| AUTOMOBILING | • automobiling v. Present participle of automobile. • AUTOMOBILE v. to travel by car. |
| BALNEOLOGIST | • balneologist n. Balneotherapist. • BALNEOLOGIST n. a student of balneology. |
| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| BLOWTORCHING | • blowtorching v. Present participle of blowtorch. • BLOWTORCH v. to apply a blowtorch to. |
| BOOTLEGGINGS | • BOOTLEGGING n. the act of distilling illicit whisky. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| BUTTONHOLING | • buttonholing v. Present participle of buttonhole. • buttonholing n. The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| CONGLOBATING | • conglobating v. Present participle of conglobate. • CONGLOBATE v. to gather in a globe. |
| CONGLOBATION | • conglobation n. Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass. • CONGLOBATION n. the act of conglobating. |
| ETHNOBIOLOGY | • ethnobiology n. (Biology) The study of the relationships between plants and animals and human cultures. • ETHNOBIOLOGY n. the branch of biology involving the study of the traditional uses of plants and animals in various human societies. |
| GEOBOTANICAL | • geobotanical adj. Relating to geobotany. • GEOBOTANICAL adj. relating to geobotany, the geographical study of plant distribution, also GEOBOTANIC. |
| GNOTOBIOLOGY | • gnotobiology n. (Biology) The study of animals in a microbe-free environment. • GNOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of life in germfree conditions. |
| GONIMOBLASTS | • gonimoblasts n. Plural of gonimoblast. • GONIMOBLAST n. in the red seaweeds, a spore-bearing filament that springs from the fertilized carpogonium. |
| HAPTOGLOBINS | • haptoglobins n. Plural of haptoglobin. • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| LOBOTOMISING | • lobotomising v. Present participle of lobotomise. • LOBOTOMISE v. to carry out a lobotomy, also LOBOTOMIZE. |
| LOBOTOMIZING | • lobotomizing v. Present participle of lobotomize. • LOBOTOMIZE v. to carry out a lobotomy, also LOBOTOMISE. |
| NONBIOLOGIST | • nonbiologist n. One who is not a biologist. • NONBIOLOGIST n. one who is not a biologist. |
| OBLIGATIONAL | • obligational adj. Pertaining to, or in the nature of, obligation. • OBLIGATIONAL adj. relating to an obligation. |
| SPONGIOBLAST | • spongioblast n. (Cytology) A neuroepithelial cell that develops into neuroglial and ependymal cells. • SPONGIOBLAST n. any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |
| URBANOLOGIST | • urbanologist n. A sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |