| ABLACTATIONS | • ablactations n. Plural of ablactation. • ABLACTATION n. the weaning of a child from its mother's milk. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| BRISTLECONES | • bristlecones n. Plural of bristlecone. • BRISTLECONE n. a western American pine with bristlelike prickles on its cones. |
| CALIBRATIONS | • calibrations n. Plural of calibration. • CALIBRATION n. the act of calibrating. |
| CATABOLISING | • catabolising v. Present participle of catabolise. • CATABOLISE v. to subject to catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also CATABOLIZE. |
| CELEBRATIONS | • celebrations n. Plural of celebration. • CELEBRATION n. the act of celebrating. |
| CONVERTIBLES | • convertibles n. Plural of convertible. • CONVERTIBLE n. a car with a folding top. |
| DISCOUNTABLE | • discountable adj. That can be discounted (in all senses). • DISCOUNTABLE adj. set apart for discounting. |
| LABEFACTIONS | • LABEFACTION n. a weakening, a decay, also LABEFACTATION. |
| LUBRICATIONS | • lubrications n. Plural of lubrication. • LUBRICATION n. the act of lubricating. |
| LUCUBRATIONS | • lucubrations n. Plural of lucubration. • LUCUBRATION n. laborious or intensive study. |
| NOCTAMBULISM | • noctambulism n. (Rare) sleepwalking. • NOCTAMBULISM n. somnambulism. |
| NOCTAMBULIST | • noctambulist n. (Rare) One who sleepwalks at night; a somnambulist. • NOCTAMBULIST n. a sleepwalker, a somnambulist. |
| PUBLICATIONS | • publications n. Plural of publication. • PUBLICATION n. the act of publishing. |
| SALTIMBANCOS | • saltimbancos n. Plural of saltimbanco. • SALTIMBANCO n. (Italian) a mountebank, a quack. |
| SANCTIONABLE | • sanctionable adj. That can be sanctioned. • SANCTIONABLE adj. capable of being sanctioned. |