| ABSOLUTISING | • absolutising v. Present participle of absolutise. • ABSOLUTISE v. to make absolute, also ABSOLUTIZE. |
| ABSOLUTIZING | • absolutizing v. Present participle of absolutize. • ABSOLUTIZE v. to make absolute. |
| ANTIGLOBULIN | • antiglobulin n. (Immunology) antihuman globulin. • ANTIGLOBULIN n. an antibody that combines with and precipitates globulin. |
| AUTOMOBILING | • automobiling v. Present participle of automobile. • AUTOMOBILE v. to travel by car. |
| BATTLEGROUND | • battleground n. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| BOATBUILDING | • boatbuilding n. The construction of a boat or boats. • BOATBUILDING n. the industry of building boats. |
| BREASTPLOUGH | • breastplough n. A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker’s breast, and in some types by pushing with the… • BREASTPLOUGH n. a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a crossbar against which the breast is pressed. |
| 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. |
| DISTROUBLING | • distroubling v. Present participle of distrouble. • DISTROUBLE v. (obsolete) to trouble. |
| GUTTERBLOODS | • gutterbloods n. Plural of gutterblood. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| OBNUBILATING | • obnubilating v. Present participle of obnubilate. • OBNUBILATE v. (obsolete) to darken, cloud over. |
| OUTBALANCING | • outbalancing v. Present participle of outbalance. • OUTBALANCE v. to outweigh; to exceed in weight or effect. |
| OUTBUILDINGS | • outbuildings n. Plural of outbuilding. • OUTBUILDING n. a building such as a barn, stable, etc. separate from, but used in connection with, a dwelling-house or a main building. |
| SUBTOTALLING | • subtotalling v. Present participle of subtotal. • SUBTOTAL v. to total a portion of. |
| UNDOUBTINGLY | • undoubtingly adv. Without doubting. • UNDOUBTING adv. not doubting. |
| UNNEGOTIABLE | • unnegotiable adj. Not negotiable. • UNNEGOTIABLE adj. not negotiable. |
| URBANOLOGIST | • urbanologist n. A sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |