| ABSORBANCIES | • absorbancies n. Plural of absorbancy. • ABSORBANCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBENCY. |
| ABSORBENCIES | • absorbencies n. Plural of absorbency. • ABSORBENCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBANCY. |
| BACKBONELESS | • backboneless adj. Without a backbone; invertebrate. • backboneless adj. Cowardly, spineless. • BACKBONELESS adj. without a backbone. |
| BEACHCOMBING | • beachcombing n. The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber. • beachcombing n. An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage. • beachcombing v. Present participle of beachcomb. |
| BIBLIOMANIAC | • bibliomaniac n. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. • BIBLIOMANIAC n. one suffering from bibliomania. |
| BICARBONATES | • bicarbonates n. Plural of bicarbonate. • BICARBONATE n. an acid carbonate. |
| 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. |
| BRONCOBUSTER | • broncobuster n. (Chiefly US) A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle. • bronco-buster n. Alternative spelling of broncobuster. • bronco␣buster n. Alternative spelling of broncobuster. |
| CABBAGETOWNS | • CABBAGETOWN n. from Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, where the Anglo-Saxon population was thought to exist on cabbage. |
| CASHMOBBINGS | • CASHMOBBING n. coordinating people to meet and spend money at a local, independent business at a particular time. |
| 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. |
| CONTRABBASSI | • CONTRABBASSO n. (Italian) the double bass, also CONTRABASS, CONTRABASSO, COUNTERBASE. |
| CONTRABBASSO | • CONTRABBASSO n. (Italian) the double bass, also CONTRABASS, CONTRABASSO, COUNTERBASE. |
| OVERCLUBBING | • overclubbing v. Present participle of overclub. • OVERCLUB v. to hit a shot too far through using a club with insufficient loft. |
| STOCKJOBBING | • stockjobbing n. (Trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares. • STOCKJOBBING n. a list of stocks and current prices regularly issued. |
| 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. |