A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
bassenthwaite
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bhowani
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
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
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bowdoinham
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
brainwasher
brainwasher
noun
Agent noun of brainwash; one who brainwashes.
brainwashers
brainwashers
noun
plural of brainwasher
brainwashes
brainwashes
noun
plural of brainwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brainwash
brainwashing
brainwashing
noun
Alternative spelling of brain-washing
verb
present participle of brainwash
brainwashjng
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
buckwashing
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
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
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
fliegerabwehrkanone
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
nawabship
nawabship
noun
The rank or condition of a nawab.
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
shallowbrain
shallowbrained
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
subwardenship
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
unblameworthiness
unweighability
unweighable
unweighable
adj
That cannot be weighed.
unweighableness
unwhisperable
unwhisperable
adj
Unable to be whispered; too sacred, terrible, etc. to be mentioned; unspeakable.
unwithdrawable
unwithdrawable
adj
Not withdrawable.
unwitherable
unwitherable
adj
Incapable of being withered; imperishable; timeless.
wahlenbergia
washbasin
washbasin
noun
A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
A laundry sink.
washbasins
washbasins
noun
plural of washbasin
washingtonboro
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
wheelabrating
whirlbrain
whizbang
whizbang
noun
(by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
(dated) A small artillery shell
(dated) A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding
whizbangs
whizbangs
noun
plural of whizbang
whizzbang
whizzbang
noun
Alternative form of whizbang
windbroach
witherband
witherband
noun
(obsolete) A piece of iron fixed in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.