The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.
verb
present participle of blackleg
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blarneying
blarneying
verb
present participle of blarney
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastogenesis
blastogenesis
noun
(biology) Reproduction via budding.
(biology) The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis.
blastogenetic
blastogenetic
adj
Relating to blastogenesis.
blastogenic
blastogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blastogenesis.
blathering
blathering
noun
Meaningless nonsense.
verb
present participle of blather
blattering
blattering
verb
present participle of blatter
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
blearing
blearing
verb
present participle of blear
bleating
bleating
noun
A noise that bleats.
Inane or plaintive chatter.
verb
present participle of bleat
bleatingly
bleatingly
adv
With bleating sounds.
blennophlogisma
blennorrhagia
blennorrhagia
noun
Excessive blennorrhea, or mucous discharge, especially as seen in gonorrhea.
blennorrhagic
blennorrhagic
adj
(pathology) of or relating to blennorrhoea
blindage
blindage
noun
(military) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.
(military) A deep dugout, often equipped with bunks and other fittings.
blindages
blindages
noun
plural of blindage
blockaderunning
bloomingdale
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boltheading
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bougainvillaea
bougainvillaea
noun
Alternative spelling of bougainvillea
bougainvillaeas
bougainvillaeas
noun
plural of bougainvillaea
bougainville
bougainvillea
bougainvillea
noun
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
bougainvilliidae
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
boussingaultite
boussingaultite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
branchiostegal
branchiostegal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
noun
A branchiostegal ray.
breathingly
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
bridgeland
bringela
bromgelatin
bromogelatin
bromogelatin
noun
(photography) A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
bronchoaspergillosis
bronchoplegia
brugnatellite
brugnatellite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellowish mineral formed of a hydrated ferric and magnesium carbonate/hydroxide.
buginvillaea
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
burlingame
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
carbogelatin
carbohemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
celebrating
celebrating
noun
celebration
verb
present participle of celebrate
cerebroganglion
cerebroganglionic
cerebromeningeal
cerebromeningeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebral cortex and the meninges
changeability
changeability
noun
The quality of being changeable; changeableness.
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
circumnavigable
circumnavigable
adj
able to be circumnavigated
clabbering
clabbering
verb
present participle of clabber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisableness
cognizable
cognizable
adj
(law) Within the jurisdiction of a particular court.
Capable of being known or perceived.
cognizableness
cognizableness
noun
The quality of being cognizable.
concelebrating
concelebrating
verb
present participle of concelebrate
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
congealability
congealability
noun
The condition of being congealable
congeliturbate
congeliturbation
congeliturbation
noun
(geology) gelifraction
consignable
consignable
adj
Capable of being consigned.
contrasuggestible
contrasuggestible
adj
Liable to respond to psychological suggestion by doing the opposite.
counterbalancing
counterbalancing
noun
The act by which something is counterbalanced.
verb
present participle of counterbalance
counterobligation
counterobligation
noun
A reciprocal obligation; something one is obliged to do in return.
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
cyanmethemoglobin
cyanmethemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A relatively non-toxic cyanide derivative of methemoglobin formed when amyl nitrite and sodium nitrite are used as antidotes to cyanide poisoning
cyanomethaemoglobin
cyanomethemoglobin
dabblingness
dangleberries
dangleberries
noun
plural of dangleberry
debasingly
debasingly
adv
In a debasing manner.
debatingly
debatingly
adv
In the manner of a debate.
debilitating
debilitating
adj
Causing a loss of energy or strength.
verb
present participle of debilitate
decarbonylating
decarbonylating
verb
present participle of decarbonylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
defibrillating
defibrillating
verb
present participle of defibrillate
delabializing
delabializing
verb
present participle of delabialize
deliberating
deliberating
verb
present participle of deliberate
demagnetisable
demagnetizable
demagnetizable
adj
That can be demagnetized.
designable
designable
adj
Capable of being designed.
desobligeant
destabilizing
destabilizing
verb
present participle of destabilize
detribalizing
detribalizing
verb
present participle of detribalize
diagnosable
diagnosable
adj
Able to be diagnosed; having a cause which can be determined.
diagnoseable
diagnoseable
adj
Alternative form of diagnosable
diagonalizable
diagonalizable
adj
Able to be diagonalized.
diffrangible
diffrangible
adj
Able to be diffracted.
disagreeableness
disagreeableness
noun
(countable) A disagreeable behaviour, occurrence, etc.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
disassembling
disassembling
verb
present participle of disassemble
disembrangle
disembrangle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from wrangling or litigation.
disenabling
disenabling
verb
present participle of disenable
disestablishing
disestablishing
verb
present participle of disestablish
disintegrable
disintegrable
adj
Capable of being disintegrated.
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
doublehatching
elaborating
elaborating
verb
present participle of elaborate
electroblasting
elucubrating
elucubrating
verb
present participle of elucubrate
embalming
embalming
noun
The work of an embalmer.
verb
present participle of embalm
embarrassingly
embarrassingly
adv
Causing embarrassment.
In an embarrassing manner.
To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
emblazing
emblazing
verb
present participle of emblaze
emblazoning
emblazoning
noun
Something emblazoned.
verb
present participle of emblazon
emblematising
emblematising
verb
present participle of emblematise
emblematizing
emblematizing
verb
present participle of emblematize
embracingly
embracingly
adj
in an embracing manner
embrangling
embrangling
verb
present participle of embrangle
emmarbling
emmarbling
verb
present participle of emmarble
enabling
enabling
noun
An act or an instance of something being enabled.
verb
present participle of enable
englishable
enmarbling
enmarbling
verb
present participle of enmarble
epiboulangerite
equichangeable
equilibrating
equilibrating
verb
present participle of equilibrate
establishing
establishing
noun
The act by which something is established; establishment.
verb
present participle of establish
ethnobiological
ethnobiological
adj
Relating to ethnobiology
evaginable
exacerbatingly
exacerbatingly
adv
In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
exchangeability
exchangeability
noun
The condition of being exchangeable
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
eyeballing
eyeballing
noun
An act of staring or ogling.
The practice of pouring vodka through the eye socket, falsely claimed to increase the rate of alcohol absorption.
verb
present participle of eyeball
fablemongering
fatigableness
fatigableness
noun
susceptibility to fatigue
fibrinogenically
fibroligamentous
fingerable
fingerable
adj
Able to be touched or manipulated with the fingers.
fireballing
fireballing
adj
(baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs
verb
present participle of fireball
flabbergastation
flabbergastation
noun
(archaic, colloquial, humorous) The act of confounding or bewildering.
(colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
flabbergasting
flabbergasting
adj
Overwhelming in a bewildering way; amazing, confounding, stunning, especially in a ludicrous manner.
verb
present participle of flabbergast
flabbergastingly
flabbergastingly
adv
Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly
flambeing
flambeing
verb
present participle of flambe
fleabiting
fliegerabwehrkanone
forbearingly
forbearingly
adv
In a forbearing manner.
forgivableness
frangibilities
frangibilities
noun
plural of frangibility
frangible
frangible
adj
Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
noun
Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.
frangibleness
frangibleness
noun
The quality of being frangible.
frightenable
frightenable
adj
Capable of being frightened.
gaberloonie
gaberlunzie
gaberlunzie
noun
(Scotland, historical) A licensed beggar.
(Scotland, historical) A pouch carried by a strolling beggar.
gablewindowed
gabrielson
gainable
gainable
adj
Capable of being gained (in any sense), obtained, or reached.