| ABSCONDING | • absconding v. Present participle of abscond. • absconding n. An instance in which someone absconds. • ABSCONDING n. the act of departing suddenly and secretly. |
| ABSTENTION | • abstention n. (Obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. • abstention n. The act of abstaining or refraining (from). • abstention n. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. |
| BADMINTONS | • badmintons n. Plural of badminton. • BADMINTON n. a game played with a shuttlecock. |
| BANDOLINES | • bandolines n. Plural of bandoline. • BANDOLINE n. (French) a glutinous pomatum for the hair. |
| BANDONIONS | • bandonions n. Plural of bandonion. • BANDONION n. a kind of button accordion popular in South America, also BANDOLEON, BANDONEON. |
| BATONNIERS | • BATONNIER n. (Canadian) in Quebec, a president of a Bar Association. |
| BEMOANINGS | • bemoanings n. Plural of bemoaning. • BEMOANING n. lamentation. |
| BINOMINALS | • binominals n. Plural of binominal. • BINOMINAL n. a binominal appellation. |
| BLAZONINGS | • blazonings n. Plural of blazoning. • BLAZONING n. the act of reading a coat of arms. |
| BONNILASSE | • BONNILASSE n. (Spenser) a bonny lass, also BONILASSE. |
| BOTANISING | • botanising v. Present participle of botanise. • BOTANISE v. to collect plants for study, also BOTANIZE. |
| CARBANIONS | • carbanions n. Plural of carbanion. • CARBANION n. an ion carrying a negative electrical charge at the carbon position. |
| JAWBONINGS | • jawbonings n. Plural of jawboning. • JAWBONING n. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
| NOTEBANDIS | • NOTEBANDI n. (Hindi) (in India) the withdrawal of certain banknotes from use as currency; demonetization. |
| SANBENITOS | • sanbenitos n. Plural of sanbenito. • SANBENITO n. (Spanish) in the Spanish Inquisition, a yellow scapular-shaped garment, with a red St Andrew's cross before and behind, worn by a confessed and penitent heretic. |