Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
asterisking
asterisking
verb
present participle of asterisk
backbitings
backbitings
noun
plural of backbiting
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.
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
bagritski
bangwaketsi
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.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biscuitmaking
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
blitzkriegs
blitzkriegs
noun
plural of blitzkrieg
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
cabinetmakings
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
cricketings
cricketings
noun
plural of cricketing
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dismarketing
duskingtide
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
eskimologist
eskimologist
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of Eskimologist
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
gastrodisk
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
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.
geekiest
geekiest
adj
superlative form of geeky: most geeky
gentlemanlikeness
gentlemanlikeness
noun
The quality of being gentlemanlike.
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostlikeness
giantlikeness
gieseckite
gieseckite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.
gitksan
glaiketness
glaikitness
glossokinesthetic
goatskin
goatskin
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.
A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
The skin of a goat.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
gobstick
graustarkian
greekist
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
groupthinks
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
grunitsky
guiltsick
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
gunstocking
heartsickening
helsingkite
highpockets
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
jestingstock
kartings
katagenesis
katagenesis
noun
Alternative form of catagenesis
keithsburg
kensington
kensington
noun
(dated, Midwestern US and Western US) A sewing circle for women.
ketogenesis
ketogenesis
noun
(physiology, biochemistry) The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.
keystroking
keystroking
verb
present participle of keystroke
kickstarting
kickstarting
verb
present participle of kickstart
kigensetsu
kiltings
kiltings
noun
plural of kilting
kindergartens
kindergartens
noun
plural of kindergarten
kindergartners
kindergartners
noun
plural of kindergartner
kinetogenesis
kinetogenesis
noun
(biology, historical) The neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
kinglets
kinglets
noun
plural of kinglet
kingliest
kingliest
adj
superlative form of kingly: most kingly
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsport
kingston
kingston
noun
monkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
kingstree
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kitlings
kitlings
noun
plural of kitling
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
klingerstown
knaggiest
knaggiest
adj
superlative form of knaggy: most knaggy
knightess
knightess
noun
(rare) A female knight.
(rare) The wife of a knight.
knighthoods
knighthoods
noun
plural of knighthood
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightliness
knightliness
noun
knightly behaviour; chivalry
knights
knights
noun
plural of knight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knight
knightsbridge
knightsen
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
knightstown
knightsville
knightswort
knigshte
knittings
knittings
noun
plural of knitting
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
knownothingism
kongsbergite
kongsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of silver containing about 5% mercury
konigshutte
konzentrationslager
kreistag
kremlinologist
kremlinologist
Noun
A person involved in Kremlinology.
kremlinologists
krisuvigite
krisuvigite
noun
(mineralogy) brochantite
kuskwogmiut
lagerkvist
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
lickspittling
lickspittling
verb
present participle of lickspittle
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.