| BATTOLOGICAL | • battological adj. Exhibiting or relating to battology. • BATTOLOGICAL adj. pertaining to battology, unnecessarily repetitive writing or speaking. |
| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| BOGTROTTINGS | • BOGTROTTING n. the practice of wandering round bogs, ascribed to Irishmen. |
| 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. |
| GEOBOTANISTS | • geobotanists n. Plural of geobotanist. • GEOBOTANIST n. a student of geobotany. |
| GLOBETROTTED | • globetrotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of globetrot. • GLOBETROT v. to travel the world. |
| GLOBETROTTER | • globetrotter n. A person who travels often to faraway places. • globe-trotter n. Alternative form of globetrotter. • globe␣trotter n. Alternative spelling of globetrotter. |
| GNOTOBIOTICS | • gnotobiotics n. The science involved with maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment. • GNOTOBIOTICS n. the study of organisms living in germfree conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms. |
| GUTTERBLOODS | • gutterbloods n. Plural of gutterblood. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| MOTORBOATING | • motorboating n. The act of travelling in a motorboat. • motorboating n. (Slang) The act of placing one’s head between a woman’s breasts and making the sound of a motorboat… • motorboating v. Present participle of motorboat. |
| OUTTHROBBING | • outthrobbing v. Present participle of outthrob. • OUTTHROB v. to surpass in throbbing. |
| TIMBROLOGIST | • TIMBROLOGIST n. a collector of stamps. |
| TOBOGGANISTS | • tobogganists n. Plural of tobogganist. • TOBOGGANIST n. one who uses a toboggan, also TOBOGGANER. |
| TOMBSTONINGS | • TOMBSTONING n. (slang) the activity of diving off cliffs into the sea. |
| TRIBOLOGISTS | • tribologists n. Plural of tribologist. • TRIBOLOGIST n. a student of tribology. |