| ALGEBRAIC | • algebraic adj. Of, or relating to, algebra. • algebraic adj. (Mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators. • algebraic adj. (Algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational. |
| BACKLIGHT | • backlight n. (Uncountable) Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention. • backlight n. (Countable) The rear window of a motor car. • backlight v. (Transitive) To illuminate something from behind. |
| BALANCING | • balancing v. Present participle of balance. • balancing n. An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced. • BALANCING n. the act of putting in equilibrium. |
| BAUCHLING | • bauchling v. Present participle of bauchle. • BAUCHLE v. (Scots) to make shapeless, bungle. |
| BECALLING | • becalling v. Present participle of becall. • BECALL v. to call names. |
| BECALMING | • becalming v. Present participle of becalm. • BECALM v. to make calm. |
| BLACKINGS | • blackings n. Plural of blacking. • BLACKING n. a black shoe polish. |
| BLANCHING | • blanching v. Present participle of blanch. • blanching n. The act by which something is blanched. • BLANCH v. to whiten. |
| BLANCOING | • blancoing v. Present participle of blanco. • BLANCO v. to whiten with blanco. |
| BLEACHING | • bleaching v. Present participle of bleach. • bleaching n. The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents. • bleaching n. The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme. |
| BRACINGLY | • bracingly adv. In a bracing manner. • BRACING adv. invigorating. |
| BRICOLAGE | • bricolage n. (Uncountable) Construction using whatever was available at the time. • bricolage n. (Countable) Something constructed using whatever was available at the time. • BRICOLAGE n. (French) a construction using whatever comes to hand. |
| CABALLING | • caballing n. (Oceanography) Alternative form of cabbeling. • caballing n. (Dated) Secret plotting. • caballing v. Present participle of cabal. |
| COGITABLE | • cogitable adj. Thinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined. • COGITABLE adj. capable of being thought, conceivable. |
| SCABBLING | • scabbling n. Pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer. • scabbling v. Present participle of scabble. • SCABBLE v. to shape roughly, also SCAPPLE. |
| SCAMBLING | • scambling v. Present participle of scamble. • scambling n. (Obsolete) A hasty meal. • SCAMBLING n. a haphazard meal. |
| SLINGBACK | • slingback n. A type of women’s shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle. • SLINGBACK n. a shoe without a covering for the heel, supported by a strap round the heel. |