| ABSCINDING | • abscinding v. Present participle of abscind. • ABSCIND v. to cut off. |
| ABSCONDING | • absconding v. Present participle of abscond. • absconding n. An instance in which someone absconds. • ABSCONDING n. the act of departing suddenly and secretly. |
| ABSTINENCE | • abstinence n. The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. • abstinence n. The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything. • abstinence n. (Obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything. |
| ABSTINENCY | • abstinency n. (Rare) Alternative form of abstinence. • ABSTINENCY n. voluntary forbearance esp. from indulgence of an appetite, also ABSTINENCE. |
| BALANCINGS | • balancings n. Plural of balancing. • BALANCING n. the act of putting in equilibrium. |
| BECKONINGS | • beckonings n. Plural of beckoning. • BECKONING n. the act of signalling by sign or gesture. |
| BIENSEANCE | • bienséance n. Propriety, decorum. • BIENSEANCE n. proper, correct or fitting things. |
| BOUNCINESS | • bounciness n. The characteristic of being bouncy. • BOUNCINESS n. the state of being bouncy. |
| BRANCHINGS | • branchings n. Plural of branching. • BRANCHING n. the formation of a branch. |
| BUNCHINESS | • bunchiness n. The quality or condition of being bunchy. • BUNCHINESS n. the state of being bunchy. |
| CANNABISES | • cannabises n. Plural of cannabis. • CANNABIS n. hemp; a narcotic drug obtained from hemp. |
| CARBANIONS | • carbanions n. Plural of carbanion. • CARBANION n. an ion carrying a negative electrical charge at the carbon position. |
| COMBININGS | • combinings n. Plural of combining. • COMBINING n. the act of combining. |
| CONCUBINES | • concubines n. Plural of concubine. • CONCUBINE n. a woman who cohabits with a man without being married; a kept mistress, also CONCUPY. |
| INCUMBENTS | • incumbents n. Plural of incumbent. • INCUMBENT n. a person who holds an ecclesiastical benefice, or any office. |
| INCUNABLES | • incunables n. Plural of incunable. • INCUNABLE n. a book printed from movable type before 1501, also INCUNABULUM. |
| INSCRIBING | • inscribing v. Present participle of inscribe. • INSCRIBE v. to write or engrave as a lasting record. |
| UNCOMBINES | • uncombines v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uncombine. • UNCOMBINE v. (Dickens) to separate. |