| BATOLOGICAL | • BATOLOGICAL adj. relating to batology, the scientific study of brambles. |
| BELLIGERATI | • belligerati n. Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression. • BELLIGERATI n. members of the intelligentsia in favour of war. |
| BETHRALLING | • bethralling v. Present participle of bethrall. • BETHRALL v. (Spenser) to enslave. |
| BULLBAITING | • bullbaiting n. An old blood sport involving the baiting of bulls. • bullbaiting n. (Scientology) A process in which a person is subjected to simulated threats and verbal abuse but must not respond. • BULLBAITING n. the former practice of baiting bulls with dogs. |
| FOOTBALLING | • footballing adj. (Attributive) relating to the sport of football. • footballing v. Present participle of football. • FOOTBALLING adj. related to football. |
| GLOBULARITY | • globularity n. The state of being globular. • GLOBULARITY n. the quality of being globular. |
| LOBTAILINGS | • LOBTAILING n. the slapping of a whale's tail against the surface of the water. |
| MEGALOBLAST | • megaloblast n. An abnormally large red blood cell associated with pernicious anemia and with folic acid deficiency. • MEGALOBLAST n. a large erythroblast that appears in the blood esp. in pernicious anemia. |
| MOTHBALLING | • mothballing v. Present participle of mothball. • mothballing n. The act of something being mothballed: taken out of service and stored for possible later use. • MOTHBALL v. to put into mothballs. |
| NEGLECTABLE | • neglectable adj. Small enough or unimportant enough to be neglected; negligible. • NEGLECTABLE adj. that can be neglected. |
| RELEGATABLE | • RELEGATABLE adj. that can be relegated, also RELEGABLE. |
| SPITBALLING | • spitballing v. Present participle of spitball. • SPITBALL v. to pitch a baseball where the ball has been altered by the application of saliva, petroleum jelly, or some other foreign substance. |