(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.
backspang
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
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.
bagritski
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
bengkalis
bergamask
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
brakeages
breakages
breakages
noun
plural of breakage
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
drygalski
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
gamecocks
gamecocks
noun
plural of gamecock
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gateworks
gavelocks
gavelocks
noun
plural of gavelock
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
glasslike
glasslike
adj
Resembling glass.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
goosebeak
grainsick
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
grasshook
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
graustark
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
grayslake
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
grosbeaks
grosbeaks
noun
plural of grosbeak
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.
gudesakes
gunnysack
gunnysack
noun
Alternative spelling of gunny sack
gymkhanas
gymkhanas
noun
plural of gymkhana
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
kaingangs
kalogeros
kangaroos
kangaroos
noun
plural of kangaroo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kangaroo
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
kaoliangs
kaoliangs
noun
plural of kaoliang
kashering
kashering
verb
present participle of kasher
katangese
katangese
Adjective
from, in or relating to Katanga (all senses)
Noun
The inhabitants or descendants of the people of Katanga (all senses)
keansburg
kearsarge
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilograms
kilograms
noun
plural of kilogram
kingsland
kingsnake
kingsnake
noun
Any of various colubrid snakes of the genus Lampropeltis.
kirigamis
kisangani
kisangani
Proper noun
The capital city of the Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
kiungshan
klagshamn
knaggiest
knaggiest
adj
superlative form of knaggy: most knaggy
knotgrass
knotgrass
noun
An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland
Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas
koksaghyz
koksaghyz
noun
The plant Taraxacum kok-saghyz, whose latex is used in rubber production.
kyanising
kyanising
verb
present participle of kyanise
kymograms
kymograms
noun
plural of kymogram
macksburg
megabucks
megabucks
noun
(informal) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
plural of megabuck
milkgrass
mismaking
mismaking
verb
present participle of mismake
mistaking
mistaking
noun
(obsolete) A mistake.
verb
present participle of mistake
muskgrass
muskogean
muskogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
nagkassar
outasking
outasking
verb
present participle of outask
packagers
packagers
noun
plural of packager
peakgoose
plankings
plankings
noun
plural of planking
reshaking
reshaking
verb
present participle of reshake
ringbarks
ringbarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ringbark
samogonka
samogonka
noun
Synonym of samogon
sanjakbeg
sanjakbeg
noun
(historical) Alternative form of sanjakbey: an official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
saugatuck
sawmaking
sawmaking
noun
The manufacture of saws.
screaking
screaking
noun
A shriek or screech.
verb
present participle of screak
sedgewake
shackings
shackling
shackling
verb
present participle of shackle
shagbarks
shagbarks
noun
plural of shagbark
shakingly
shakingly
adv
In a shaking manner; shakily
shankings
shankings
noun
plural of shanking
shikargah
shikargah
noun
(India, historical) A hunting-ground, or enclosed preserve.
(India, historical) An arabesque pattern depicting a variety of figures and groups of animals.
shrinkage
shrinkage
noun
(slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
singkamas
singkamas
noun
(Philippines) Synonym of jicama
skagerrak
skagerrak
Proper noun
The marine passage between Norway and Denmark, formerly also included the passage between Sweden and Denmark, comprising of the Kattegat.
skatology
skiagrams
skiagrams
noun
plural of skiagram
skiagraph
skiagraph
noun
(physics) Alternative form of sciagraph
verb
Alternative form of sciagraph
skiograph
skittaget
skowhegan
skowhegan
Proper noun
a town in Maine, USA
skraeling
skraeling
Noun
A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
Proper noun
A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).
slingback
slingback
noun
A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
snakeling
snakeling
noun
Diminutive of snake
a small snake
a snake hatchling
a young snake
soakingly
soakingly
adv
To the point of soaking; imparting extreme wetness.
spackling
spackling
noun
Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
verb
present participle of spackle
spankings
spankings
noun
plural of spanking
sparkling
sparkling
adj
(figurative) Brilliant and vivacious.
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
noun
A sparkling wine.
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
verb
present participle and gerund of sparkle
sparkplug
sparkplug
noun
Alternative form of spark plug
verb
(transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
speakings
speakings
noun
plural of speaking
squawking
squawking
noun
squawk, the sound of a squawk
verb
present participle of squawk
squeaking
squeaking
noun
A sound that squeaks.
verb
present participle of squeak
stagelike
stagelike
adj
(sciences) proceeding through discrete stages; often used of developmental processes.
Resembling or characteristic of a stage (setting where a dramatic work is performed).
streaking
streaking
noun
Condition of being streaked; a streak.
verb
present participle of streak
sugarlike
sugarlike
adj
Resembling sugar or some aspect of it.
sungkiang
swingback
tacklings
tacklings
noun
plural of tackling
trackages
trackages
noun
plural of trackage
trackings
trackings
noun
plural of tracking
truckages
truckages
noun
plural of truckage
tsinkiang
unmasking
unmasking
noun
The act by which somebody or something is unmasked.