The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
chalkography
changchiakow
changepocket
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
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
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
ducklingship
fishybacking
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
interchoking
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
kanchenjunga
kinchinjunga
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
neugkroschen
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.
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
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.
schnorkeling
schomburgkia
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
shellackings
shellackings
noun
plural of shellacking
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
shockingness
shockingness
noun
The state or quality of being shocking.
speechmaking
speechmaking
noun
The delivery of speeches
starchmaking
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.