BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
BACKHANDING | • backhanding v. Present participle of backhand. • back-handing v. Present participle of back-hand. • BACKHAND v. to strike with the back of the hand. |
BACKLIGHTED | • backlighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of backlight. • BACKLIGHT v. to illumine a subject from the rear. |
BACKLOADING | • backloading n. (Transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for… • backloading v. Present participle of backload. • BACKLOAD v. to load a lorry for a return journey. |
BACKSLIDING | • backsliding v. Present participle of backslide. • backsliding adj. Sliding back. • backsliding n. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
BACKWINDING | • backwinding v. Present participle of backwind. • BACKWIND v. to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
BEDARKENING | • bedarkening v. Present participle of bedarken. • BEDARKEN v. to make dark. |
BLACKGUARDS | • blackguards n. Plural of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
BLACKLEGGED | • blacklegged v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackleg. • BLACKLEG v. to work even though a strike has been declared. |
BOOKBINDING | • bookbinding n. The art, craft or process of binding books. • BOOKBINDING n. the art or trade of binding books. |
BRIDGEWORKS | • bridgeworks n. Plural of bridgework. • BRIDGEWORK n. a dental bridge. |
GOLDBRICKED | • goldbricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick. • gold-bricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of gold-brick. • gold␣bricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of gold brick. |
KEYBOARDING | • keyboarding n. The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device). • KEYBOARDING n. the process of entering data on a keyboard. |
MOCKINGBIRD | • mockingbird n. A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds. • mockingbird n. (Archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic… • mocking␣bird n. Alternative form of mockingbird. |
PIGGYBACKED | • piggybacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of piggyback. • piggy-backed v. Simple past tense and past participle of piggy-back. • PIGGYBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PICKBACK. |
SUBKINGDOMS | • subkingdoms n. Plural of subkingdom. • SUBKINGDOM n. a taxonomic division of a kingdom; a phylum. |
UNDERBAKING | • underbaking v. Present participle of underbake. • UNDERBAKE v. to bake insufficiently. |