The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backtracking
backtracking
noun
(aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
verb
present participle of backtrack
bacteriology
bacteriology
noun
(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
battological
battological
adj
Exhibiting or relating to battology.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
bioecologist
bioecologist
noun
One who studies bioecology.
bioenergetic
bioenergetic
adj
Of or pertaining to bioenergetics
biogenetical
biogenetical
adj
biogenetic
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
birefracting
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
borotungstic
brachystegia
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
cantabrigian
cantabrigian
Adjective
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Cambridge or its university
Noun
A native or resident of Cambridge
An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Cambridge University
carbogelatin
carburetting
carpetbagged
carpetbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag
carpetbagger
carpetbagger
noun
(derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
(politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
catabolizing
catabolizing
verb
present participle of catabolize
catlettsburg
catlettsburg
Proper noun
The name of two communities in the United States:
a home rule-class city in and county seat of
an community in
cogitability
cogitability
noun
The quality of being cogitable.
cogitabundly
conglobately
conglobating
conglobating
verb
present participle of conglobate
conglobation
conglobation
noun
Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass.
conglobulate
conglobulate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass.
contributing
contributing
verb
present participle and gerund of contribute
cytoglobulin
diabetogenic
diabetogenic
adj
(pathology) That produces diabetes
elucubrating
elucubrating
verb
present participle of elucubrate
exacerbating
exacerbating
adj
That exacerbates
verb
present participle of exacerbate
geobotanical
geobotanical
adj
Relating to geobotany.
gnotobiotics
gnotobiotics
noun
The science involved with maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment.
granoblastic
granoblastic
adj
(geology) Containing equidimensional grains of metamorphic rock formed by recrystallization
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
gymnoblastic
gymnoblastic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
microgilbert
nightclubbed
nightclubbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nightclub
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
objectifying
objectifying
verb
present participle of objectify
outbalancing
outbalancing
verb
present participle of outbalance
outbranching
outbranching
noun
An outbranch.
verb
present participle of outbranch
patricksburg
phagocytable
phagocytable
adj
(biology) Capable of being phagocytosed
precombating
resubjecting
resubjecting
verb
present participle of resubject
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
subculturing
subculturing
noun
The preparation of a subculture
verb
present participle of subculture
subgeometric
subscripting
subscripting
verb
present participle of subscript
subzygomatic
subzygomatic
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.
tabernacling
tabernacling
verb
present participle of tabernacle
thrombogenic
thrombogenic
adj
That causes thrombosis.
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
torchbearing
torchbearing
adj
(by extension) Leading a campaign, or giving inspiration to others.
Carrying a torch (flaming brand).
noun
The leading of a campaign, or giving inspiration to others.
transcribing
transcribing
verb
present participle of transcribe
tribological
tribological
adj
Of or pertaining to tribology
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge
turbocharger
turbocharger
noun
inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
unabdicating
unbewitching
unbewitching
adj
Not bewitching.
noun
The cancellation of a spell cast upon somebody or something.