| BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
| BIGNONIACEOUS | • bignoniaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. • BIGNONIACEOUS adj. belonging to the bignonia family. |
| BIOCOMPUTINGS | • BIOCOMPUTING n. the application of computers to problems in biology and biochemistry. |
| BLOCKBUSTINGS | • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BLOODCURDLING | • bloodcurdling adj. Causing great horror or terror. • blood-curdling adj. Causing terror or horror. • BLOODCURDLING adj. arousing fright or horror. |
| BLUESTOCKINGS | • bluestockings n. Plural of bluestocking. • blue-stockings n. Plural of blue-stocking. • BLUESTOCKING n. an early feminist; an educated or literary woman. |
| BORAGINACEOUS | • boraginaceous adj. (Botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage… • BORAGINACEOUS adj. belonging to the borage family. |
| COACHBUILDING | • coachbuilding n. The construction of coaches. • COACHBUILDING n. the craft of building coaches. |
| CONFABULATING | • confabulating v. Present participle of confabulate. • CONFABULATE v. to chat; to invent past experiences. |
| CONSUBSISTING | • consubsisting v. Present participle of consubsist. • CONSUBSIST v. to subsist together. |
| COUNTERBORING | • counterboring v. Present participle of counterbore. • counterboring n. A counterbore. (cylindrical recess) • COUNTERBORE v. to form a counterbore in. |
| CRYOGLOBULINS | • cryoglobulins n. Plural of cryoglobulin. • CRYOGLOBULIN n. an immunoglobulin formed in the blood in certain diseases which forms obstructions in small blood vessels when the extremities are subjected to low temperatures. |
| LACTOGLOBULIN | • lactoglobulin n. (Biochemistry) The globulin content of milk. • LACTOGLOBULIN n. a crystalline protein fraction that is obtained from the whey of milk. |
| MACROGLOBULIN | • macroglobulin n. A plasma globulin of high molecular weight. • MACROGLOBULIN n. a highly polymerized globulin of high molecular weight. |
| OBSTRUCTINGLY | • obstructingly adv. So as to obstruct. • OBSTRUCTINGLY adv. in an obstructing manner. |
| SUBALLOCATING | • suballocating v. Present participle of suballocate. |
| SUBCONTIGUOUS | • subcontiguous adj. Almost touching. • SUBCONTIGUOUS adj. partially contiguous. |
| SUBVOCALISING | • SUBVOCALISE v. to say below the breath, also SUBVOCALIZE. |
| SUBVOCALIZING | • subvocalizing v. Present participle of subvocalize. • SUBVOCALIZE v. to say below the breath, also SUBVOCALISE. |
| TURBOCHARGING | • turbocharging v. Present participle of turbocharge. • TURBOCHARGING n. the act of fitting with a turbocharger. |