| ABSTENTIONS | • abstentions n. Plural of abstention. • ABSTENTION n. the act of abstaining. |
| ABSTENTIOUS | • abstentious adj. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint. • ABSTENTIOUS adj. given to abstaining. |
| BASTNAESITE | • bastnaesite n. (Mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium… • BASTNAESITE n. (Swedish) a reddish-brown fluorite of cerium, also BASTNASITE. |
| BASTNASITES | • bastnasites n. Plural of bastnasite. • bastnäsites n. Plural of bastnäsite. • BASTNASITE n. (Swedish) a reddish-brown fluorite of cerium, also BASTNAESITE. |
| BATTINESSES | • BATTINESS n. the state of being batty. |
| BIRTHSTONES | • birthstones n. Plural of birthstone. • BIRTHSTONE n. a gemstone associated symbolically with the month of one's birth. |
| BITTINESSES | • BITTINESS n. the state of being bitty. |
| BRITTLENESS | • brittleness n. The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load. • brittleness n. The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility. • BRITTLENESS n. the state of being brittle. |
| BURNETTISES | • BURNETTISE v. to subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay, also BURNETTIZE. |
| BUTTERINESS | • butteriness n. The state or quality of being buttery. • BUTTERINESS n. the state of being buttery. |
| BUTTINSKIES | • buttinskies n. Plural of buttinsky. • BUTTINSKY n. a person given to butting in, a troublesome meddler, also BUTTINSKI. |
| BUTTRESSING | • buttressing v. Present participle of buttress. • BUTTRESS v. to prop up. |
| CROSSBITTEN | • crossbitten v. Past participle of crossbite. • cross-bitten v. Past participle of cross-bite. • CROSSBITE v. to swindle. |
| SUBLETTINGS | • sublettings n. Plural of subletting. • SUBLETTING n. the act of renting leased property to another. |
| SUBSTANTIVE | • substantive adj. Of the essence or essential element of a thing. • substantive adj. Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial. • substantive adj. (Law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right. |
| SUBSTITUENT | • substituent n. (Chemistry) any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of… • substituent n. (Grammar) pro-form. • SUBSTITUENT n. a thing, esp. an atom, substituted for another. |