| ABRIDGMENTS | • abridgments n. Plural of abridgment. • ABRIDGMENT n. the act of abridging, also ABRIDGEMENT. |
| BANTINGISMS | • BANTINGISM n. slimming by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter, also BANTING. |
| BESIEGEMENT | • besiegement n. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. • BESIEGEMENT n. the state of being besieged. |
| BESMOOTHING | • besmoothing v. Present participle of besmooth. • BESMOOTH v. to make smooth. |
| BESMUTCHING | • besmutching v. Present participle of besmutch. • BESMUTCH v. (archaic) to soil, besmirch. |
| BOOTMAKINGS | • BOOTMAKING n. the craft of making boots. |
| GONIMOBLAST | • gonimoblast n. (Biology) A sporogenous filament (or bundle of such filaments) in the fertilized carpogonium of red algae. • GONIMOBLAST n. in the red seaweeds, a spore-bearing filament that springs from the fertilized carpogonium. |
| IGNIMBRITES | • ignimbrites n. Plural of ignimbrite. • IGNIMBRITE n. a hard rock formed by fusion of the volcanic fragments and dust of a nuee ardente. |
| MINIBUDGETS | • minibudgets n. Plural of minibudget. • mini-budgets n. Plural of mini-budget. • MINIBUDGET n. a small budget. |
| MISBEGOTTEN | • misbegotten adj. (Of a person) Born out of wedlock; illegitimate. • misbegotten adj. (By extension, figuratively) Ill-conceived. • misbegotten adj. (By extension) Bad; worthless. |
| MISDOUBTING | • misdoubting v. Present participle of misdoubt. • misdoubting n. Doubt. • MISDOUBT v. to be suspicious of. |
| MOBCASTINGS | • MOBCASTING n. the act of broadcasting over mobile phones. |
| OBLIGEMENTS | • obligements n. Plural of obligement. • OBLIGEMENT n. (Scots) a helpful action, a favour. |
| SCAMBAITING | • scambaiting n. (Internet) The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order… • SCAMBAITING n. the practice of pretending to fall for online scams in order to waste the time of the perpetrators. |
| STUMBLINGLY | • stumblingly adv. In a stumbling way; unsteadily, haltingly. • STUMBLING adv. STUMBLE, to trip when walking or running. |
| SUBLIMATING | • sublimating v. Present participle of sublimate. • SUBLIMATE v. to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form. |
| SUBMITTINGS | • submittings n. Plural of submitting. • SUBMITTING n. the act of submitting. |
| THINGUMBOBS | • thingumbobs n. Plural of thingumbob. • THINGUMBOB n. a whatsit, also THINGAMY, THINGAMYBOB, THINGAMYJIG, THINGUMABOB, THINGUMAJIG, THINGUMMY, THINGUMMYBOB, THINGUMMYJIG. |
| THROMBOSING | • thrombosing v. Present participle of thrombose. • THROMBOSE v. to cause thrombosis in. |
| TOMBSTONING | • tombstoning n. (Britain) The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point… • tombstoning n. (Computing) The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app. • tombstoning n. (Electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component… |