(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
backlighted
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
benightmare
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bhaktimarga
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
blastophaga
boltheading
brachiating
brachiating
adj
That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
verb
present participle of brachiate
brantingham
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
A brattice.
verb
present participle of brattish
breathingly
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
changeabout
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
flaughtbred
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.
habituating
habituating
adj
habit-forming
verb
present participle of habituate
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.
harzburgite
harzburgite
noun
An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
hattiesburg
hibernating
hibernating
verb
present participle of hibernate
higinbotham
inbreathing
inbreathing
noun
A breathing in; an inhalation.
verb
present participle of inbreathe
mothballing
mothballing
noun
The act of something being mothballed: taken out of service and stored for possible later use.
verb
present participle of mothball
plattsburgh
relightable
relightable
adj
(computer graphics) Capable of being rendered again with different simulated lighting conditions.
Capable of being lit again.
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
stablishing
stablishing
verb
present participle of stablish
staggerbush
staggerbush
noun
Any of the genus Lyonia of ericaceous flowering plants.
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.