The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
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
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
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.
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
cementmaking
changepocket
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
interchoking
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
verb
present participle of interlock
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
jestingstock
kickstarting
kickstarting
verb
present participle of kickstart
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
matchmarking
meatpackings
mockingstock
mockingstock
noun
A butt of jokes; an object of derision.
nonattacking
nonattacking
adj
Not attacking.
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
overstocking
overstocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn over another stocking.
verb
present participle of overstock
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
patricksburg
pickeringite
pickeringite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
pickerington
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
rackateering
racketeering
racketeering
noun
The criminal action of being involved in a racket.
verb
present participle of racketeer
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
sidetracking
sidetracking
verb
present participle of sidetrack
singlesticks
singlesticks
noun
plural of singlestick
skepticizing
skepticizing
verb
present participle of skepticize
skyrocketing
skyrocketing
verb
present participle of skyrocket
starchmaking
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
stockingless
stockingless
adj
Not wearing stockings.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.