| AUTOMOBILING | • automobiling v. Present participle of automobile. • AUTOMOBILE v. to travel by car. |
| 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. |
| BRACHYLOGOUS | • BRACHYLOGOUS adj. condensed in expression. |
| BURGLARPROOF | • burglarproof adj. As secure as possible against burglary. • BURGLARPROOF adj. protected against or designed to afford protection against burglary. |
| BUTTONHOLING | • buttonholing v. Present participle of buttonhole. • buttonholing n. The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| CONGLOBULATE | • conglobulate v. (Rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass. • CONGLOBULATE v. to form into a ball. |
| 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. |
| GUTTERBLOODS | • gutterbloods n. Plural of gutterblood. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| NEUROBIOLOGY | • neurobiology n. (Biology) The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals. • NEUROBIOLOGY n. the study of the anatomy of the nervous system. |
| URBANOLOGIES | • urbanologies n. Plural of urbanology. • URBANOLOGY n. the study of cities. |
| URBANOLOGIST | • urbanologist n. A sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |
| UROBILINOGEN | • urobilinogen n. (Biochemistry) A colourless product of bilirubin reduction, formed in the intestines by bacterial action. • UROBILINOGEN n. any of a group of colourless tetrapyrrole compounds produced by the reduction of bilirubin. |