(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
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
backspringing
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backtracking
backtracking
noun
(aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
verb
present participle of backtrack
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackleggery
blackrag
blacksburg
blockaderunning
brackenridge
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bracking
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brickmaking
brickmaking
noun
The manufacture of bricks.
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
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.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
cabinetworking
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
carjackings
carjackings
noun
plural of carjacking
carking
carking
adj
(archaic) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).
noun
(archaic) Wearying; distress.
verb
present participle of cark
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chalkography
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
chikmagalur
chuckfarthing
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clerkage
clerkage
noun
The work of a clerk.
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
corkages
corkages
noun
plural of corkage
corkmaking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
cracking
cracking
adj
(colloquial) Enjoyable.
(colloquial) Great.
That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
adv
(Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
noun
(chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface.
The production of a crack sound.
verb
present participle of crack
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
cragwork
craking
craking
verb
present participle of crake
cranking
cranking
noun
The act by which something is cranked.
verb
present participle of crank
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
cratemaking
cratemaking
noun
The manufacture of crates.
creaking
creaking
noun
A noise that creaks.
verb
present participle of creak
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
creammaking
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
dackering
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garrick
garrick
noun
Synonym of leerfish
garvock
garvock
noun
(Scotland) A fish, the garvie or sprat.
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gaverick
gebrauchsmusik
gerlachovka
gimcrack
gimcrack
adj
Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
noun
Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick.
verb
(transitive) To embellish with gimcracks.
(transitive) To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge.
gimcrackery
gimcrackery
noun
tastelessness
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
girdlecake
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
gorchakov
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grackle
grackle
noun
(formerly) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
grackles
grackles
noun
plural of grackle
grainsick
grainsickness
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
grayback
grayback
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greenback
greenback
noun
(US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
(historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
(surfing) A wave that has not yet begun to break.
The United States dollar.
greenbacker
greenbacker
noun
Alternative form of Greenbacker
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
greenbackville
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
guerickian
gunrack
gunrack
noun
A rack for storing a gun.
hackleburg
heartsickening
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.