| ALPHABETISING | • alphabetising v. Present participle of alphabetise. • ALPHABETISE v. to put into alphabetic order, also ALPHABET, ALPHABETIZE. |
| BIBLIOPEGISTS | • bibliopegists n. Plural of bibliopegist. • BIBLIOPEGIST n. a bookbinder. |
| BIBLIOPHAGIST | • bibliophagist n. (Rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books. • BIBLIOPHAGIST n. a voracious reader. |
| BIOCOMPUTINGS | • BIOCOMPUTING n. the application of computers to problems in biology and biochemistry. |
| BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BREASTPLOUGHS | • breastploughs n. Plural of breastplough. • BREASTPLOUGH n. a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a crossbar against which the breast is pressed. |
| CARPETBAGGERS | • carpetbaggers n. Plural of carpetbagger. • carpet␣baggers n. Plural of carpet bagger. • CARPETBAGGER n. an opportunistic outsider, especially a political candidate who contests an election in an area while having little connection to it. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| GRAPHITISABLE | • GRAPHITISABLE adj. capable of being graphitised, converted into graphite, also GRAPHITIZABLE. |
| PAINTBALLINGS | • PAINTBALLING n. a game in which teams of players simulate a military skirmish, shooting each other with paint pellets that explode on impact, marking the players who have been shot. |
| POSTBOURGEOIS | • postbourgeois adj. (In Marxist philosophy) Relating to a period of society following the decline of the bourgeoisie. • POSTBOURGEOIS adj. belonging to a period of society after the bourgeoisie. |
| POWERBOATINGS | • POWERBOATING n. the sport of driving a powerboat. |
| SPEEDBOATINGS | • SPEEDBOATING n. the sport of driving a speedboat. |
| SPONGIOBLASTS | • spongioblasts n. Plural of spongioblast. • SPONGIOBLAST n. any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |
| SUBOPTIMISING | • SUBOPTIMISE v. to optimize to an inferior degree, also SUBOPTIMIZE. |
| SUBOPTIMIZING | • suboptimizing v. Present participle of suboptimize. • SUBOPTIMIZE v. to optimize to an inferior degree, also SUBOPTIMISE. |