| BIENNIALLY | • biennially adv. Taking place every two years. • BIENNIAL adv. occurring every two years. |
| BRINELLING | • brinelling n. (Engineering) A material surface failure caused by contact stress that exceeds the material limit. • BRINELLING n. a localized surface corrosion; a cause of damage to bearings. |
| CANNELLINI | • cannellini n. A type of white bean used in Italian cooking. • CANNELLINI n. (Italian) the white haricot beans used in French and Italian cooking, also CANELLINI. |
| CENTILLION | • centillion num. (Short scale) 10303. • centillion num. (Long scale) 10600. • CENTILLION n. in UK and Germany, the hundredth power of a million, i.e. 1 followed by 600 zeros; in North America and France, the hundred-and-first power of a thousand, i.e. 1 followed by 303 zeros. |
| INCLINABLE | • inclinable adj. Capable of being inclined or tilted. • inclinable adj. Capable of being inclined, or given a tendency. • INCLINABLE adj. leaning; tending. |
| INDWELLING | • indwelling n. A dwelling within, especially lodgement or habitation in the mind or soul. • indwelling adj. Implanted within the body. • indwelling adj. Existing as an inner principle; inherent. |
| INJELLYING | • INJELLY v. to place as if in jelly. |
| INSHELLING | • inshelling v. Present participle of inshell. • INSHELL v. (Shakespeare) to enclose in a shell, also ENSHELL. |
| LILANGENIS | • lilangenis n. Plural of lilangeni. • LILANGENI n. (Bantu) the standard monetary unit of Swaziland. |
| MILLENNIAL | • millennial adj. Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event or happening. • millennial adj. Occurring every thousand years. • millennial adj. Occurring at, or relating to, the end or beginning of a millennium. |
| MILLENNIUM | • millennium n. A period of time consisting of one thousand years. • millennium n. (Christianity) The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to… • millennium n. A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia. |
| NICKELLING | • nickelling v. Present participle of nickel. • nickelling n. (Firearms) The metallic fouling of a gun’s bore with fragments of bullet casing. • NICKEL v. to plate with a metallic element, also NICKLE. |
| PENCILLING | • pencilling v. (British spelling) present participle of pencil. • pencilling n. A sketch or mark made in pencil. • PENCILLING n. the art or act of painting, writing, sketching, or marking with a pencil, also PENCILING. |
| PENICILLIN | • penicillin n. (Pharmacology) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized… • penicillin n. (Mycology) A blue mold of the genus Penicillium that produces penicillin. • PENICILLIN n. any of a group of substances that stop the growth of bacteria, extracted from moulds, esp. from Penicillium notatum. |
| PENNILLION | • pennillion n. Plural of pennill. • PENNILL n. (Welsh) a verse or stanza in Welsh poetry, also PENILL. |
| SNIVELLING | • snivelling v. Present participle of snivel. • snivelling n. The act of producing a snivel. • SNIVELLING n. the act or sound of snivelling. |
| TINSELLING | • tinselling v. Present participle of tinsel. • TINSEL v. to give a showy appearance to. |