| BACKBREAKING | • backbreaking adj. (Figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring. • back-breaking adj. Alternative form of backbreaking. • BACKBREAKING adj. exhausting. |
| BACKCROSSING | • backcrossing n. (Genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent. • backcrossing v. Present participle of backcross. • BACKCROSS v. to create a cross between a hybrid and a parent. |
| BACKDROPPING | • backdropping v. Present participle of backdrop. • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKSPEERING | • BACKSPEER v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEIR. |
| BACKSPEIRING | • BACKSPEIR v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEER. |
| BACKSTARTING | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BACKSTROKING | • backstroking v. Present participle of backstroke. • BACKSTROKE v. to swim on the back. |
| BACKTRACKING | • backtracking n. (Countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one’s steps. • backtracking n. (Aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports. • backtracking n. (Computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning… |
| BAREBACKINGS | • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BENCHMARKING | • benchmarking v. Present participle of benchmark. • benchmarking n. A performance measurement according to a benchmark. • BENCHMARKING n. the process of testing by a benchmark. |
| 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. |
| BRICKLAYINGS | • bricklayings n. Plural of bricklaying. • BRICKLAYING n. the job of laying bricks. |
| BRICKMAKINGS | • BRICKMAKING n. the making of bricks. |
| GREENBACKISM | • greenbackism n. A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency. • GREENBACKISM n. the advocation of a paper currency backed only by the United States government. |
| PAPERBACKING | • paperbacking v. Present participle of paperback. • PAPERBACK v. to bring out in paperback. |
| ROADBLOCKING | • roadblocking v. Present participle of roadblock. • ROADBLOCK v. to bar by means of a roadblock. |
| SCRAPBOOKING | • scrapbooking n. The process of making a scrapbook. • scrapbooking v. Present participle of scrapbook. • SCRAPBOOKING n. the practice of keeping cuttings. |