(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
achroglobin
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
albedograph
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobia
anglophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobia
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlighted
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
balinghasay
balinghasay
noun
The tropical tree Buchanania arborescens.
ballyhooing
ballyhooing
verb
present participle of ballyhoo
barehanding
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
bellhanging
bellyaching
bellyaching
noun
Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
verb
present participle of bellyache
benightmare
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bergamasche
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bhaktimarga
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliophage
bibliophage
noun
(figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
billheading
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
blanchingly
blanchingly
adv
In a blanching way.
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastophaga
bolographic
boltheading
brachialgia
brachialgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the arm
brachiating
brachiating
adj
That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
verb
present participle of brachiate
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
brantingham
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
A brattice.
verb
present participle of brattish
breathingly
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckwashing
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
bulgarophil
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
bushbashing
bushbashing
verb
present participle of bushbash
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
changeabout
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
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
englishable
ergophobiac
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
flaughtbred
gallophobia
garnishable
garnishable
adj
Able to be garnished.
gnathobasic
gnathobasic
adj
Related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
gristhorbia
grithbreach
grithbreach
noun
(obsolete) breach of the peace ; The penalty for breach of the peace.
gymnophobia
gymnophobia
noun
An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity.
habituating
habituating
adj
habit-forming
verb
present participle of habituate
haemoglobic
haemoglobin
haemoglobin
noun
(British spelling, biochemistry) Alternative spelling of hemoglobin
hagiophobia
hagiophobia
noun
The fear, dislike, or hatred of holiness and/or of holy things.
hamletsburg
hangability
hangability
noun
The quality of being hangable; suitability for hanging or suspension.
haptoglobin
haptoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
harbingered
harbingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbinger
hardinsburg
harmonsburg
harrodsburg
harveysburg
harzburgite
harzburgite
noun
An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
hattiesburg
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
herbarizing
herbarizing
verb
present participle of herbarize
hibernating
hibernating
verb
present participle of hibernate
highballing
highballing
verb
present participle of highball
higinbotham
hollansburg
hygrophobia
inbreathing
inbreathing
noun
A breathing in; an inhalation.
verb
present participle of inbreathe
marlborough
marlborough
Proper noun
a town in Wiltshire, England
Marlborough College
a dukedom in the British peerage
a region and former province in the South Island of New Zealand.
maryborough
maryborough
Proper noun
A city in Queensland, Australia.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
misbehaving
misbehaving
noun
bad conduct or actions
verb
present participle of misbehave
mothballing
mothballing
noun
The act of something being mothballed: taken out of service and stored for possible later use.
verb
present participle of mothball
negrophobia
negrophobia
Noun
Fear, hate, or dislike of black people of any descent, usually Africans.
phagophobia
phagophobia
noun
A fear of swallowing.
phlebograms
phlebograms
noun
plural of phlebogram
phlebograph
plattsburgh
pnigophobia
rebranching
rebranching
noun
A secondary branching.
verb
present participle of rebranch
relightable
relightable
adj
(computer graphics) Capable of being rendered again with different simulated lighting conditions.
Capable of being lit again.
sagebrusher
sagebrusher
noun
(US, historical, informal) A tourist who came to visit Yellowstone national park independently, bringing their own supplies and arranging their own bedding and transportation.
sagebrushes
sagebrushes
noun
plural of sagebrush
scarborough
scarborough
Proper noun
A coastal town in England.
A district and former municipality in Toronto, Canada.
schabzieger
seborrhagia
seborrhagia
noun
(dated, uncommon) Synonym of seborrhea
shamblingly
shamblingly
adv
With a shambling motion.
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
snobography
snobography
noun
(humorous, literary) The description of snobs and snobbery.
spanishburg
stablishing
stablishing
verb
present participle of stablish
staggerbush
staggerbush
noun
Any of the genus Lyonia of ericaceous flowering plants.
subheadings
subheadings
noun
plural of subheading
sugarbushes
sugarbushes
noun
plural of sugarbush
thingamabob
thingamabob
noun
(slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
thingumabob
throughbear
turbocharge
turbocharge
verb
(transitive) To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
(transitive, colloquial) To make faster or more powerful.