| ABRIDGMENTS | • abridgments n. Plural of abridgment. • ABRIDGMENT n. the act of abridging, also ABRIDGEMENT. |
| ABSTERGENTS | • abstergents n. Plural of abstergent. • ABSTERGENT n. an abstergent substance. |
| BACTERISING | • bacterising v. Present participle of bacterise. • BACTERISE v. to treat with bacteria, also BACTERIZE. |
| BARONETAGES | • baronetages n. Plural of baronetage. • BARONETAGE n. the title of baronet. |
| BARTENDINGS | • BARTENDING n. the act of keeping a bar. |
| BENTGRASSES | • bentgrasses n. Plural of bentgrass. • bent␣grasses n. Plural of bent grass. • BENTGRASS n. a stiff wiry grass, also BENT. |
| BESTREAKING | • bestreaking v. Present participle of bestreak. • BESTREAK v. to overspread with streaks. |
| BIOREAGENTS | • bioreagents n. Plural of bioreagent. • BIOREAGENT n. a biological agent that reacts. |
| BLATHERINGS | • blatherings n. Plural of blathering. • BLATHERING n. the act of talking loquacious nonsense. |
| BRACKETINGS | • bracketings n. Plural of bracketing. • BRACKETING n. the act of putting in brackets. |
| BRIGANTINES | • brigantines n. Plural of brigantine. • BRIGANTINE n. a two-masted ship. |
| GANGBUSTERS | • gangbusters n. Plural of gangbuster. • gangbusters adj. Very successful or profitable. • gangbusters adv. (Colloquial) With great energy or speed; very well. (Frequently with go.) |
| GLABRESCENT | • glabrescent adj. Becoming glabrous, hairless, or smooth; glabrate. • GLABRESCENT adj. becoming naked or devoid of covering at maturity. |
| GUBERNATORS | • gubernators n. Plural of gubernator. • GUBERNATOR n. (Latin) a powerful man in government. |
| INTERABANGS | • interabangs n. Plural of interabang. • INTERABANG n. a punctuation mark (?!) designed for use esp. at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, also INTERROBANG. |
| OBSECRATING | • obsecrating v. Present participle of obsecrate. • OBSECRATE v. to beseech, supplicate or beg. |
| REBAPTISING | • rebaptising v. Present participle of rebaptise. • REBAPTISE v. to baptize again or a second time, also REBAPTIZE. |
| SUBFRAGMENT | • subfragment n. (Biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc). • subfragment v. To split into such fragments. |
| THUNBERGIAS | • thunbergias n. Plural of thunbergia. • THUNBERGIA n. (Swedish) any of a genus of evergreen climbing plants. |
| TOBOGGANERS | • tobogganers n. Plural of tobogganer. • TOBOGGANER n. one who uses a toboggan, also TOBOGGANIST. |