| BILDUNGSROMANS | • bildungsromans n. Plural of bildungsroman. • Bildungsromans n. Plural of Bildungsroman. • BILDUNGSROMAN n. (German) a psychological novel dealing with the early moral development of the protagonist. |
| BOURGUIGNONNES | • BOURGUIGNONNE n. (French) a meat dish stewed with onions, mushrooms and Burgundy wine, also BOURGUIGNON. |
| BRAINSTORMINGS | • brainstormings n. Plural of brainstorming. • BRAINSTORMING n. the practice of thrashing out a problem, developing a strategy, etc. by intensive group discussion in which ideas are put forward in an extempore fashion. |
| BRASSFOUNDINGS | • BRASSFOUNDING n. the craft of casting objects in brass. |
| FORBIDDINGNESS | • forbiddingness n. The quality of being forbidding. • FORBIDDINGNESS n. the state of being forbidding. |
| FOREBODINGNESS | • forebodingness n. The quality of being foreboding. • FOREBODINGNESS n. the state of being foreboding. |
| GOVERNABLENESS | • governableness n. The state of being governable. • GOVERNABLENESS n. the state of being governable. |
| HYPNOBIRTHINGS | • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| MONEYGRUBBINGS | • MONEYGRUBBING n. scraping and saving. |
| NEIGHBORLINESS | • neighborliness n. The characteristic of being neighborly. • NEIGHBORLINESS n. the state of being neighborly. |
| SPRINGBOARDING | • springboarding v. Present participle of springboard. |
| SUBCONTRACTING | • subcontracting v. Present participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACTING n. the act of subcontracting. |
| SUBGENERATIONS | • subgenerations n. Plural of subgeneration. • SUBGENERATION n. a subdivision of a generation. |
| SUBGOVERNMENTS | • subgovernments n. Plural of subgovernment. • SUBGOVERNMENT n. a subdivision of a government. |
| SUBINTRODUCING | • SUBINTRODUCE v. to bring in surreptitiously or subtly. |
| SUPERABOUNDING | • superabounding v. Present participle of superabound. • superabounding n. Superabundance. • SUPERABOUND v. to be superabundant. |
| UNRECOGNISABLE | • unrecognisable adj. Alternative spelling of unrecognizable. • UNRECOGNISABLE adj. not recognisable, also UNRECOGNIZABLE. |
| UNRECOGNISABLY | • unrecognisably adv. (Chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of unrecognizably. • UNRECOGNISABLE adv. not recognisable, also UNRECOGNIZABLE. |