| AMBUSCADING | • ambuscading v. Present participle of ambuscade. • AMBUSCADE v. (French) to lay an ambush, also AMBUSCADO. |
| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
| BERGSCHRUND | • bergschrund n. Alternative form of bergshrund. • BERGSCHRUND n. (German) a crevasse formed where a glacier or snowfield moves away from a mountain wall. |
| BERGSCHRUNDS | • bergschrunds n. Plural of bergschrund. • BERGSCHRUND n. (German) a crevasse formed where a glacier or snowfield moves away from a mountain wall. |
| 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. |
| COACHBUILDINGS | • COACHBUILDING n. the craft of building coaches. |
| DECARBURISING | • decarburising v. Present participle of decarburise. • DECARBURISE v. to remove carbon or carbon dioxide from, also DECARBURIZE. |
| DISCUMBERING | • discumbering v. Present participle of discumber. • DISCUMBER v. (archaic) to free of encumbrance, also DISENCUMBER. |
| DISENCUMBERING | • disencumbering v. Present participle of disencumber. • DISENCUMBER v. to free from encumbrance, also DISCUMBER. |
| SCRATCHBUILDING | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SUBDUCING | • subducing v. Present participle of subduce. • SUBDUCE v. to take away. |
| SUBDUCTING | • subducting v. Present participle of subduct. • SUBDUCT v. to withdraw; to take away, also SUBDUCE. |
| SUBINDICATING | • subindicating v. Present participle of subindicate. • SUBINDICATE v. (obsolete) to hint. |
| SUBINTRODUCING | • SUBINTRODUCE v. to bring in surreptitiously or subtly. |
| UNSCABBARDING | • unscabbarding v. Present participle of unscabbard. • UNSCABBARD v. to withdraw e.g. a sword from a scabbard. |