| BACKLIGHT | • backlight n. (Uncountable) Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention. • backlight n. (Countable) The rear window of a motor car. • backlight v. (Transitive) To illuminate something from behind. |
| BLACKINGS | • blackings n. Plural of blacking. • BLACKING n. a black shoe polish. |
| CAULKINGS | • caulkings n. Plural of caulking. • CAULKING n. the material used to caulk the seams of a ship. |
| CIGARLIKE | • cigarlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cigar. • CIGARLIKE adj. like a cigar. |
| CLANKINGS | • clankings n. Plural of clanking. • CLANKING n. the sound of a clank. |
| CRACKLING | • crackling n. (Cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens. • crackling n. (Cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork. • crackling n. (Cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork. |
| CRANKLING | • crankling v. Present participle of crankle. • CRANKLE v. to bend, twist. |
| FLAGSTICK | • flagstick n. (Golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole. • FLAGSTICK n. a pole for displaying a flag, also FLAGPOLE, FLAGSTAFF. |
| GARLICKED | • garlicked adj. Flavoured with garlic. • garlicked v. Simple past tense and past participle of garlic. • GARLIC v. to flavour with garlic. |
| JACKLIGHT | • jacklight n. (North America) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car. • jacklight v. (Hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night. • JACKLIGHT n. a kind of fishing lure. |
| JACKLINGS | • JACKLING n. the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed. |
| LACKERING | • lackering v. Present participle of lacker. • LACKER v. to coat with a glossy substance, also LACQUER. |
| LACKEYING | • lackeying v. Present participle of lackey. • LACKEY v. to serve in a servile manner, also LACQUEY. |
| QUACKLING | • quackling v. Present participle of quackle. • QUACKLE v. to choke; to suffocate. |
| RACKINGLY | • rackingly adv. So as to cause suffering. • RACKING adv. tormenting, exhausting. |
| SHACKLING | • shackling v. Present participle of shackle. • SHACKLE v. to confine with irons around wrists and ankles. |
| SLINGBACK | • slingback n. A type of women’s shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle. • SLINGBACK n. a shoe without a covering for the heel, supported by a strap round the heel. |
| SPACKLING | • spackling v. Present participle of spackle. • spackling n. Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes. • SPACKLE v. to fill cracks or holes. |
| TACKLINGS | • tacklings n. Plural of tackling. • TACKLING n. equipment for a particular purpose. |