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.
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blakesburg
blockaderunning
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
breakshugh
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
buttermaking
cokeburg
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doughmaker
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
fenugreek
fenugreek
noun
Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).
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.
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
gebrauchsmusik
gerenuk
gerenuk
noun
A type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
gerenuks
gerenuks
noun
plural of gerenuk
gluemaker
gluemaker
noun
A manufacturer of glue.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
gorkiesque
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
greenuk
grieshuckle
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
verb
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
grudgekin
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
guericke
guerickian
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
guiderock
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gummaker
gumpoldskirchner
gunmaker
gunmaker
noun
One who manufactures guns.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hackleburg
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hunkering
hunkering
verb
present participle of hunker
ickesburg
isokeraunographic
jenkinsburg
junggrammatiker
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
keansburg
keenesburg
keensburg
keerogue
keerogue
noun
(Ireland) A beetle.
keithsburg
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.
kerguelen
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
kerugma
kerugma
noun
Alternative spelling of kerygma
kerugmata
kerugmata
noun
plural of kerugma
keruing
keruing
noun
A hardwood timber from Malaysia and Indonesia
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kieselgur
kieselgur
noun
Alternative spelling of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
kiesselgur
kinghunter
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
klagenfurt
klausenburg
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
kremenchug
krisuvigite
krisuvigite
noun
(mineralogy) brochantite
krueger
kruger
krugerism
krugerite
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
krugersdorp
lockesburg
lurkingness
lurkingness
noun
Quality of lurking.
markleysburg
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
mecklenburgian
naumkeager
naumkeager
noun
(historical) The operator of a naumkeag machine.
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
neugkroschen
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
parkersburg
parkersburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
parkesburg
picturemaking
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
preundertaking
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
puckering
puckering
noun
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
verb
present participle of pucker
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebuking
rebuking
noun
The act of giving a rebuke.
verb
present participle of rebuke
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
recklinghausen
rougelike
rougelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of rouge.
roughneck
roughneck
noun
(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
verb
To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
ruglike
ruglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rug.
rugmaker
rugmaker
noun
One who manufactures rugs.
skulduggery
skulduggery
noun
(countable) A devious device or trick.
(uncountable) Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.
skullduggeries
skullduggeries
noun
plural of skullduggery
skullduggery
skullduggery
noun
Alternative spelling of skulduggery (US) in
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.