| AUTOKINETIC | • autokinetic adj. Moving by itself or automatically. • autokinetic adj. (Historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted… • AUTOKINETIC adj. relating to autokinesis. |
| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKHAULING | • backhauling v. Present participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BIVOUACKING | • bivouacking v. Present participle of bivouac. • BIVOUAC v. (French) to spend the night in a makeshift camp without tents etc. |
| BLUEJACKING | • bluejacking n. The act, practice, or activity of sending anonymous text messages to a mobile phone using Bluetooth. • bluejacking v. Present participle of bluejack. • BLUEJACKING n. the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones. |
| CHIKUNGUNYA | • chikungunya n. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites. |
| DUCKWALKING | • duckwalking v. Present participle of duckwalk. • duck␣walking v. Present participle of duck walk. • DUCKWALK v. to do a comic walk, like a duck's. |
| GLUCOKINASE | • glucokinase n. A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in… • GLUCOKINASE n. a hexokinase found esp. in the liver that catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose. |
| KICKAROUNDS | • kickarounds n. Plural of kickaround. • kick␣arounds n. Plural of kick around. • KICKAROUND n. an informal game of football, also KICKABOUT. |
| MAKUNOUCHIS | • MAKUNOUCHI n. (Japanese) the highest division in sumo wrestling. |
| MUCKRAKINGS | • MUCKRAKING n. the exposure of misconduct. |
| PARBUCKLING | • parbuckling v. Present participle of parbuckle. • PARBUCKLE v. to raise or lower (a cask, gun, etc.) with a parbuckle, a sling made by wrapping both ends of rope around object. |
| PUSCHKINIAS | • puschkinias n. Plural of puschkinia. • PUSCHKINIA n. (Russian) a genus of spring-flowering bulbous plants native to western Asia. |
| STARFUCKING | • starfucking adj. (Vulgar) Seeking inordinate personal benefits from the wishes and needs of a celebrity. • starfucking n. (Vulgar) The activity of having sexual relations with celebrities. • starfucking v. Present participle of starfuck. |
| UNSHACKLING | • unshackling v. Present participle of unshackle. • UNSHACKLE v. to release from shackles. |