| BACKDROPPING | • backdropping v. Present participle of backdrop. • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKGROUNDED | • backgrounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of background. • backgrounded adj. Moved to the background. • backgrounded adj. (Computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive. |
| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BARRICADOING | • barricadoing v. Present participle of barricado. • BARRICADO v. to barricade. |
| BIRDWATCHING | • birdwatching n. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment. • birdwatching n. (Slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches. • bird␣watching n. Alternative spelling of birdwatching. |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BREAKDANCING | • breakdancing n. (Dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York… • break-dancing n. Alternative spelling of breakdancing. • break-dancing v. Present participle of break-dance. |
| BROADCASTING | • broadcasting adj. Sending in all directions. • broadcasting n. (Business) The business or profession of radio and television. • broadcasting n. The act by which something is broadcast. |
| CARBONADOING | • carbonadoing v. Present participle of carbonado. • CARBONADO v. (Spanish) to broil on coals, also CARBONADE, CARBONNADE. |
| CHILDBEARING | • childbearing n. The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition. • childbearing adj. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth. • child-bearing adj. (With "years" or "age") Pertaining to the time between puberty and menopause when a woman is able to bear children. |
| CLAPBOARDING | • clapboarding v. Present participle of clapboard. • CLAPBOARD v. to cover with clapboard. |
| CORNBRAIDING | • CORNBRAID v. to braid hair in cornrows, also CORNROW. |
| CROSSBANDING | • crossbanding v. Present participle of crossband. • crossbanding n. An arrangement or pattern of crossbands. • CROSSBANDING n. a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood. |
| DESCRAMBLING | • descrambling v. Present participle of descramble. • DESCRAMBLE v. to unscramble. |
| DISBRANCHING | • disbranching v. Present participle of disbranch. • DISBRANCH v. to divest of a branch or branches. |
| ROADBLOCKING | • roadblocking v. Present participle of roadblock. • ROADBLOCK v. to bar by means of a roadblock. |