| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
| BAREBACKING | • barebacking n. (Jargon) The practice of engaging in intercourse, most often anal, without using a condom. • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BARRACKINGS | • barrackings n. Plural of barracking. • BARRACKING n. heckling. |
| BLACKGUARDS | • blackguards n. Plural of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| BRACKETINGS | • bracketings n. Plural of bracketing. • BRACKETING n. the act of putting in brackets. |
| BRICKLAYING | • bricklaying n. The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks. • BRICKLAYING n. the job of laying bricks. |
| BRICKMAKING | • brickmaking n. The manufacture of bricks. • BRICKMAKING n. the making of bricks. |
| CHARGEBACKS | • chargebacks n. Plural of chargeback. • CHARGEBACK n. the charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. |
| FABRICKINGS | • FABRICKING n. the act of fashioning. |
| GOLDBRICKED | • goldbricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick. • gold-bricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of gold-brick. • gold␣bricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of gold brick. |
| GREENBACKER | • greenbacker n. Alternative form of Greenbacker. • Greenbacker n. (Historical, US) A member of the Greenback Party, who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed… • GREENBACKER n. a member of a post-Civil War American political party opposing reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation. |
| ICEBREAKING | • icebreaking adj. Serving the purpose of breaking ice. • ICEBREAKING adj. of a vessel, designed to break ice. |
| MOCKINGBIRD | • mockingbird n. A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds. • mockingbird n. (Archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic… • mocking␣bird n. Alternative form of mockingbird. |
| 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. |
| SPRINGBUCKS | • springbucks n. Plural of springbuck. • SPRINGBUCK n. a South African antelope, that moves in leaps when alarmed, also SPRINGBOK. |