| ABBREVIATING | • abbreviating v. Present participle of abbreviate. • ABBREVIATE v. to make briefer. |
| ABBREVIATION | • abbreviation n. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. • abbreviation n. (Linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing… • abbreviation n. The process of abbreviating. |
| BARBARIANISM | • barbarianism n. A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism. • barbarianism n. Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude. • BARBARIANISM n. the state of being a barbarian. |
| BEARBAITINGS | • bearbaitings n. Plural of bearbaiting. • bear-baitings n. Plural of bear-baiting. • bear␣baitings n. Plural of bear baiting. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | • bibliography n. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work. • bibliography n. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author. • bibliography n. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication. |
| BIBLIOLATERS | • bibliolaters n. Plural of bibliolater. • BIBLIOLATER n. one having excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted; one with extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books. |
| BILLBOARDING | • billboarding n. (Computer graphics) A technique in three-dimensional graphics in which a sprite is rendered perpendicular… • BILLBOARD v. to advertise by means of billboards. |
| BIOTURBATION | • bioturbation n. (Geology) the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms. • BIOTURBATION n. the restructuring of sedimentary deposits (as in a lake bottom or seabed) by moving organisms (as worms and burrowing clams). |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BRUSHABILITY | • brushability n. The quality or degree of being brushable. • BRUSHABILITY n. the capacity for being brushed. |
| FIBROBLASTIC | • fibroblastic adj. Of, or relating to a fibroblast. • FIBROBLASTIC adj. of or like a fibroblast. |
| HYBRIDISABLE | • hybridisable adj. Alternative form of hybridizable. • HYBRIDISABLE adj. capable of being hybridised, also HYBRIDIZABLE. |
| HYBRIDIZABLE | • hybridizable adj. That may be hybridized. • HYBRIDIZABLE adj. capable of being hybridized, also HYBRIDISABLE. |
| MIXOBARBARIC | • mixo-barbaric adj. (Archaic) Mixed with barbarous elements. • MIXOBARBARIC adj. part barbaric, part Greek. |
| PROBABILISMS | • probabilisms n. Plural of probabilism. • PROBABILISM n. the belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute. |
| PROBABILISTS | • probabilists n. Plural of probabilist. • PROBABILIST n. an advocate of probabilism, the belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute. |
| RABBINICALLY | • rabbinically adv. In a rabbinical way. • RABBINICAL adv. of or pertaining to the rabbins, also RABBINIC. |
| RABBITFISHES | • rabbitfishes n. Plural of rabbitfish. • RABBITFISH n. a type of herring, or other fish thought to resemble a rabbit. |
| SUBLIBRARIAN | • sublibrarian n. An under or assistant librarian. • SUBLIBRARIAN n. a subordinate librarian. |