| 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. |
| BRASSFOUNDINGS | • BRASSFOUNDING n. the craft of casting objects in brass. |
| COUNTERBIDDING | • counterbidding v. Present participle of counterbid. |
| COUNTERBRACING | • counterbracing v. Present participle of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| COUNTERBUFFING | • counterbuffing v. Present participle of counterbuff. • COUNTERBUFF v. to rebuff. |
| DUMBFOUNDERING | • dumbfoundering v. Present participle of dumbfounder. • DUMBFOUNDER v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUND, DUMFOUND, DUMFOUNDER. |
| GROUNDBREAKING | • groundbreaking adj. Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. • groundbreaking n. The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground. • groundbreaking n. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. |
| MONEYGRUBBINGS | • MONEYGRUBBING n. scraping and saving. |
| OVERBURTHENING | • overburthening v. Present participle of overburthen. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| UNRECOGNIZABLE | • unrecognizable adj. That cannot be recognized, especially because of substantial changes. • UNRECOGNIZABLE adj. not recognizable, also UNRECOGNISABLE. |
| UNRECOGNIZABLY | • unrecognizably adv. Beyond recognition. • UNRECOGNIZABLE adv. not recognizable, also UNRECOGNISABLE. |