(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
ankylosing
ankylosing
verb
present participle of ankylose
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antikings
antikings
noun
plural of antiking
antiskidding
antiskidding
adj
antiskid
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
arguslike
arsenicking
ashikaga
asking
asking
adj
That asks; that expresses a question or request.
noun
(in the plural) The marriage banns.
(rare in the singular) A request, or petition.
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
verb
present participle of ask
askingly
askingly
adv
In an asking manner; so as to ask.
askings
askings
noun
plural of asking
asterisking
asterisking
verb
present participle of asterisk
awakenings
awakenings
noun
plural of awakening
awakings
awakings
noun
plural of awaking
backbitings
backbitings
noun
plural of backbiting
backcrossing
backcrossing
noun
(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlings
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
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
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
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.
bagritski
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
balkanising
balkanising
verb
present participle of balkanise
bangwaketsi
bankings
bankings
noun
plural of banking
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
bellowsmaking
bengkalis
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
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.
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
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
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bushmaking
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
cabinetmakings
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
carjackings
carjackings
noun
plural of carjacking
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
casking
casking
verb
present participle of cask
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
clankingness
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
damaskeening
damaskeening
noun
Alternative form of damascening
verb
present participle of damaskeen
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dismarketing
dressmaking
dressmaking
noun
The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.
dressmakings
dressmakings
noun
plural of dressmaking
drygalski
earmarkings
earmarkings
noun
plural of earmarking
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
ereshkigal
evilspeaking
fackings
filmmakings
filmmakings
noun
plural of filmmaking
fishybacking
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
gadsbodikins
gadzookeries
gadzookeries
noun
plural of gadzookery
gainspeaker
gainspeaker
noun
(obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
gainspeaking
gainspeaking
noun
(obsolete) A speaking against; opposition.
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
galligaskin
galligaskins
galligaskins
noun
(archaic, historical) Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.
gallygaskins
gallygaskins
noun
Alternative form of galligaskins
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gaskill
gaskin
gaskin
noun
(in the plural) Trousers, hose.
A gasket.
Part of the hind leg of a horse, between the stifle and the hock.
gasking
gaskings
gaskins
gaskins
noun
plural of gaskin
gaslike
gaslike
adj
Having characteristics of a gas
gastrodisk
gawkies
gawkies
noun
plural of gawky
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkinesses
gawkinesses
noun
plural of gawkiness
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
gebrauchsmusik
gentlemanlikeness
gentlemanlikeness
noun
The quality of being gentlemanlike.
giantlikeness
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack