| BACKBONELESS | • backboneless adj. Without a backbone; invertebrate. • backboneless adj. Cowardly, spineless. • BACKBONELESS adj. without a backbone. |
| BESCRIBBLING | • bescribbling v. Present participle of bescribble. • BESCRIBBLE v. (archaic) to scribble over. |
| BIBLIOMANIAC | • bibliomaniac n. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. • BIBLIOMANIAC n. one suffering from bibliomania. |
| BLACKBALLING | • blackballing v. Present participle of blackball. • blackballing n. An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed. • BLACKBALLING n. the act of voting against someone becoming member of a club. |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLOCKBUSTING | • blockbusting n. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood… • blockbusting adj. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful. • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BONNYCLABBER | • bonnyclabber n. (Scotland and US dialects) Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk. • BONNYCLABBER n. (Irish) milk naturally clotted on souring. |
| CLUBBINESSES | • CLUBBINESS n. the state of being clubby, sociable. |
| COBBLESTONED | • cobblestoned adj. Cobbled; laid with cobblestones. • cobblestoned adj. (Medicine) Exhibiting cobblestoning. • COBBLESTONE v. to pave with cobblestones. |
| COBBLESTONES | • cobblestones n. Plural of cobblestone. • COBBLESTONE v. to pave with cobblestones. |
| NIGHTCLUBBED | • nightclubbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of nightclub. • NIGHTCLUB v. to visit nightclubs. |
| NIGHTCLUBBER | • nightclubber n. One who visits a nightclub. • NIGHTCLUBBER n. one who attends nightclubs. |
| OVERCLUBBING | • overclubbing v. Present participle of overclub. • OVERCLUB v. to hit a shot too far through using a club with insufficient loft. |
| RABBINICALLY | • rabbinically adv. In a rabbinical way. • RABBINICAL adv. of or pertaining to the rabbins, also RABBINIC. |
| SCRIBBLEMENT | • scribblement n. (Dated) A scribble; bad or hasty writing. • SCRIBBLEMENT n. the act of scribbling. |
| SCRIBBLINGLY | • scribblingly adv. In a scribbling manner. • SCRIBBLINGLY adv. SCRIBBLING. |
| TECHNOBABBLE | • technobabble n. Technical or scientific language used in fiction to convey a false impression of meaningful technical… • technobabble n. From the point of view of the layperson, technical and scientific literature not understood. • TECHNOBABBLE n. technical jargon. |
| UNBREACHABLE | • unbreachable adj. Impossible to breach. • UNBREACHABLE adj. that cannot be breached. |
| UNDERCLUBBED | • underclubbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of underclub. • UNDERCLUB v. in golf, to hit with a club that has too great loft to achieve the required distance. |