| ABYSSOPELAGIC | • abyssopelagic adj. Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone. • ABYSSOPELAGIC adj. pertaining to the deepest regions of the ocean. |
| ALPHABETISING | • alphabetising v. Present participle of alphabetise. • ALPHABETISE v. to put into alphabetic order, also ALPHABET, ALPHABETIZE. |
| ALPHABETIZING | • alphabetizing v. Present participle of alphabetize. • ALPHABETIZE v. to put into alphabetic order, also ALPHABET, ALPHABETISE. |
| BACKPEDALLING | • backpedalling v. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) present participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACTERIOPHAGE | • bacteriophage n. (Microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGE n. a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| BACTERIOPHAGY | • bacteriophagy n. The feeding on bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGY n. the eating of bacteria. |
| BANDSPREADING | • BANDSPREADING n. an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning. |
| CARPETBAGGERS | • carpetbaggers n. Plural of carpetbagger. • carpet␣baggers n. Plural of carpet bagger. • CARPETBAGGER n. an opportunistic outsider, especially a political candidate who contests an election in an area while having little connection to it. |
| CARPETBAGGERY | • carpetbaggery n. (Derogatory) The practice of a person coming to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • CARPETBAGGERY n. the actions of a carpetbagger. |
| CARPETBAGGING | • carpetbagging v. Present participle of carpetbag. • CARPETBAGGING n. the act of engaging in political chicanery. |
| GRAPHITISABLE | • GRAPHITISABLE adj. capable of being graphitised, converted into graphite, also GRAPHITIZABLE. |
| GRAPHITIZABLE | • graphitizable adj. (Chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite. • GRAPHITIZABLE adj. capable of being graphitized, also GRAPHITISABLE. |
| IAMBOGRAPHERS | • iambographers n. Plural of iambographer. • IAMBOGRAPHER n. one who writes in iambics. |
| IMPREGNATABLE | • impregnatable adj. Which can be impregnated. • IMPREGNATABLE adj. capable of being impregnated. |
| PALAEOBIOLOGY | • palaeobiology n. The scientific study of prehistoric life, especially of those aspects pertaining to living systems. • palæobiology n. Archaic spelling of paleobiology. • PALAEOBIOLOGY n. the study of fossil plants and animals, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY. |
| PERAMBULATING | • perambulating v. Present participle of perambulate. • PERAMBULATE v. to walk through, to inspect an area on foot. |
| PREAMBULATING | • preambulating v. Present participle of preambulate. • PREAMBULATE v. to make a preamble. |
| PROGRAMMABLES | • programmables n. Plural of programmable. • PROGRAMMABLE n. a device that can be programmed. |