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. |
BLIGHTERS | • blighters n. Plural of blighter. • BLIGHTER n. an unpleasant person. |
BLIGHTIES | • blighties n. Plural of blighty. • Blighties n. Plural of Blighty. • BLIGHTY n. a soldier's wound that gets him sent home. |
BLIGHTING | • blighting v. Present participle of blight. • blighting n. The act by which something is blighted. • BLIGHTING adj. causing decay. |
BLOTCHING | • blotching v. Present participle of blotch. • blotching n. The situation of having blotches; blotchiness. • BLOTCHING n. a pattern of large spots. |
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. |
BULLFIGHT | • bullfight n. A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull. • BULLFIGHT n. a fight with a bull. |
EIGHTBALL | • eightball n. Alternative form of eight-ball. • eight-ball n. (Uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object… • eight-ball n. (Countable) The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight. |
FIGHTABLE | • fightable adj. Able to be fought. • fightable adj. (Military) Capable in combat. • FIGHTABLE adj. able to be fought. |
LIGHTBULB | • lightbulb n. Alternative spelling of light bulb. • lightbulb n. (Singapore, colloquial) An uninvited third person joining a couple’s date who prevents or hinders romantic… • light-bulb n. Alternative form of light bulb. |
NIGHTCLUB | • nightclub n. A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink… • nightclub n. (Philippines) A strip club. • nightclub v. To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment. |
RIGHTABLE | • rightable adj. That can be righted. • RIGHTABLE adj. that can be righted. |
RIGHTABLY | • RIGHTABLE adv. that can be righted. |
SIGHTABLE | • sightable adj. Capable of being sighted; visible from a vantage point. • SIGHTABLE adj. that can be sighted, e.g. of a gun. |
THERBLIGS | • therbligs n. Plural of therblig. • THERBLIG n. a unit of work for quantifying industrial operations. |
THIMBLING | • thimbling n. Gerund of thimble: the act of using a thimble. • thimbling n. Synonym of thimblerigging (“the act of cheating (someone) in a thimblerig game, or by trickery”). • thimbling v. Present participle of thimble. |
THUMBLING | • thumbling n. A tiny, thumb-sized person; manikin. • thumbling n. Anything small, comparable to the size of a human thumb. • THUMBLING n. a diminutive being, a dwarf. |