| BACKGROUNDED | • backgrounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of background. • backgrounded adj. Moved to the background. • backgrounded adj. (Computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive. |
| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BECLAMOURING | • beclamouring v. Present participle of beclamour. • BECLAMOUR v. to make a clamour, also BECLAMOR. |
| BIOCOMPUTING | • biocomputing n. (Computing) The design and construction of computers containing biological components. • biocomputing n. (Computing) The application of computing to the biological sciences; bioinformatics. • BIOCOMPUTING n. the application of computers to problems in biology and biochemistry. |
| 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. |
| BLOODSUCKING | • bloodsucking adj. (Of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. • bloodsucking adj. (By extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading. • blood-sucking adj. Alternative form of bloodsucking. |
| BLUESTOCKING | • bluestocking n. (Usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. • bluestocking n. (Historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. • bluestocking n. (Historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament. |
| CONCUBINAGES | • concubinages n. Plural of concubinage. • CONCUBINAGE n. the cohabitation of persons not legally married. |
| CONGLOBULATE | • conglobulate v. (Rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass. • CONGLOBULATE v. to form into a ball. |
| CONTRIBUTING | • contributing v. Present participle and gerund of contribute. • CONTRIBUTE v. to give or supply in common with others. |
| COPUBLISHING | • copublishing v. Present participle of copublish. • co-publishing v. Present participle of co-publish. • COPUBLISH v. to publish in collaboration with someone else. |
| CRYOGLOBULIN | • cryoglobulin n. A protein that becomes insoluble at low temperatures. • CRYOGLOBULIN n. an immunoglobulin formed in the blood in certain diseases which forms obstructions in small blood vessels when the extremities are subjected to low temperatures. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| INCOAGULABLE | • incoagulable adj. Not coagulable. • INCOAGULABLE adj. incapable of coagulation. |
| OBTRUNCATING | • obtruncating v. Present participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| OUTBALANCING | • outbalancing v. Present participle of outbalance. • OUTBALANCE v. to outweigh; to exceed in weight or effect. |
| OVERCLUBBING | • overclubbing v. Present participle of overclub. • OVERCLUB v. to hit a shot too far through using a club with insufficient loft. |
| UNBECOMINGLY | • unbecomingly adv. In an unbecoming manner. • UNBECOMING adv. not becoming. |