cells into an abnormal crescent shape.