(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
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
blackprint
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bodymaking
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
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
bradykinin
bradykinin
noun
(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
brickmason
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.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
burbankian
burbankism
bushmaking
cairnbrook
cankerbird
chainbreak
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
crackbrain
crackbrain
Noun
An eccentric or crazy person.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
gulbenkian
imbarkment
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
katabanian
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kibblerman
kimballton
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
plainbacks
plankbuilt
pointblank
pointblank
adv
(obsolete or rare) point blank
purbeckian
rabbitskin
rabbitskin
noun
The skin of a rabbit.
reichsbank
ribandlike
ribandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a riband.
ribbonback
ribbonback
noun
(often attributive) A decorative chairback made with slender rails of wood.