| 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. |
| CARPETBAGGERS | • carpetbaggers n. Plural of carpetbagger. • carpet␣baggers n. Plural of carpet bagger. • CARPETBAGGER n. an opportunistic outsider, especially a political candidate who contests an election in an area while having little connection to it. |
| CARPETBAGGERY | • carpetbaggery n. (Derogatory) The practice of a person coming to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • CARPETBAGGERY n. the actions of a carpetbagger. |
| DECEREBRATING | • decerebrating v. Present participle of decerebrate. • DECEREBRATE v. to eliminate cerebral brain function in (an animal) by removing the cerebrum, as for purposes of experimentation. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| GLOBETROTTERS | • globetrotters n. Plural of globetrotter. • globe-trotters n. Plural of globe-trotter. • globe␣trotters n. Plural of globe trotter. |
| HEARTBREAKING | • heartbreaking adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. • heartbreaking n. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress. • heart-breaking adj. (Idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief. |
| INTERBREEDING | • interbreeding v. Present participle of interbreed. • interbreeding n. Breeding within a narrow range of individuals. • interbreeding n. Breeding between heterogeneous individuals. |
| OVERBREATHING | • overbreathing v. Present participle of overbreathe. • overbreathing n. Hyperventilation. • overbreathing n. Excessive breathing. |
| REVERBERATING | • reverberating v. Present participle of reverberate. • REVERBERATE v. to continue in or as if in a series of echoes, to resound, also REVERB. |
| THIMBLERIGGER | • thimblerigger n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain. • thimble-rigger n. Alternative form of thimblerigger. • THIMBLERIGGER n. one who thimblerigs. |
| VERBIGERATING | • verbigerating v. Present participle of verbigerate. • VERBIGERATE v. to continually repeat a word or phrase, usually unconsciously. |
| VERBIGERATION | • verbigeration n. An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness. • VERBIGERATION n. the obsessive repetition of stereotyped phrases. |