| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| 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. |
| BACKWINDING | • backwinding v. Present participle of backwind. • BACKWIND v. to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
| BLACKENINGS | • blackenings n. Plural of blackening. • BLACKENING n. the act of making black. |
| CHIKUNGUNYA | • chikungunya n. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites. |
| ENRANCKLING | • ENRANCKLE v. (Spenser) to enrage. |
| HANDPICKING | • handpicking v. Present participle of handpick. • hand-picking v. Present participle of hand-pick. • HANDPICK v. to choose carefully. |
| JACKKNIFING | • jackknifing v. Present participle of jackknife. • jack-knifing v. Present participle of jack-knife. • JACKKNIFE v. to fold up like a jackknife. |
| KNEECAPPING | • kneecapping n. (Gerund) The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment… • kneecapping n. (Gerund, figurative, by extension) An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement. • kneecapping v. Present participle of kneecap. |
| LINEBACKING | • linebacking n. (American football) Playing as a linebacker. • LINEBACKING n. playing as a linebacker. |
| LUCKENGOWAN | • LUCKENGOWAN n. (Scots) the globeflower. |
| NECKLACINGS | • necklacings n. Plural of necklacing. • NECKLACING n. (South African) the punishment of having a petrol-soaked tyre placed round the neck or shoulders and set alight, traditionally used by black people on those thought to be government sympathizers. |
| RANSACKINGS | • ransackings n. Plural of ransacking. • RANSACKING n. the act of searching thoroughly. |
| SLACKENINGS | • slackenings n. Plural of slackening. • SLACKENING n. a making less tight or taut. |
| SLACKLINING | • slacklining n. A sport resembling tightrope walking but with the rope or webbing only partially taut. • slacklining v. Present participle of slackline. • SLACKLINING n. the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground. |
| UNSHACKLING | • unshackling v. Present participle of unshackle. • UNSHACKLE v. to release from shackles. |