Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backliding
backstring
balenciaga
bangiaceae
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
barcolongo
barnacling
barnacling
verb
present participle of barnacle
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
beccabunga
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
bechancing
bechancing
verb
present participle of bechance
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beclogging
beclogging
verb
present participle of beclog
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
beclowning
beclowning
verb
present participle of beclown
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becrusting
bedticking
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beneficing
beneficing
verb
present participle of benefice
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
bescouring
beseeching
beseeching
noun
A heartfelt plea.
verb
present participle of beseech
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bewitching
bewitching
adj
Enchanting.
noun
The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
biogenetic
biogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogenesis.
Of or pertaining to biogenetics.
biscuiting
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blancmange
blancmange
noun
(historical) A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
boschneger
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
boycotting
boycotting
noun
The act of something being boycotted.
verb
present participle of boycott
brachering
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
branchings
branchings
noun
plural of branching
branchling
branchling
noun
A small or young branch.
bratticing
bratticing
noun
The material used for forming brattices.
verb
present participle of brattice
buccanning
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bumsucking
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cabineting
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
cannelburg
canonsburg
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
changeable
changeable
adj
(of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
Capable of being changed.
Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
changeably
changeably
adv
In a changeable manner.
clabbering
clabbering
verb
present participle of clabber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
clobbering
clobbering
adj
That clobbers.
noun
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of clobber
clubmonger
cobwebbing
cobwebbing
noun
(mathematics) A graphical technique for solving discrete-time systems, useful in finding the stationary points.
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisably
cognisably
adv
Alternative form of cognizably
cognizable
cognizable
adj
(law) Within the jurisdiction of a particular court.
Capable of being known or perceived.
cognizably
cognizably
adv
In a cognizable manner.
cohabiting
cohabiting
verb
present participle of cohabit
cohobating
cohobating
verb
present participle of cohobate
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
conglobate
conglobate
adj
Shaped like or formed into a ball.
verb
(transitive) To form into a globe or ball.
conglobing
conglobing
verb
present participle of conglobe
conjugable
conjugable
adj
Capable of being conjugated.
conjugably
corbelling
corbelling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbelled masonry.
verb
present participle of corbel
crabeating
cribbiting
crumblings
crumblings
noun
plural of crumbling
cymballing
cymbopogon
cytoglobin
cytoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
describing
describing
verb
present participle of describe
factabling
frenchburg
geobotanic
geobotanic
Adjective
phytogeographical
glencarbon
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
gubernance
gubernance
noun
(obsolete) government
iceboating
iceboating
noun
The act of travelling in a iceboat.
incubating
incubating
verb
present participle of incubate
inscribing
inscribing
verb
present participle of inscribe
nightclubs
nightclubs
noun
plural of nightclub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightclub
obnouncing
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
reclimbing
reclimbing
verb
present participle of reclimb
scanderbeg
schoenberg
schoenburg
scrabbling
scrabbling
noun
A sound or motion that scrabbles.
verb
present participle of scrabble
scrambling
scrambling
adj
(botany) Having a stem too weak to support itself, instead attaching to and relying on the stems or trunks of stronger plants.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
noun
The act by which something is scrambled.
verb
present participle of scramble
scribbling
scribbling
noun
That which has been scribbled, written in a scrawled or careless hand.
The carding of wool or cotton.
verb
present participle of scribble
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
subcooling
subcooling
noun
(physics) cooling a liquid to a temperature that is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure
subducting
subducting
verb
present participle of subduct
subgeneric
subgeneric
adj
Of or pertaining to a subgenus.
subjecting
subjecting
verb
present participle of subject
suborganic
succumbing
succumbing
verb
present participle of succumb
unbecoming
unbecoming
adj
Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.