| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BECLOUDING | • beclouding v. Present participle of becloud. • beclouding n. The process of becoming clouded or obscured. • BECLOUD v. to make dim, cloud. |
| BESCOURING | • BESCOUR v. to scour thoroughly. |
| BOUNCINGLY | • bouncingly adv. With a bouncing motion. • BOUNCING adv. BOUNCE, to spring back. |
| BULLOCKING | • bullocking v. Present participle of bullock. • bullocking adj. (Colloquial) powerful. • BULLOCK v. to force one's way. |
| BUTTOCKING | • buttocking n. The cross-buttock throw in wrestling. • BUTTOCK v. in wrestling, to throw by the buttocks. |
| COMBUSTING | • combusting v. Present participle of combust. • COMBUST v. to burn. |
| CONJUGABLE | • conjugable adj. Capable of being conjugated. • CONJUGABLE adj. that can be conjugated. |
| CROTONBUGS | • Croton␣bugs n. Plural of Croton bug. • CROTONBUG n. a species of cockroach. |
| DEBOUCHING | • debouching v. Present participle of debouche. • DEBOUCH v. to emerge or issue from a narrow area into the open. |
| PRONGBUCKS | • prongbucks n. Plural of prongbuck. • PRONGBUCK n. the springbuck. |
| RUBICONING | • rubiconing v. Present participle of rubicon. • RUBICON v. to win at piquet in this way. |
| SUBCOOLING | • subcooling n. (Physics) cooling a liquid to a temperature that is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure. • SUBCOOL v. to cool below the freezing point. |
| UNBECOMING | • unbecoming adj. Not flattering, attractive or appropriate. • unbecoming adj. Not in keeping with the expected standards of one’s position. • unbecoming v. Present participle of unbecome. |
| UNBLOCKING | • unblocking v. Present participle of unblock. • unblocking n. The process by which something is unblocked. • UNBLOCK v. to free from blockage. |