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
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.
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.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttermaking
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluelikeness
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
heilungkiang
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
kanchenjunga
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.
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.
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
adj
That tends to cause leukemia
loudspeaking
markleysburg
muskellunges
muskellunges
noun
plural of muskellunge
neugkroschen
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
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
passadumkeag
poughkeepsie
poughkeepsie
Proper noun
a city in New York State, USA
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
skullduggery
skullduggery
noun
Alternative spelling of skulduggery (US) in
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
toughkenamon
tunnelmaking
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underkingdom
underkingdom
noun
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
The realm of an underking.
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing