The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
bacteriology
bacteriology
noun
(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
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.
biogenetical
biogenetical
adj
biogenetic
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.
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
carbogelatin
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.
cytoglobulin
elucubrating
elucubrating
verb
present participle of elucubrate
geobotanical
geobotanical
adj
Relating to geobotany.
granoblastic
granoblastic
adj
(geology) Containing equidimensional grains of metamorphic rock formed by recrystallization
gymnoblastic
gymnoblastic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
microgilbert
nightclubbed
nightclubbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nightclub