| BACKSLIDINGS | • backslidings n. Plural of backsliding. • BACKSLIDING n. a lapse, a moral transgression. |
| CLADOGENESIS | • cladogenesis n. (Genetics) An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade. • CLADOGENESIS n. the evolutionary change and diversification resulting from the branching off of new species from common ancestral lineages. |
| CROSSBANDING | • crossbanding v. Present participle of crossband. • crossbanding n. An arrangement or pattern of crossbands. • CROSSBANDING n. a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood. |
| DAMASCENINGS | • damascenings n. Plural of damascening. • DAMASCENING n. decorative wavy lines and patterns on metal. |
| DISCANDYINGS | • DISCANDYING n. the act of melting from a state of being candied. |
| DISCOURAGERS | • discouragers n. Plural of discourager. • DISCOURAGER n. one who discourages. |
| DISSOCIATING | • dissociating v. Present participle of dissociate. • DISSOCIATE v. to separate from association or union with another, also DISASSOCIATE. |
| GALACTOSIDES | • galactosides n. Plural of galactoside. • GALACTOSIDE n. a glycoside that yields galactose on hydrolysis. |
| GLUCOSIDASES | • glucosidases n. Plural of glucosidase. • GLUCOSIDASE n. an enzyme, such as maltase, that hydrolyzes a glucoside. |
| GLYCOSIDASES | • glycosidases n. Plural of glycosidase. • GLYCOSIDASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a bond joining a sugar of a glycoside to an alcohol or another sugar unit. |
| LANDSCAPINGS | • LANDSCAPING n. the act of doing various grounds maintenance. |
| MISGUIDANCES | • misguidances n. Plural of misguidance. • MISGUIDANCE n. wrong guidance. |
| SCAFFOLDINGS | • scaffoldings n. Plural of scaffolding. • SCAFFOLDING n. a framework of platforms for painters. |
| SCANDALISING | • scandalising v. Present participle of scandalise. • SCANDALISE v. to offend the moral sense of, also SCANDALIZE. |
| STEPDANCINGS | • STEPDANCING n. doing a step dance. |