(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
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
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
blockaderunning
blocksburg
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
cabinetworking
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
chalkography
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
cockcrowing
cockcrowing
noun
The crowing sound of a cock.
cockcrow; daybreak
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cockermeg
cockermeg
noun
An arrangement of pit props used to support a coalface
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cokeburg
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
cooksburg
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
corkages
corkages
noun
plural of corkage
corking
corking
adj
(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
noun
The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
verb
present participle of cork
corkmaking
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
cragwork
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crookfingered
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
crooklegged
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
dogtrick
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
garvock
garvock
noun
(Scotland) A fish, the garvie or sprat.
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gedecktwork
gerlachovka
girrock
girrock
noun
|(archaic) A garfish.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
gorchakov
gorcock
gorcock
noun
(chiefly Britain) The red grouse.
gorcocks
gorcocks
noun
plural of gorcock
gorlicki
greenock
greenock
Proper noun
a town on the south side of the Scotland, which is the administrative centre of council area
a small town in the South Australia.
greenockite
greenockite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
grockle
grockle
noun
(slang, Britain, various parts of the West Country) A tourist from elsewhere in the country
groesbeck
groesbeck
Proper noun
a CDP in Ohio, USA, named after
a city in Texas, USA, and the county seat of Named after a railroad employee.
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gurolinick
hockingport
hogchoker
hogchoker
noun
Trinectes maculatus, a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
interchoking
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
verb
present participle of interlock
isokeraunographic
jackarooing
jackarooing
verb
present participle of jackaroo
jackerooing
jackerooing
verb
present participle of jackeroo
jackrolling
jackrolling
noun
(South Africa) gang rape of women by men
jacksonburg
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
karyological
karyological
adj
karyologic
karyologically
karyologically
adv
By means of, or with reference to, karyology
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kratogenic
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
kyriologic
kyriologic
adj
kyriological
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
lockesburg
markgenossenschaft
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
megakaryocytic
megakaryocytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
misreckoning
misreckoning
noun
A false reckoning; a miscalculation.
verb
present participle of misreckon
mockground
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
neugkroschen
nonarcking
noncranking
noncranking
adj
That does not crank.
norridgewock
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
outrocking
outrocking
verb
present participle of outrock
outtricking
outtricking
verb
present participle of outtrick
overcarking
overcarking
adj
(archaic) Too anxious; too full of care.
verb
present participle of overcark
overcooking
overcooking
verb
present participle of overcook
overdecking
overdecking
verb
present participle of overdeck
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
overpackages
overpackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpackage
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overreckoning
overreckoning
verb
present participle of overreckon
overstocking
overstocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn over another stocking.
verb
present participle of overstock
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pickerington
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
pockmarking
pockmarking
verb
present participle of pockmark
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockading
precooking
precooking
verb
present participle of precook
prereckoning
prongbuck
prongbuck
noun
(dated) The springbok.
The pronghorn
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge