| ABDICATING | • abdicating v. Present participle of abdicate. • ABDICATE v. to renounce or surrender formally, as one's power or office. |
| ABSCINDING | • abscinding v. Present participle of abscind. • ABSCIND v. to cut off. |
| BACKBITING | • backbiting n. The action of slandering a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting adj. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting v. Present participle of backbite. |
| BACKFIRING | • backfiring v. Present participle of backfire. • backfiring n. A failure that leads to further misfortune. • backfiring n. The occurrence of a backfire. |
| BIOGRAPHIC | • biographic adj. Biographical. • BIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to biography, also BIOGRAPHICAL. |
| BIOHACKING | • biohacking n. (Informal) The manipulation of biological functioning through, among others, genetics, nutrition and… |
| BIOLOGICAL | • biological adj. Of or relating to biology. • biological adj. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children. • biological adj. (Proscribed, an error in non-native speakers’ English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals). |
| BRATTICING | • bratticing v. Present participle of brattice. • bratticing n. The material used for forming brattices. • BRATTICING n. work in the form of brattices; cresting or ornamental work along a ridge. |
| COHABITING | • cohabiting v. Present participle of cohabit. • COHABIT v. to dwell together as husband and wife. |
| FABRICKING | • fabricking v. Present participle of fabric. • FABRICKING n. the act of fashioning. |
| GABBROITIC | • GABBROITIC adj. of or like gabbro, also GABBROIC, GABBROID. |
| GALLIAMBIC | • galliambic adj. (Poetry) Relating to a galliambus. • GALLIAMBIC n. a classical metre. |
| ICEBOATING | • iceboating n. The act of travelling in a iceboat. • ICEBOATING n. the sport of using an iceboat. |
| INCUBATING | • incubating v. Present participle of incubate. • INCUBATE v. to warm eggs for hatching. |