Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backliding
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backstring
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
bedticking
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blacksburg
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blocksburg
bocklogged
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bumsucking
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chuckingly
clankingly
clankingly
adv
With a clanking sound.
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
coinmaking
coinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coins.
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
dezincking
facemaking
finnicking
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.
verb
present participle of fossick
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
geckotidae
gieseckite
gieseckite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.
gimmickery
gimmickery
noun
Alternative form of gimmickry
gimmicking
gimmicking
verb
present participle of gimmick
girdlecake
gitanemuck
glucokinin
glykopexic
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
goldylocks
goldylocks
noun
(less common) Alternative spelling of goldilocks
gottschalk
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
guerickian
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gurolinick
hackleburg
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hughmanick
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
jacknifing
jackpiling
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
kratogenic
kremenchug
kyriologic
kyriologic
adj
kyriological
lacemaking
lacemaking
noun
The manufacture of lace.
lockesburg
lockmaking
lockmaking
noun
The manufacture of locks.
longshucks
mafficking
mafficking
noun
(dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude.
mammocking
mammocking
verb
present participle of mammock
mimmocking
miscooking
miscooking
verb
present participle of miscook
mockground
mosaicking
mosaicking
noun
A process in which a mosaic (of images) is constructed.
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
nickelling
nickelling
noun
(firearms) The metallic fouling of a gun's bore with fragments of bullet casing.
nicknaming
nicknaming
verb
present participle of nickname
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightstock
nitpicking
nitpicking
noun
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
nonarcking
nonlicking
nonlicking
adj
That does not lick.
outcooking
outcooking
verb
present participle of outcook
outkicking
outkicking
verb
present participle of outkick
outrocking
outrocking
verb
present participle of outrock
pacemaking
pacemaking
noun
The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
packagings
packagings
noun
plural of packaging
packmaking
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
peacocking
peacocking
noun
(seduction community) Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
pickeering
pickeering
verb
present participle of pickeer
picnicking
picnicking
noun
An expedition for the purpose of having a picnic.
verb
present participle of picnic
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
precooking
precooking
verb
present participle of precook
prepackage
prepackage
verb
(transitive) To enclose in packaging prior to sale.
prepacking
prepacking
verb
present participle of prepack
prickingly
prickingly
adv
With a pricking action or sensation.
quickening
quickening
noun
An increase of speed.
Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
The action of bringing someone or something to life.
The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
verb
present participle of quicken
quicksburg
racinglike
racinglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of racing.
ransacking
ransacking
noun
The act by which something is ransacked.
verb
present participle of ransack
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rechecking
rechecking
noun
A second or subsequent checking; reverification.
verb
present participle of recheck
reckonings
reckonings
noun
plural of reckoning
repackaged
repackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repackage
repackager
repackager
noun
An individual or company that repackages a product.
repackages
repackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repackage
restacking
restacking
noun
The act or result of stacking something again.
verb
present participle of restack
restocking
restocking
noun
An act of replenishing stock.
verb
present participle of restock
retracking
retracking
verb
present participle of retrack
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.