| ABSORBANCES | • absorbances n. Plural of absorbance. • ABSORBANCE n. the ability of a substance to absorb radiation. |
| BACKBENCHER | • backbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the… • backbencher n. (Education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom. • backbencher n. (Sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve. |
| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BAREBACKING | • barebacking n. (Jargon) The practice of engaging in intercourse, most often anal, without using a condom. • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BICARBONATE | • bicarbonate n. (Chemistry) the univalent anion HCO3-; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms… • bicarbonate n. Sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda. • BICARBONATE n. an acid carbonate. |
| CRABBEDNESS | • crabbedness n. The state or quality of being crabbed. • CRABBEDNESS n. the state of being crabbed. |
| CUMBERBUNDS | • cumberbunds n. Misspelling of cummerbunds. • CUMBERBUND n. (Hindi) a waistband, a sash, also CUMMERBUND, KUMMERBUND. |
| INSCRIBABLE | • inscribable adj. (Geometry) That can be inscribed; whose vertices all lie on a sphere. • INSCRIBABLE adj. that can be inscribed. |
| RABBINISTIC | • rabbinistic adj. Of or relating to Rabbinic Judaism. • RABBINISTIC adj. relating to rabbis. |
| RUBBERNECKS | • rubbernecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubberneck. • RUBBERNECK v. to look curiously at something. |
| SCABBARDING | • scabbarding v. Present participle of scabbard. • SCABBARD v. to sheathe, as a sword. |
| SCRABBLINGS | • scrabblings n. Plural of scrabbling. • SCRABBLING n. the act of groping about frantically. |
| SCRIBBLINGS | • scribblings n. Plural of scribbling. • SCRIBBLING n. hasty or careless writing. |
| SCRUBBINESS | • scrubbiness n. The state or condition of being scrubby. • SCRUBBINESS n. the state of being scrubby. |
| SNOBBOCRACY | • snobbocracy n. Alternative form of snobocracy. • SNOBBOCRACY n. government by snobs. |
| SUBBRANCHES | • subbranches n. Plural of subbranch. • SUBBRANCH n. a subdivision of a branch. |
| SUBSCRIBING | • subscribing v. Present participle of subscribe. • subscribing n. A subscription. • SUBSCRIBING n. the act of taking out a subscription. |
| UNSCABBARDS | • unscabbards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unscabbard. • UNSCABBARD v. to withdraw e.g. a sword from a scabbard. |
| UNSUBSCRIBE | • unsubscribe v. (Intransitive) To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service. • unsubscribe n. An unsubscription. • UNSUBSCRIBE v. to terminate one's subscription. |