(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
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstamping
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biscuitmaking
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
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.
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
cabinetmakings
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
cricketings
cricketings
noun
plural of cricketing
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
gieseckite
gieseckite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.
glossokinesthetic
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
gobstick
gottschalk
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
guiltsick
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.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gunstocking
gunstocks
gunstocks
noun
plural of gunstock
heartsickening
highpockets
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
jestingstock
kickstarting
kickstarting
verb
present participle of kickstart
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
lickspittling
lickspittling
verb
present participle of lickspittle
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
markgenossenschaft
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
mcknightstown
meatpackings
mockingstock
mockingstock
noun
A butt of jokes; an object of derision.
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightsticks
nightsticks
noun
plural of nightstick
nightstock
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
overstocking
overstocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn over another stocking.
verb
present participle of overstock
patricksburg
peasticking
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.
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pigstickers
pigstickers
noun
plural of pigsticker
pigsticking
pigsticking
verb
present participle of pigstick
pigsticks
pigsticks
noun
plural of pigstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigstick
racketeerings
racketeerings
noun
plural of racketeering
resketching
resketching
verb
present participle of resketch
restacking
restacking
noun
The act or result of stacking something again.
verb
present participle of restack
restocking
restocking
noun
An act of replenishing stock.
verb
present participle of restock
ringstick
saugatuck
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
scoffingstock
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
sidetracking
sidetracking
verb
present participle of sidetrack
singlestick
singlestick
noun
(uncountable) A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.
A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.
singlesticker
singlesticks
singlesticks
noun
plural of singlestick
skepticizing
skepticizing
verb
present participle of skepticize
sketching
sketching
noun
Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
verb
present participle of sketch
sketchingly
skyrocketing
skyrocketing
verb
present participle of skyrocket
slockingstone
socketing
socketing
verb
present participle of socket
spectaclemaking
spectaclemaking
noun
The manufacture of spectacles (eyewear).
spitchcocking
spitchcocking
verb
present participle of spitchcock
stackage
stackage
noun
A tax on things stacked.
Hay, grain, etc. in stacks; things stacked.
stackering
stackgarth
stacking
stacking
noun
(chemistry, countable) A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.
(photography) An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.
(television) A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.
(uncountable) Sport stacking.
Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.
The act by which something is stacked.
verb
present participle of stack
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
starchmaking
steckling
stencilmaking
stencilmaking
noun
The manufacture of stencils.
stickage
sticking
sticking
noun
(historical, in the plural) Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc.
A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
verb
present participle of stick
stickling
stickling
verb
present participle of stickle
sticktight
sticktight
noun
Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.
sticktights
sticktights
noun
plural of sticktight
stockading
stockading
verb
present participle of stockade
stockage
stockage
noun
stock; a supply of goods stored for later use
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbridge
stockbrokerage
stockbrokerage
noun
stockbroking
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
stockholdings
stockholdings
noun
plural of stockholding
stocking
stocking
noun
(forestry) A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
verb
present participle of stock
stockinged
stockinged
adj
Wearing socks but no shoes.
Wearing stockings.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stocking
stockinger
stockinger
noun
One who weaves stockings.
stockinging
stockingless
stockingless
adj
Not wearing stockings.
stockings
stockings
noun
plural of stocking
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
stockjudging
stockkeeping
stockkeeping
noun
stock control
stockmaking
stockpiling
stockpiling
noun
The process of building up a stockpile.
verb
present participle of stockpile
stockriding
stocktaking
stocktaking
noun
the act of taking an inventory of merchandise etc.
the reappraisal of a situation or of one's prospects
stocktakings
stocktakings
noun
plural of stocktaking
stockwright
strackling
straightjacket
straightjacket
noun
Misspelling of straitjacket.
strickling
strickling
verb
present participle of strickle
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.