(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antihumbuggist
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
baragouinish
benzophloroglucinol
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bhungi
bhungini
biologicohumanistic
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
blushingly
blushingly
adv
In an blushing manner; in a manner that evokes a blush.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boltuprightness
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
brachiofaciolingual
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
bringhurst
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulldoggishness
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bunching
bunching
noun
(countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
verb
present participle of bunch
burlingham
burnight
burnishing
burnishing
noun
A polishing.
verb
present participle of burnish
burnishings
burnishings
noun
plural of burnishing
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
busching
bushbashing
bushbashing
verb
present participle of bushbash
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
bushelling
bushelling
noun
Alternative form of busheling
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
bushing
bushing
noun
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
(mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
An adapter for joining pipes of different size.
verb
present participle of bush
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushmaking
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
bushrangings
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
buttonholing
buttonholing
noun
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
verb
present participle of buttonhole
christiansburg
clubhauling
clubhauling
noun
(nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to turn the boat in a tighter space than would be possible using the rudder and sails alone, especially when difficult conditions such as light winds or heavy swell make tacking more difficult than usual.
verb
present participle of clubhaul
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
dishabituating
dishabituating
verb
present participle of dishabituate
distinguishability
distinguishability
noun
The state of being distinguishable.
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distinguishably
distinguishably
adv
In a distinguishable way
doublehatching
doublethinking
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
equichangeable
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
gainsborough
gainsborough
Proper noun
A town in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
gastroalbuminorrhea
gibbergunyah
guahiban
gunbright
habituating
habituating
adj
habit-forming
verb
present participle of habituate
haemoglobinous
haemoglobinous
adj
Alternative form of hemoglobinous
haemoglobinuria
haemoglobinuria
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemoglobinuria
harbouring
harbouring
verb
present participle of harbour
hardinsburg
harrisonburg
harrisonburg
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
heartburning
heartburning
noun
Secret enmity; discountent.
hematoglobulin
hemoglobiniferous
hemoglobinous
hemoglobinous
adj
Of or relating to hemoglobin.
hemoglobinuria
hemoglobinuria
noun
(medicine) The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
hemoglobinuric
hemoglobinuric
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hemoglobinuria
noun
An individual who has hemoglobinuria
hemoglobulin
hemoglobulin
noun
Synonym of hemoglobin
hindenburg
hindenburg
Proper noun
The German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
hinesburg
homebuilding
homebuilding
noun
The part of the construction industry concerned with building individual homes.
houseboating
houseboating
noun
The practice of living and/or travelling in a houseboat.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housebuilding
housebuilding
noun
The building of houses
hubbing
hubbing
noun
The arrangement of a transportation network as a hub-and-spoke model.
hubing
hubmaking
humbling
humbling
adj
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
noun
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
verb
present participle of humble
humblingly
humblingly
adv
In a humbling way.
humbugging
humbugging
noun
An act of one who humbugs (in all senses, for example, swindling, fighting, etc.).
verb
present participle of humbug.
hummingbird
hummingbird
noun
Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
hummingbirds
hummingbirds
noun
plural of hummingbird
huntingburg
husbanding
husbanding
verb
present participle of husband
hypersuggestibleness
inbrought
inbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inbring
indistinguishability
indistinguishability
noun
The state of being indistinguishable
indistinguishable
indistinguishable
adj
Not capable of being perceived or known.
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct
noun
Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.
indistinguishableness
indistinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being indistinguishable.
indistinguishably
indistinguishably
adv
(archaic) Indiscriminately.
In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishable
inextinguishable
adj
Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
inextinguishables
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
ingleborough
interborough
interborough
adj
Between boroughs.
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lautverschiebung
leuchtenbergite
leuchtenbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
lightningbug
mandibulopharyngeal
mandibulopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the mandible and the pharynx.
mechanicsburg
methemoglobinuria
methemoglobinuria
noun
The occurrence of methemoglobin in the urine.
micropublishing
micropublishing
noun
Publishing on a small scale, or for a niche audience.
The publishing of microform publications.
muhlenbergia
myohemoglobinuria
neighbour
neighbour
noun
(biblical) A fellow human being.
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
verb
(intransitive, followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
(transitive) To be adjacent to
To associate intimately with; to be close to.
neighboured
neighboured
noun
(obsolete) The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of neighbour
neighbourer
neighbouress
neighbouress
noun
(rare) A female neighbor.
neighbourhood
neighbourhood
noun
(British spelling) alternative form of neighborhood
neighbouring
neighbouring
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of neighboring
neighbourless
neighbourless
adj
Alternative spelling of neighborless
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
neighbourliness
neighbourliness
noun
Britain standard spelling of neighborliness.
neighbourly
neighbourly
adj
(Britain, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
neighbours
neighbours
noun
plural of neighbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neighbour
neighbourship
neighbourship
noun
A relationship between people and / or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.
The state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
nightclub
nightclub
noun
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music and/or dancing.
verb
To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.
nightclubbed
nightclubbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nightclub
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
nightclubs
nightclubs
noun
plural of nightclub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightclub