(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
backbitings
backbitings
noun
plural of backbiting
backcrossing
backcrossing
noun
(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlings
backlins
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backpointers
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstein
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
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.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanising
balkanising
verb
present participle of balkanise
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balkinesses
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
baloskion
baloskionaceae
bangwaketsi
bankings
bankings
noun
plural of banking
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptship
banksia
banksia
noun
A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
banksian
banksian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basinlike
basinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basin.
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
baskin
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
baskonize
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
bearskin
bearskin
noun
(dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.
A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
bearskins
bearskins
noun
plural of bearskin
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beekeepings
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bellowsmaking
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
bengkalis
bentincks
berkeleianism
berskin
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bestink
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
bikinis
bikinis
noun
Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
plural of bikini
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
bilskirnir
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
biscuitmaking
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bismarckianism
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
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
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
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
blankenship
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blankmindedness
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinkers
blinkers
noun
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
plural of blinker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blinker
blinks
blinks
noun
Montia fontana, a herbaceous annual plant in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).
plural of blink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blink
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blockheadishness
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boarskin
bobolinks
bobolinks
noun
plural of bobolink
bockstein
bodkins
bodkins
noun
plural of bodkin
bodkinwise
bodykins
bolshevikian
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindings
bookbindings
noun
plural of bookbinding
bookiness
bookiness
noun
The quality of being booky.
bookings
bookings
noun
plural of booking
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
boomkins
boomkins
noun
plural of boomkin
bootikins
bootikins
noun
plural of bootikin
boskiness
boskiness
noun
The state or quality of being bosky.
boscage
boskinesses
bosniak
bosniak
Noun
A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.
A person typically characterized by their ties to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.