The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
folkething
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
helmetmaking
helsingkite
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
kalokagathia
kalokagathia
noun
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kathemoglobin
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
knightdale
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightlihood
knightlihood
noun
Quality of being knightly.
knightlike
knightlike
adj
Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
knightliness
knightliness
noun
knightly behaviour; chivalry
knightling
knightling
noun
A small or petty knight.
knightly
knightly
adj
Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
adv
In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
knightsville
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lightkeeper
lightkeeper
noun
The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
lightninglike
lightninglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
nightlike
nightlike
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
nightwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwalking
nightwalking
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
sketchingly
skylight
skylight
noun
(architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
(physics) Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.
(volcanology) A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.
A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.
skylights
skylights
noun
plural of skylight
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
stockholdings
stockholdings
noun
plural of stockholding
taghlik
telekinematography
thegnlike
thimblemaking
thinglike
thinglike
adj
(philosophy) Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.