(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
bookings
bookings
noun
plural of booking
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
brooking
brooking
verb
present participle of brook
bunkoing
bunkoing
verb
present participle of bunko
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
clocking
clocking
noun
A time measurement made according to a clock.
verb
present participle of clock
cloglike
cloglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
clonking
clonking
verb
present participle of clonk
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
comaking
cookings
cookings
noun
plural of cooking
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
dogtrick
drouking
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
foreking
foreking
noun
A preceding king.
A predecessor on the throne.
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
froglike
froglike
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
frogskin
frogskin
noun
(US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar.
The skin of a frog, or leather made from it.
geckotid
gekkonid
gekkonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gekkonidae, the largest family of geckos.
giftbook
gingkoes
ginkgoes
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
goatlike
goatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goat.
goatskin
goatskin
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.
A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
The skin of a goat.
gobstick
gobylike
gobylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
goddikin
goldlike
goldlike
adj
Similar to it in color.
Similar to it in value.
gonglike
gonglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gong.
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gorkhali
gorlicki
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
hockling
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
invoking
invoking
verb
present participle of invoke
jingkoes
jokingly
jokingly
adv
In a joking manner.
jongkind
kaoliang
kaoliang
noun
A sorghum-based variety of baijiu.
Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.
killawog
killogie
killogie
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The fireplace of a kiln.
kilogram
kilogram
noun
(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
kimigayo
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
kingchow
kingdoms
kingdoms
noun
plural of kingdom
kinghood
kinghood
noun
The quality or state of being a king; kingship.
The state of being a king.
kinghorn
kingmont
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingston
kingston
noun
monkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
kingwood
kingwood
noun
(uncountable) The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking.
Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.
kinology
kinology
noun
The branch of physics that deals with the laws of motion.
kithogue
kitthoge
klingsor
knighton
knighton
Proper noun
a town in Powys, Wales, on the border with England. Its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England.
a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.
a suburb of Leicester, England.
a hamlet in Staffordshire, England, on the Shropshire border.
a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, part of Compton Beauchamp.
a hamlet near Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.
knobbing
knobbing
noun
(UK, vulgar, slang) A session of penetrative sexual intercourse.
A pattern of knobs or lumps.
verb
present participle of knob
knocking
knocking
noun
(automotive) A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber.
An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
verb
present participle of knock
knolling
knolling
verb
present participle of knoll
knorring
knotting
knotting
noun
(chiefly mathematics) The formation of a knot.
(uncountable, zoology) The swelling of the bulbus glandis.
verb
present participle of knot
knouting
knouting
noun
A flogging with a knout.
A leather scourge.
verb
present participle of knout
knowings
knowings
noun
plural of knowing
knowling
kodaking
kodaking
verb
present participle of kodak
koftgari
koftgari
noun
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.
kolodgie
kopfring
korrigan
korrigan
noun
A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
korrigum
korrigum
noun
Damaliscus korrigum korrigum, an antelope of a subspecies of the topi.
kotowing
kotowing
noun
Alternative form of kowtowing
verb
present participle of kotow
lockings
lockings
noun
plural of locking
longlick
nykobing
oikology
oikology
noun
(dated) The science of houses and homes, considered especially in respect of their sanitary conditions.
okinagan
overking
overking
noun
A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes; a ruler of an overkingdom; a king that is truly superior or supreme.
plonking
plonking
noun
A noise that plonks.
verb
present participle of plonk
pokingly
pokingly
adv
(dated) In a drudging, servile manner.
So as to poke out or protrude.
polkaing
polkaing
verb
present participle of polka
porkling
porkling
noun
(dated) A young pig; a porket.
quonking
quonking
verb
present participle of quonk
revoking
revoking
verb
present participle of revoke
reyoking
reyoking
verb
present participle of reyoke
rockling
rockling
noun
Any of certain fishes from other families.
Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
sagolike
sagolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sago.
shocking
shocking
adj
(colloquial) Extremely bad.
Inspiring shock; startling.
Unusually obscene or lewd.
noun
The application of an electric shock.
verb
present participle of shock
sigatoka
sigatoka
Proper noun
A town in Fiji.
A river in Fiji.
skiogram
skioring
skioring
noun
Alternative form of skijoring
skoaling
skoaling
noun
A traditional Scandinavian toast, especially with aquavit.
verb
present participle of skoal
smocking
smocking
noun
(sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
verb
present participle of smock
smokings
smokings
noun
plural of smoking
snoeking
snoeking
noun
Fishing for snoek.
snooking
snooking
verb
present participle of snook
songlike
songlike
adj
Resembling a song
spooking
spooking
noun
(blackjack, slang) The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook.
A supernatural fright.
verb
present participle of spook
stocking
stocking
noun
(forestry) A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
verb
present participle of stock
stooking
stooking
verb
present participle of stook
stroking
stroking
noun
(textiles) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
The act of making strokes.
verb
present participle of stroke
togalike
togalike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a toga.
tokening
tokening
noun
A token, sign, or proof.
That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.
The act or process of marking or designating.
verb
present participle of token
tongking
troaking
troaking
verb
present participle of troak
trocking
uncoking
uncoking
adj
Synonym of noncoking
unjoking
unjoking
adj
Not joking.
unyoking
unyoking
noun
The removal of a yoke.
verb
present participle of unyoke
workgirl
workgirl
noun
A young female laborer.
workings
workings
noun
The internal mechanism of some device or system.
The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.