| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BIGUANIDES | • biguanides n. Plural of biguanide. • BIGUANIDE n. one of a group of drugs used in the late onset of diabetes. |
| BUNGALOIDS | • bungaloids n. Plural of bungaloid. • BUNGALOID n. a dwelling like a bungalow. |
| DEBAUCHING | • debauching v. Present participle of debauch. • DEBAUCH v. to lead into lewdness, also DEBOSH. |
| DISABUSING | • disabusing v. Present participle of disabuse. • DISABUSE v. to free from false ideas. |
| DUBITATING | • dubitating v. Present participle of dubitate. • DUBITATE v. to doubt. |
| GROUNDBAIT | • groundbait n. Fishing bait that is cast into the water, rather than secured to a hook, in order to attract fish to… • GROUNDBAIT n. bait dropped to the bottom to bring fish to the neighbourhood. • GROUNDBAIT v. to bait with groundbait. |
| HUSBANDAGE | • husbandage n. (Nautical) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship’s manager, or "husband". • HUSBANDAGE n. the commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband. |
| HUSBANDING | • husbanding v. Present participle of husband. • HUSBAND v. to be a thrifty manager. |
| OBDURATING | • obdurating v. Present participle of obdurate. • OBDURATE v. to make obdurate, harden physically. |
| SUBHEADING | • subheading n. Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided. • subheading n. A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a… • SUBHEADING n. an inferior heading, also SUBHEAD. |
| UNABRIDGED | • unabridged adj. (Of a book or document) Not abridged, shortened, expurgated or condensed; complete. • unabridged n. An unabridged publication, especially a reference work. • UNABRIDGED adj. not abridged. |
| UNBANDAGED | • unbandaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of unbandage. • unbandaged adj. Not having been bandaged, without a dressing. • UNBANDAGE v. to take a bandage off. |
| UNBANDAGES | • unbandages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbandage. • UNBANDAGE v. to take a bandage off. |
| UNBRAIDING | • unbraiding v. Present participle of unbraid. • UNBRAID v. to separate the strands of. |
| UNWEDGABLE | • UNWEDGABLE adj. (Shakespeare) that cannot be split into wedges, also UNWEDGEABLE. |
| UPBRAIDING | • upbraiding v. Present participle of upbraid. • upbraiding adj. Reproachful; chiding; censorious. • upbraiding n. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke. |