| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BARRICADOING | • barricadoing v. Present participle of barricado. • BARRICADO v. to barricade. |
| BRACHYGRAPHY | • brachygraphy n. (Obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| CARPETBAGGER | • carpetbagger n. (Politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after… • carpetbagger n. (Derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • carpet␣bagger n. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. |
| CARRIAGEABLE | • carriageable adj. Capable of being conveyed in carriages. • carriageable adj. Passable by carriages. • CARRIAGEABLE adj. that can be conveyed by carriage. |
| CHARBROILING | • charbroiling v. Present participle of charbroil. • CHARBROIL v. to broil over charcoal. |
| CORNBRAIDING | • CORNBRAID v. to braid hair in cornrows, also CORNROW. |
| CROSSBARRING | • crossbarring n. A pattern of lines crossing each other. • CROSSBARRING n. the act of fitting with a crossbar. |
| GREENBACKERS | • greenbackers n. Plural of greenbacker. • Greenbackers n. Plural of Greenbacker. • GREENBACKER n. a member of a post-Civil War American political party opposing reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation. |
| GUBERNACULAR | • gubernacular adj. Relating to the gubernaculum. • GUBERNACULAR adj. relating to the gubernaculum, in mammals, the cord supporting the testicles in the scrotal sac. |
| RECHARGEABLE | • rechargeable adj. Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger. • rechargeable n. A device that may be recharged. • RECHARGEABLE adj. capable of being recharged. |
| SUBMICROGRAM | • submicrogram adj. Being or relating to a quantity of less than a microgram. • submicrogram n. An amount that is less than a microgram. • SUBMICROGRAM adj. relating to or having a mass of less than one microgram. |
| TRANSCRIBING | • transcribing v. Present participle of transcribe. • TRANSCRIBE v. to make a written copy of. |
| TURBOCHARGED | • turbocharged adj. Having a turbocharger. • turbocharged v. Simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge. • TURBOCHARGED adj. equipped with a turbocharger. |
| TURBOCHARGER | • turbocharger n. Inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air. • TURBOCHARGER n. a centrifugal blower driven by exhaust gas turbines and used to supercharge an engine. |