hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
verb
present participle of backpack
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspang
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
barkpeeling
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beekeepings
berrypicking
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
chalkography
changepocket
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
cottonpicking
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
ducklingship
evilspeaking
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gainspeaker
gainspeaker
noun
(obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
gainspeaking
gainspeaking
noun
(obsolete) A speaking against; opposition.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamekeepers
gamekeepers
noun
plural of gamekeeper
gamekeeping
gamekeeping
noun
The keeping of game; the occupation of a gamekeeper.
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
gangplanks
gangplanks
noun
plural of gangplank
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garpike
garpike
noun
(especially UK) A saltwater fish in the family Belonidae.
(especially US) A freshwater fish in the family Lepisosteidae.
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gatekeep
gatekeep
noun
A gatekeeper.
verb
(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gatekeeping
gatekeeping
verb
present participle and gerund of gatekeep
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
geeldikkop
geeldikkop
noun
(South Africa) tribulosis
geopolitik
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
glykopectic
glykopexic
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalkeepers
goalkeepers
noun
plural of goalkeeper
goalkeeping
goalkeeping
noun
The art of a goalkeeper.
verb
present participle of goalkeep
goldenknop
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gopak
gopak
noun
Alternative form of hopak
gorakhpur
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
grapestalk
greenkeeper
greenkeeper
noun
(golf) An employee responsible for the maintenance of a golf course.
greenkeepers
greenkeepers
noun
plural of greenkeeper
greenkeeping
greenkeeping
noun
The maintenance of a golf course.
greenskeeper
greenskeeper
noun
Alternative form of greenkeeper
grippelike
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
gumpoldskirchner
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
highpockets
hockingport
homekeeping
homekeeping
adj
Staying at home.
noun
Synonym of housekeeping (“looking after domestic affairs in a house”)
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
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.
hyperlinking
hyperlinking
verb
present participle of hyperlink
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
inspeaking
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
isokeraunographic
jackpiling
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
jkping
jonkoping
kalumpang
kampong
kampong
noun
(Cambodia) A landing, a port; a river town.
Dated spelling of kampung.
kampongs
kampongs
noun
plural of kampong
kapfenberg
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
katjepiering
keepering
keepering
noun
gamekeeping
keeping
keeping
noun
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
charge or care.
conformity or harmony.
verb
present participle of keep
keepings
keepings
noun
plural of keeping
kelping
kelping
verb
present participle of kelp
kepping
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
ketapang
ketapang
noun
The tropical tree Terminalia catappa.
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kiangpu
kidnaping
kidnaping
noun
(US, proscribed) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
verb
(US) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
(US) present participle of kidnap
kidnapping
kidnapping
noun
(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
verb
present participle of kidnap
kidnappings
kidnappings
noun
plural of kidnapping
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinescoping
kinescoping
verb
present participle of kinescope
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kingcup
kingcup
noun
(Britain, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
kingdomship
kingklip
kingklip
noun
A popular South African food fish; Genypterus capensis .
kingpiece
kingpin
kingpin
noun
(ten-pin bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
(transport) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.
(transport) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.
The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
The most important person in an undertaking or organization.
kingpins
kingpins
noun
plural of kingpin
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingship
kingship
noun
A monarchy.
The dignity, rank or office of a king; the state of being a king.