The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
boghazkeui
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
breakshugh
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
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.
bushmaking
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chuckingly
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
doughmaker
ereshkigal
ereshkigel
fingerhook
folkething
gawkhammer
gottschalk
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
hackleburg
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
heatmaking
hedgemaker
hedgemaker
noun
One who constructs a hedge.
heelmaking
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hodgkinson
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
hookmaking
hookmaking
noun
The manufacture of hooks.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hughmanick
karinghota
keelhaling
keelhaling
verb
present participle of keelhale
keithsburg
khagiarite
khagiarite
noun
(mineralogy) A black vitreous variety of pantellerite.
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmatgar
khitmatgar
noun
(British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kinghunter
kinglihood
kinglihood
noun
kingliness; majesty
kirghizean
knightdale
knighthead
knighthead
noun
A bollard or bitt.
A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
knighthood
knighthood
noun
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"
The knights collectively, the body of knights.
The quality of being a knight.
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightlike
knightlike
adj
Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
knightling
knightling
noun
A small or petty knight.
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
koshkonong
kremenchug
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
longshanks
longshanks
noun
A bird, the stilt.
longshucks
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
mythmaking
mythmaking
noun
The production or composing of myths.
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightstock
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
rechecking
rechecking
noun
A second or subsequent checking; reverification.
verb
present participle of recheck
rethinking
rethinking
noun
The act of thinking again or differently.
verb
present participle of rethink
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
shikarring
shikarring
verb
present participle of shikar
shockingly
shockingly
adv
In a shocking manner.
To a shocking degree.
shoemaking
shoemaking
noun
The making of shoes.
shrinkages
shrinkages
noun
plural of shrinkage
shunpiking
shunpiking
verb
present participle of shunpike
shylocking
shylocking
verb
present participle of shylock
skedgewith
skiagraphy
skreeghing
skreighing
smoketight
smoketight
adj
impervious to smoke
stackgarth
sticktight
sticktight
noun
Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.
thickening
thickening
adj
Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker.
noun
A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
A thickened part of a structure.
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.