(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlings
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backlogs
backlogs
noun
plural of backlog
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
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.
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
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
backspang
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
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
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.
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biscuitmaking
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
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
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacksburg
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
blagoveshchensk
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
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.
blocksburg
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
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bumsucking
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
cabinetmakings
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
cooksburg
fishybacking
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
gebrauchsmusik
gemsbuck
gemsbuck
noun
Alternative form of gemsbok
gemsbucks
gemsbucks
noun
plural of gemsbuck
gobstick
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
greenbackers
greenbackers
noun
plural of greenbacker
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
groesbeck
groesbeck
Proper noun
a CDP in Ohio, USA, named after
a city in Texas, USA, and the county seat of Named after a railroad employee.
hogbacks
hogbacks
noun
plural of hogback
ickesburg
jacksonburg
kickboxings
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
linebackings
lockesburg
macksburg
megabucks
megabucks
noun
(informal) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
plural of megabuck
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
patricksburg
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
quicksburg
sackbag
schomburgkia
slingback
slingback
noun
A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
smicksburg
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbridge
stockbrokerage
stockbrokerage
noun
stockbroking
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
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.
subpackage
subpackage
noun
(object-oriented programming) A package situated hierarchically below another package.
A physical package contained within another package.
verb
(transitive) To place (an object) in a package which is itself inside a package.