| BELLIGERATI | • belligerati n. Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression. • BELLIGERATI n. members of the intelligentsia in favour of war. |
| BITTERLINGS | • bitterlings n. Plural of bitterling. • BITTERLING n. a roach-like European fish. |
| BLITZKRIEGS | • blitzkriegs n. Plural of blitzkrieg. • BLITZKRIEG n. (German) a rapid advance in warfare. |
| BRUTALISING | • brutalising v. (Britain) present participle of brutalise. • BRUTALISE v. to make brutal, also BRUTALIZE. |
| BRUTALIZING | • brutalizing adj. Cruel, harsh, or otherwise insensitive. • brutalizing v. Present participle of brutalize. • BRUTALIZE v. to make brutal, also BRUTALISE. |
| CALIBRATING | • calibrating v. Present participle of calibrate. • CALIBRATE v. to determine true values by comparison with an accurate standard. |
| EMBRITTLING | • embrittling v. Present participle of embrittle. • EMBRITTLE v. (archaic) to make or become brittle. |
| GRADABILITY | • gradability n. The property of being gradable. • GRADABILITY n. the quality of being gradable. |
| LIBERTINAGE | • libertinage n. The conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness. • LIBERTINAGE n. debauchery. |
| LIMBURGITES | • limburgites n. Plural of limburgite. • LIMBURGITE n. a volcanic rock composed of olivine and augite in a fine-grained or glassy groundmass. |
| LUBRICATING | • lubricating v. Present participle of lubricate. • lubricating adj. That lubricates. • LUBRICATE v. to make smooth or slippery. |
| THIMBLERIGS | • thimblerigs n. Plural of thimblerig. • thimblerigs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thimblerig. • THIMBLERIG v. to cheat by trickery. |
| TRIBOLOGIES | • TRIBOLOGY n. the study of interacting surfaces in relative motion and associated issues, such as friction, lubrication, and wear. |
| TRIBOLOGIST | • tribologist n. A specialist in tribology. • TRIBOLOGIST n. a student of tribology. |
| TRIBULATING | • tribulating v. Present participle of tribulate. • TRIBULATE v. to cause to endure tribulation. |
| VIBRATINGLY | • vibratingly adv. In a vibrating way; accompanied by vibrations. • VIBRATING adv. VIBRATE, to move back and forward rapidly. |