| BACKSTARTINGS | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BACKSTRAIGHTS | • backstraights n. Plural of backstraight. • back␣straights n. Plural of back straight. |
| BATTLEGROUNDS | • battlegrounds n. Plural of battleground. • battle␣grounds n. Plural of battle ground. • BATTLEGROUND n. the site of a battle. |
| 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. |
| BRAGGARTLIEST | • BRAGGARTLY adj. like a braggart, boastful. |
| 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. |
| GLOBETROTTERS | • globetrotters n. Plural of globetrotter. • globe-trotters n. Plural of globe-trotter. • globe␣trotters n. Plural of globe trotter. |
| 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. |
| STRAIGHTBREDS | • straightbreds n. Plural of straightbred. • STRAIGHTBRED n. an animal produced by breeding a single breed, strain, or type. |
| STRESSBUSTING | • stressbusting n. (Informal) The use of techniques that work against mental stress. • STRESSBUSTING adj. designed to reduce stress. |
| TIMBROLOGISTS | • TIMBROLOGIST n. a collector of stamps. |
| 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. |