| BABINGTONITES | • BABINGTONITE n. a triclinic basic silicate of iron and calcium, occurring as glassy greenish-black crystals. |
| BACKSTARTINGS | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BACKSTITCHING | • backstitching v. Present participle of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH v. to stitch in this way. |
| BANTAMWEIGHTS | • bantamweights n. Plural of bantamweight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
| BATTLEGROUNDS | • battlegrounds n. Plural of battleground. • battle␣grounds n. Plural of battle ground. • BATTLEGROUND n. the site of a battle. |
| BLASTOGENETIC | • blastogenetic adj. Relating to blastogenesis. • BLASTOGENETIC adj. related to blastogenesis, reproduction by budding, also BLASTOGENIC. |
| BLOODLETTINGS | • bloodlettings n. Plural of bloodletting. • BLOODLETTING n. the act of letting blood. |
| BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BULLSHITTINGS | • BULLSHITTING n. talking nonsense. |
| BUTTERFINGERS | • butterfingers n. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. • butterfingers n. One’s fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. • butterfingers n. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. |
| LETTERBOXINGS | • LETTERBOXING n. showing a film on television in its original wide screen format. |
| MOTORBOATINGS | • MOTORBOATING n. travelling by motorboat. |
| OBSTRUCTINGLY | • obstructingly adv. So as to obstruct. • OBSTRUCTINGLY adv. in an obstructing manner. |
| OUTBLUSTERING | • outblustering v. Present participle of outbluster. • OUTBLUSTER v. to surpass in bluster. |
| STRESSBUSTING | • stressbusting n. (Informal) The use of techniques that work against mental stress. • STRESSBUSTING adj. designed to reduce stress. |
| TANGIBILITIES | • tangibilities n. Plural of tangibility. • TANGIBILITY n. the state of being tangible. |
| TOOTHBRUSHING | • toothbrushing v. Present participle of toothbrush. • toothbrushing n. An act of brushing the teeth. • TOOTHBRUSHING n. the action of using a toothbrush to clean teeth. |
| TRUSTBUSTINGS | • TRUSTBUSTING n. the dissolution of corporate trusts. |