| ABSCESSING | • abscessing v. Present participle of abscess. • ABSCESS v. to form an abscess. |
| ABSCISSINS | • abscissins n. Plural of abscissin. • ABSCISSIN n. abscisic acid, a plant hormone which triggers the fall of autumn leaves in certain trees, also ABSCISIN, DORMIN. |
| ABSCISSION | • abscission n. The act or process of cutting off. • abscission n. (Obsolete) The state of being cut off. • abscission n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly. |
| AMBISONICS | • ambisonics n. A form of surround sound reproduction, using two or more transmission channels and four or more speakers… • AMBISONICS n. the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound. |
| BACKSWINGS | • backswings n. Plural of backswing. • backswings v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backswing. • BACKSWING n. the first stage in a swing of a club, racket, etc. in which it is swung back and away from the ball. |
| BASILICONS | • basilicons n. Plural of basilicon. • BASILICON n. (Greek) any of several ointments supposed to possess sovereign virtues. |
| BRAINCASES | • braincases n. Plural of braincase. • BRAINCASE n. the cranium. |
| CANNABISES | • cannabises n. Plural of cannabis. • CANNABIS n. hemp; a narcotic drug obtained from hemp. |
| CARBONISES | • carbonises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonise. • CARBONISE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONIZE. |
| CRABBINESS | • crabbiness n. The state of being crabby. • CRABBINESS n. the state of being crabby. |
| ESCRIBANOS | • escribanos n. Plural of escribano. • Escribanos prop.n. Plural of Escribano. • ESCRIBANO n. (Spanish) a notary. |
| OBEISANCES | • obeisances n. Plural of obeisance. • OBEISANCE n. a bow or curtsey, a paying of homage. |
| SCABBINESS | • scabbiness n. The property of being scabby, of having or being covered with scabs. • SCABBINESS n. the state of being scabby. |
| SCAMBLINGS | • scamblings n. Plural of scambling. • SCAMBLING n. a haphazard meal. |
| SIBILANCES | • sibilances n. Plural of sibilance. • SIBILANCE n. pronunciation with a hissing sound, also SIBILANCY. |
| SLINGBACKS | • slingbacks n. Plural of slingback. • SLINGBACK n. a shoe without a covering for the heel, supported by a strap round the heel. |
| SUBACTIONS | • subactions n. Plural of subaction. • SUBACTION n. the act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. |