| BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| CONSTUPRATING | • constuprating v. Present participle of constuprate. • CONSTUPRATE v. (obsolete) to ravish. |
| INTROSPECTING | • introspecting v. Present participle of introspect. • INTROSPECT v. to look inwards. |
| OVERPLOTTINGS | • OVERPLOTTING n. excessive plotting. |
| PHYTOESTROGEN | • phytoestrogen n. (Biochemistry) A substance found in certain plants (such as genistein) which can produce effects like… • PHYTOESTROGEN n. a plant substance similar to a weak oestrogen. |
| POETASTERINGS | • POETASTERING n. acting as a poetaster, an inferior poet. |
| PREGUSTATIONS | • pregustations n. Plural of pregustation. • PREGUSTATION n. a foretaste. |
| PRENEGOTIATES | • PRENEGOTIATE v. to negotiate in advance. |
| PROGNOSTICATE | • prognosticate v. (Transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill. • prognosticate v. (Transitive) To presage, betoken. • PROGNOSTICATE v. to foretell from signs or symptoms. |
| RETROSPECTING | • retrospecting v. Present participle of retrospect. • RETROSPECT v. to engage in retrospection. |
| SPORTSWRITING | • sportswriting n. Writing about sports. • SPORTSWRITING n. journalism on sports subjects. |
| STENOGRAPHIST | • stenographist n. A stenographer. • STENOGRAPHIST n. one who practises stenography. |
| STEREOTYPINGS | • STEREOTYPING n. the act of making a stereotype. |
| TRAINSPOTTING | • trainspotting n. Alternative spelling of train spotting. • train␣spotting n. The hobby of collecting the numbers and names of locomotives seen at railway stations and other vantage points. |
| TRANSPORTINGS | • transportings n. Plural of transporting. • TRANSPORTING n. the act of transporting. |
| TRAPSHOOTINGS | • TRAPSHOOTING n. the sport of shooting from traps. |