| 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. |
| BOOKLIGHT | • booklight n. A small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark. • BOOKLIGHT n. a light that clips on to a book. |
| CHICKLING | • chickling n. A small chick or chicken; a baby chick. • chickling n. The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species. • CHICKLING n. a small chick or chicken. |
| CHOKINGLY | • chokingly adv. While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke. • CHOKING adv. CHOKE, to impede the breathing of. |
| CHUCKLING | • chuckling v. Present participle of chuckle. • chuckling n. (Gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles. • CHUCKLING adj. laughing quietly. |
| DOUGHLIKE | • doughlike adj. Resembling dough. • DOUGHLIKE adj. like dough. |
| EAGLEHAWK | • eaglehawk n. (Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax. • eagle-hawk n. Alternative spelling of eaglehawk. • EAGLEHAWK n. a large bird of prey. |
| GAWKISHLY | • gawkishly adv. In a gawkish manner. • GAWKISH adv. gawky, awkward. |
| GHOSTLIKE | • ghostlike adj. Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost. • GHOSTLIKE adj. like a ghost. |
| GUNKHOLED | • gunkholed v. Simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole. • GUNKHOLE v. to cruise around gunkholes. |
| GUNKHOLES | • gunkholes n. Plural of gunkhole. • gunk-holes n. Plural of gunk-hole. • GUNKHOLE v. to cruise around gunkholes. |
| HECKLINGS | • hecklings n. Plural of heckling. • HECKLING n. the act of disrupting a speaker. |
| HINGELIKE | • hingelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hinge. • HINGELIKE adj. like a hinge. |
| 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. |
| NIGHTLIKE | • nightlike adj. Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous. • NIGHTLIKE adj. like the night. |
| SHACKLING | • shackling v. Present participle of shackle. • SHACKLE v. to confine with irons around wrists and ankles. |
| SKYLIGHTS | • skylights n. Plural of skylight. • SKYLIGHT n. a window placed in a roof or ceiling to admit daylight. |