| BACKFILLING | • backfilling n. The process by which something is backfilled. • backfilling v. Present participle of backfill. • back-filling v. Present participle of back-fill. |
| BACKLISTING | • backlisting v. Present participle of backlist. • BACKLIST v. to include in a publisher's list of old books. |
| BACKSLIDING | • backsliding v. Present participle of backslide. • backsliding adj. Sliding back. • backsliding n. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
| BOOTLICKING | • bootlicking v. Present participle of bootlick. • bootlicking n. Servile behaviour. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| 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. |
| CALIBRATING | • calibrating v. Present participle of calibrate. • CALIBRATE v. to determine true values by comparison with an accurate standard. |
| CARBOLISING | • carbolising v. Present participle of carbolise. • CARBOLISE v. to treat or disinfect with phenol, also CARBOLIZE. |
| CARBOLIZING | • carbolizing v. Present participle of carbolize. • CARBOLIZE v. to treat or disinfect with phenol, also CARBOLISE. |
| COCKBILLING | • cockbilling v. Present participle of cockbill. • COCKBILL v. to raise the yardarm on a ship. |
| INCOGITABLE | • incogitable adj. Not cogitable; inconceivable. • INCOGITABLE adj. unthinkable. |
| LINEBACKING | • linebacking n. (American football) Playing as a linebacker. • LINEBACKING n. playing as a linebacker. |
| LUBRICATING | • lubricating v. Present participle of lubricate. • lubricating adj. That lubricates. • LUBRICATE v. to make smooth or slippery. |
| OUTCLIMBING | • outclimbing v. Present participle of outclimb. • OUTCLIMB v. to surpass in climbing. |
| PUBLICISING | • publicising v. Present participle of publicise. • PUBLICISE v. to make public, also PUBLICIZE. |
| PUBLICIZING | • publicizing v. Present participle of publicize. • PUBLICIZE v. to make public, also PUBLICISE. |
| SCRIBBLINGS | • scribblings n. Plural of scribbling. • SCRIBBLING n. hasty or careless writing. |
| SUBCEILINGS | • subceilings n. Plural of subceiling. • SUBCEILING n. an under-ceiling. |