| ACCLIMATING | • acclimating v. Present participle of acclimate. • ACCLIMATE v. (US) to habituate to a climate not native, also ACCLIMATIZE. |
| ACCOURAGING | • accouraging v. Present participle of accourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| ARCHANGELIC | • archangelic adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels. • ARCHANGELIC adj. relating to an archangel. |
| BACKCASTING | • backcasting v. Present participle of backcast. • BACKCAST v. to make a backward cast in fishing. |
| BACKPACKING | • backpacking v. Present participle of backpack. • backpacking n. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one’s gear carried in a backpack. • backpacking n. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. |
| BACKSPACING | • backspacing v. Present participle of backspace. • BACKSPACE v. to move the cursor of a computer or the carriage of a typewriter one or more spaces back by means of a particular key. |
| CALCULATING | • calculating v. Present participle of calculate. • calculating adj. (Not comparable) Having the ability to calculate. • calculating adj. (Especially of a person) Serving one’s own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner. |
| CANCERATING | • cancerating v. Present participle of cancerate. • CANCERATE v. to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
| CARACOLLING | • caracolling v. Present participle of caracol. • CARACOL v. (French) to perform a half turn on a horse, also CARACOLE. |
| CARJACKINGS | • carjackings n. Plural of carjacking. • car-jackings n. Plural of car-jacking. • car␣jackings n. Plural of car jacking. |
| CAVALCADING | • cavalcading v. Present participle of cavalcade. • CAVALCADE v. to ride in a cavalcade. |
| CHARCOALING | • charcoaling v. Present participle of charcoal. • CHARCOAL v. to draw or blacken with charcoal. |
| CHIMICHANGA | • chimichanga n. (US) A deep-fried wet burrito. • CHIMICHANGA n. (Spanish) a tortilla wrapped round a filling, as of meat, and deep fried. |
| COARCTATING | • coarctating v. Present participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
| GNATCATCHER | • gnatcatcher n. A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North… • GNATCATCHER n. any of the insectivorous American songbirds of the genus Polioptila. |
| QUANGOCRACY | • quangocracy n. Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| VACCINATING | • vaccinating v. Present participle of vaccinate. • VACCINATE v. to inoculate with a vaccine. |