| BACKHAULING | • backhauling v. Present participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BESMUTCHING | • besmutching v. Present participle of besmutch. • BESMUTCH v. (archaic) to soil, besmirch. |
| BULLFINCHES | • bullfinches n. Plural of bullfinch. • bull-finches n. Plural of bull-finch. • BULLFINCH n. a type of finch. |
| BUTCHERINGS | • butcherings n. Plural of butchering. • BUTCHERING n. slaughtering. |
| CLUBHAULING | • clubhauling n. (Nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping… • clubhauling v. Present participle of clubhaul. • CLUBHAUL v. to force a sailing vessel onto a new tack. |
| CLUBMANSHIP | • clubmanship n. Cliquishness, as between members of a club. • CLUBMANSHIP n. the state of being a clubman. |
| HABITAUNCES | • HABITAUNCE n. (Spenser) dwelling-place. |
| HIBERNACULA | • hibernacula n. Plural of hibernaculum. • HIBERNACULUM n. (Latin) a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal (as an insect or reptile). |
| MULTIBRANCH | • multibranch adj. Of or pertaining to more than one branch (in various senses). |
| NUDIBRANCHS | • nudibranchs n. Plural of nudibranch. • NUDIBRANCH n. a member of the Nudibranchiata, sea slugs, also NUDIBRANCHIATE. |
| OUTBITCHING | • outbitching v. Present participle of outbitch. • OUTBITCH v. to surpass in bitching, complaining. |
| SUBHARMONIC | • subharmonic adj. (Physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency. • subharmonic n. Such a frequency. • SUBHARMONIC n. a tone below a harmonic. |
| TIBOUCHINAS | • tibouchinas n. Plural of tibouchina. • TIBOUCHINA n. a plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs, with purple flowers. |
| UNBLENCHING | • unblenching adj. Unblanching; resolute. • UNBLENCHING adj. not blenching. |
| UNBREECHING | • unbreeching v. Present participle of unbreech. • UNBREECH v. to remove the breeches of. |