(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkekengi
alkekengi
noun
A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
The flavoursome berry of this plant.
amagasaki
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
antikings
antikings
noun
plural of antiking
arguslike
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
awakening
awakening
adj
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
noun
(figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
The act of becoming aware of something.
verb
present participle of awaken
backening
backlings
backsight
backsight
noun
(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.
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.
bagmaking
bagmaking
noun
The manufacture of bags.
bagritski
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkening
barkening
verb
present participle of barken
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bengkalis
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
biforking
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
brookings
brookings
Proper noun
A city in South Dakota, USA
A city in Oregon, USA.
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
bywalking
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
canmaking
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chinkiang
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chungking
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cocketing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
convoking
convoking
verb
present participle of convoke
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
cuckooing
cuckooing
noun
(UK) A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used by them as a base for their activities.
The call of a cuckoo.
verb
present participle of cuckoo
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
dackering
daikering
daikering
verb
present participle of daiker
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darkening
darkening
noun
The act of something becoming darker.
verb
present participle of darken
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
deticking
deticking
verb
present participle of detick
dickering
dickering
noun
bargaining
bartering
verb
present participle of dicker
diemaking
dikegrave
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
disliking
disliking
noun
gerund of dislike: a dislike.
verb
present participle of dislike
disyoking
disyoking
verb
present participle of disyoke
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
dogwinkle
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
drygalski
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
dyemaking
eaglelike
eaglelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an eagle.
eikonogen
eikonogen
noun
(chemistry, photography) The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C₁₀H₅(OH)(NH₂)SO₃Na, used as a photographic developer.
embanking
embanking
verb
present participle of embank
embarking
embarking
noun
An embarkation.
verb
present participle of embark
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
enlinking
enlinking
verb
present participle of enlink
fanmaking
fanmaking
noun
The manufacture of fans.
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
finicking
finicking
adj
finical
noun
finicky behaviour; fussing
finksburg
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frogskins
frogskins
noun
plural of frogskin
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
funmaking
gablelike
gablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gable.
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
galziekte
galziekte
noun
(South Africa) A disease of cattle caused by Trypanosoma theileri.
garfinkel
gauzelike
gauzelike
adj
Like or resembling gauze.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gawkihood
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
geckotian
geckotian
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A gecko.
geckotoid
gekkonoid
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
giantkind
giantkind
noun
All giants, considered as a group.
giantlike
giantlike
adj
Like a giant; enormous.
gieseking
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gimmicked
gimmicked
adj
Furnished with gimmicks
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gimmick
gimmickry
gimmickry
noun
Gimmicks collectively.
The use of gimmicks.
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
gitanemuk
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
glasslike
glasslike
adj
Resembling glass.
globelike
globelike
adj
Resembling a globe.
glovelike
glovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glove.
glumelike
glumelike
adj
Resembling a glume.
gnomelike
gnomelike
adj
Resembling a gnome.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
godmaking
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gooselike
gooselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
gooseskin
gooseskin
noun
A kind of thin soft leather.
The skin of a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on.