| APPARATCHIK | • apparatchik n. (Historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. • apparatchik n. A blindly loyal bureaucrat. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| 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. |
| BACKHAULING | • backhauling v. Present participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BACKLASHING | • backlashing v. Present participle of backlash. • BACKLASH v. to cause a reaction. |
| BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| CHAINBRAKES | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| HACKERAZZIS | • HACKERAZZI n. a person who hacks into the personal computer of a celebrity in order to gain information about them. |
| KITCHENALIA | • kitchenalia n. Miscellaneous kitchen utensils, pieces of cooking equipment, and other items typically found in kitchens. • KITCHENALIA n. apparatus for the kitchen. |
| KURDAITCHAS | • kurdaitchas n. Plural of kurdaitcha. • KURDAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KADAITCHA. |
| MATCHMAKING | • matchmaking n. An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up… • matchmaking n. (Business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners. • matchmaking n. (Video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session. |
| SHAKUHACHIS | • shakuhachis n. Plural of shakuhachi. • SHAKUHACHI n. (Japanese) a Japanese bamboo flute. |
| SKIAMACHIES | • SKIAMACHY n. fighting with a shadow or an imaginary opponent, also SCIAMACHY, SCIOMACHY. |
| WARCHALKING | • warchalking v. Present participle of warchalk. • WARCHALKING n. the activity of drawing chalk symbols in public places in order to indicate the location of wireless Internet access points. |
| WATCHMAKING | • watchmaking n. The making (and repairing) of watches. • WATCHMAKING n. the profession of making watches. |