(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
bankruptship
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
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
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
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bolshevikian
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
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
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
cheekinesses
cheekinesses
noun
plural of cheekiness
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chemokinesis
chemokinesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
chickenshits
chickenshits
noun
plural of chickenshit
choleokinase
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
conshohocken
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
dhodheknisos
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
ducklingship
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
fishybacking
freakishness
freakishness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
freethinkers
freethinkers
noun
plural of freethinker
hackettstown
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
hawkinsville
headshrinker
headshrinker
noun
Alternative form of head-shrinker
hemokoniosis
homelikeness
homelikeness
noun
The quality of being homelike.
homeokinesis
homeokinesis
noun
The dynamic formation of equilibrium in a bodily function.
homesickness
homesickness
noun
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
honeystucker
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
hookswinging
hopkinsonian
hopkinsville
hopkinsville
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
horsekeeping
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
hyperkineses
hyperkineses
noun
plural of hyperkinesis
hyperkinesia
hyperkinesia
noun
hyperkinesis
hyperkinesis
hyperkinesis
noun
(pathology) A condition especially of childhood characterized by hyperactivity.
(pathology) Abnormally increased and sometimes uncontrollable activity or muscular movements.
kinaesthesia
kinaesthesia
noun
Alternative spelling of kinesthesia
kinaesthesis
kinaesthesis
noun
Alternative form of kinesthesis
kinaesthetic
kinaesthetic
adj
Alternative form of kinesthetic
kinesthesias
kinesthesias
noun
plural of kinesthesia
kinetochores
kinetochores
noun
plural of kinetochore
kinrossshire
kitchenettes
kitchenettes
noun
plural of kitchenette
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kithlessness
kithlessness
noun
(rare) Absence of friends or acquaintances.
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
knightliness
knightliness
noun
knightly behaviour; chivalry
knightsville
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
leathernecks
leathernecks
noun
plural of leatherneck
loansharking
loansharking
verb
present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
marksmanship
marksmanship
noun
The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
monkeyshines
monkeyshines
noun
plural of monkeyshine
neckerchiefs
neckerchiefs
noun
plural of neckerchief
neugkroschen
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nonbookishly
nonshrinking
nonshrinking
adj
That does not suffer from shrinkage.
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.
photokineses
photokineses
noun
plural of photokinesis
photokinesis
photokinesis
noun
(parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate light.
Any movement that is in response to light.
phrasemaking
phrasemaking
noun
The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
pokerishness
pokerishness
noun
Quality of being pokerish.
prankishness
prankishness
noun
Prankish behaviour; mischief.
preshrinkage
preshrinking
preshrinking
verb
present participle of preshrink
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
rakishnesses
saskatchewan
saskatchewan
Proper noun
A river in Canada.
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.
schnorkeling
scrimshanker
scrimshanker
noun
(UK, military, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.
shacklebones
sharkishness
sheepkeeping
sheetrocking
sheetrocking
verb
present participle of sheetrock
shellackings
shellackings
noun
plural of shellacking
shikimotoxin
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
shockingness
shockingness
noun
The state or quality of being shocking.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
skiagraphing
skiagraphing
verb
present participle of skiagraph
skittishness
skittishness
noun
The property of being skittish.
skrimshander
skrimshander
noun
Alternative form of scrimshander
sneakishness
sneakishness
noun
The quality of being sneakish.
sparkishness
sparkishness
noun
The quality of being sparkish.
speakerphone
speakerphone
noun
A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree.
A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
speechmaking
speechmaking
noun
The delivery of speeches
spindleshank
stakhanovism
stakhanovism
Noun
A system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity
stakhanovite
stakhanovite
Noun
An extremely productive or hard-working worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.
Adjective
Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working.
starchmaking
stickhandled
stickhandled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stickhandle
stickhandler
stickhandler
noun
(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.
stickhandles
stickhandles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stickhandle
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
stockishness
tadzhikistan
thankfullest
thankfullest
adj
superlative form of thankful: most thankful
thankfulness
thankfulness
noun
The state of being thankful.
thanksgiving
thanksgiving
noun
A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
thessalonike
thicknessing
thinkingness
thinkingness
noun
The quality of having thoughts; faculty of thinking.
thondrakians
thunderstick
thunderstick
noun
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle.
A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.