| ABSOLUTISING | • absolutising v. Present participle of absolutise. • ABSOLUTISE v. to make absolute, also ABSOLUTIZE. |
| ABSOLUTIZING | • absolutizing v. Present participle of absolutize. • ABSOLUTIZE v. to make absolute. |
| BLOCKBUSTING | • blockbusting n. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood… • blockbusting adj. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful. • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BLOODSUCKING | • bloodsucking adj. (Of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. • bloodsucking adj. (By extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading. • blood-sucking adj. Alternative form of bloodsucking. |
| BLUESTOCKING | • bluestocking n. (Usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. • bluestocking n. (Historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. • bluestocking n. (Historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament. |
| BULLDOGGINGS | • BULLDOGGING n. the act of bulldogging. |
| COPUBLISHING | • copublishing v. Present participle of copublish. • co-publishing v. Present participle of co-publish. • COPUBLISH v. to publish in collaboration with someone else. |
| DISTROUBLING | • distroubling v. Present participle of distrouble. • DISTROUBLE v. (obsolete) to trouble. |
| GLABROUSNESS | • glabrousness n. The quality of being glabrous. • GLABROUSNESS n. the state of being glabrous. |
| GLOBULARNESS | • globularness n. The quality of being globular. • GLOBULARNESS n. the state of being globular. |
| LABOURSAVING | • LABOURSAVING adj. reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour, also LABORSAVING. |
| MISLABOURING | • mislabouring v. Present participle of mislabour. • MISLABOUR v. to labour wrongly, also MISLABOR. |
| NONBUILDINGS | • nonbuildings n. Plural of nonbuilding. |
| OUTBUILDINGS | • outbuildings n. Plural of outbuilding. • OUTBUILDING n. a building such as a barn, stable, etc. separate from, but used in connection with, a dwelling-house or a main building. |
| PLUMBAGINOUS | • plumbaginous adj. Alternative spelling of plumbagineous. • PLUMBAGINOUS adj. of or like plumbago, graphite. |
| SOLUBILISING | • solubilising v. Present participle of solubilise. • SOLUBILISE v. to render soluble, also SOLUBILIZE. |
| SOLUBILIZING | • solubilizing v. Present participle of solubilize. • SOLUBILIZE v. to render soluble, also SOLUBILISE. |
| SUBTOTALLING | • subtotalling v. Present participle of subtotal. • SUBTOTAL v. to total a portion of. |
| URBANOLOGIES | • urbanologies n. Plural of urbanology. • URBANOLOGY n. the study of cities. |
| URBANOLOGIST | • urbanologist n. A sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |