| ABATING | • abating v. Present participle of abate. • abating n. (Rhetoric) Anesis. • ABATE v. to reduce in intensity. |
| ANTIBUG | • antibug adj. Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects). • antibug adj. Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices). • ANTIBUG adj. effective against bugs. |
| BAITING | • baiting v. Present participle of bait. • baiting n. A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it. • baiting n. The act of luring, as into a trap. |
| BANTENG | • banteng n. A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina peninsula. • BANTENG n. (Malay) the wild ox of Java. |
| BANTING | • banting n. (Britain, informal, archaic) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates… • Banting prop.n. A surname. • BANTING n. weight-reduction by avoiding fat, sugar and starch, also BANTINGISM. |
| BASTING | • basting n. The act by which a food item is basted. • basting n. (Archaic) A (physical) beating. • basting v. Present participle of baste. |
| BATHING | • bathing n. The act of taking a bath. • bathing n. The act of swimming. • bathing v. Present participle of bathe. |
| BATTING | • batting n. (Sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc. • batting n. Special cotton for surgery. • batting n. The act of someone who bats. |
| BATWING | • batwing n. The wing of a bat, or its shape. • batwing n. Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura. • batwing n. An area of flabby fat under a person’s arms. |
| BAYTING | • bayting v. Present participle of bayt. • BAYT v. (Spenser) to bate, abate, also BATE. |
| BEATING | • beating n. The action by which someone or something is beaten. • beating n. A heavy defeat or setback. • beating n. The pulsation of the heart. |
| BLATING | • blating v. Present participle of blate. • BLATE v. to babble. |
| BOATING | • boating n. The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. • boating n. (Historical) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat… • boating v. Present participle of boat. |
| DINGBAT | • dingbat n. (Informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person. • dingbat n. (Typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc. • dingbat n. (Architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area… |
| GUNBOAT | • gunboat n. (Nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels. • gunboat n. (Slang) A couple of large shoes shoes. • gun␣boat n. Alternative form of gunboat. |
| TABBING | • tabbing v. Present participle of tab. • TABBING n. the use of the tab key on a keyboard. |
| TABLING | • tabling v. Present participle of table. • tabling n. A forming into tables; a setting down in order. • tabling n. (Carpentry) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding;… |
| TABUING | • tabuing v. Present participle of tabu. • TABU v. (Tongan) to exclude or prohibit by social influence, also TABOO. |