(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.
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
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
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
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
deticking
deticking
verb
present participle of detick
dickering
dickering
noun
bargaining
bartering
verb
present participle of dicker
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
finicking
finicking
adj
finical
noun
finicky behaviour; fussing
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.
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
geckotian
geckotian
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A gecko.
geckotoid
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.
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.
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grainsick
greensick
greensick
adj
Afflicted with green sickness.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
guiderock
guiltsick
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
havocking
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
hijacking
hijacking
noun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
verb
present participle of hijack
ickesburg
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
kakogenic
kawaguchi
ketogenic
ketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to ketogenesis.
kingcraft
kingcraft
noun
The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kingpiece
kinkcough
kinkcough
noun
Alternative form of chincough (“whooping cough”)
kiungchow
knockings
knockings
noun
plural of knocking
knuckling
knuckling
verb
present participle of knuckle
kvetching
kvetching
noun
Persistent complaining.
verb
present participle of kvetch
lackering
lackering
verb
present participle of lacker
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
lyricking
magicking
magicking
verb
present participle of magic
mangohick
mimicking
mimicking
noun
(uncountable) gerund of mimic: mimicry; (countable) an instance of this.
verb
present participle of mimic
mockingly
mockingly
adv
Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
neckinger
neckinger
noun
(obsolete, slang) A neckerchief.
nickelage
nickeling
nickeling
noun
Alternative form of nickelling
verb
present participle of nickel
nickering
nickering
noun
The sound of a horse that nickers.
verb
present participle of nicker
noncaking
noncaking
adj
Not caking.
noncoking
noncoking
adj
Not coking.
packaging
packaging
noun
(by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
The act of packing something.
The industry that produces such material.
The materials used to pack something.
verb
present participle of package
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
pancaking
pancaking
verb
present participle of pancake
panicking
panicking
verb
present participle of panic
pickaxing
pickaxing
verb
present participle of pickax
pickering
pickering
Proper noun
A town in North Yorkshire, England.
A city in Ontario, Canada.
from the town.
picketing
picketing
noun
The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
verb
present participle of picket
piggyback
piggyback
adj
Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
On somebody's back or shoulders.
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
noun
(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
An act or instance of piggybacking.
verb
(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
(transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
(transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
(transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
(transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
(transitive, intransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
pigsticks
pigsticks
noun
plural of pigstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigstick
pocketing
pocketing
noun
A structure resembling a pocket or pouch.
Material used for making pockets for clothing.
The act of something being illicitly taken or purloined.
verb
present participle of pocket
prickling
prickling
noun
A sensation that prickles.
verb
present participle of prickle
puckering
puckering
noun
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
verb
present participle of pucker
racketing
racketing
noun
(dated) A carouse; a reckless dissipation.
verb
present participle of racket
rackingly
rackingly
adv
So as to cause suffering.
ragpicker
ragpicker
noun
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
reckoning
reckoning
noun
(archaic) Rank or status.
(archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
A summing up or appraisal.
The action of calculating or estimating something.
The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
verb
present participle and gerund of reckon
recocking
recocking
verb
present participle of recock
recooking
recooking
verb
present participle of recook
redocking
redocking
noun
A method of producing a ligand-protein complex
repacking
repacking
noun
The process of packing something again or anew.
verb
present participle of repack
ringnecks
ringnecks
noun
plural of ringneck
ringstick
rocketing
rocketing
verb
present participle of rocket
rockingly
rockingly
adv
With a rocking sound or motion.
rocklings
rocklings
noun
plural of rockling
screaking
screaking
noun
A shriek or screech.
verb
present participle of screak
sedgewick
sedgewick
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
shackings
shackling
shackling
verb
present participle of shackle
shuckings
shuckings
noun
plural of shucking
sickening
sickening
adj
(LGBT slang) Amazing, fantastic.
Causing sickness or disgust.
noun
The act of making somebody sick.
verb
present participle of sicken
sicklying
sicklying
verb
present participle of sickly
sketching
sketching
noun
Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
verb
present participle of sketch
slingback
slingback
noun
A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
smockings
smockings
noun
plural of smocking
socketing
socketing
verb
present participle of socket
spackling
spackling
noun
Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
verb
present participle of spackle
speckling
speckling
noun
A pattern of small spots
ticking (the fabric)
verb
present participle of speckle
steckling
stickling
stickling
verb
present participle of stickle
stockings
stockings
noun
plural of stocking
stuckling
suckering
suckering
verb
present participle of sucker
sucklings
sucklings
noun
plural of suckling
swingback
tackingly
tacklings
tacklings
noun
plural of tackling
thwacking
thwacking
noun
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
verb
present participle of thwack
ticketing
ticketing
noun
(UK, mining, dated) A periodic sale of ore in the mining districts, in which buyers wrote their bids upon tickets.
The issuing or selling of tickets.
verb
present participle of ticket
tonicking
tonicking
verb
present participle of tonic
trackings
trackings
noun
plural of tracking
trickling
trickling
noun
The act or result of something that trickles.
verb
present participle of trickle
truckings
truckings
noun
plural of trucking
truckling
truckling
adj
Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
noun
fawning; ingratiation
verb
present participle of truckle
tuckering
tuckering
verb
present participle of tucker
unchoking
unchoking
verb
present participle of unchoke
uncocking
uncocking
verb
present participle of uncock
uncorking
uncorking
verb
present participle of uncork
undocking
undocking
noun
The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock.