(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.
alkylogen
amagasaki
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
anglehook
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
aufklrung
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.
backspang
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
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
bergamask
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
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
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
boghazkoy
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
brakeages
breakages
breakages
noun
plural of breakage
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
brokerage
brokerage
noun
A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker (e.g., stockbroker).
The commission paid to a broker.
The occupation of being a broker.
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
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
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
buzzgloak
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
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cockermeg
cockermeg
noun
An arrangement of pit props used to support a coalface
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
cooksburg
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
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
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.
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drygalski
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
dyemaking
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
eaglelike
eaglelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an eagle.
edgemaker
edgemaker
noun
One who manufactures the edges of shoes.
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.
fenugreek
fenugreek
noun
Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
finicking
finicking
adj
finical
noun
finicky behaviour; fussing
finksburg
flagmaker
flagmaker
noun
One who manufactures flags.
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.
folksongs
folksongs
noun
plural of folksong
folkvangr
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.
gamecocks
gamecocks
noun
plural of gamecock
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.