(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
battledoring
bedrivelling
beggarliness
beggarliness
noun
(rare) The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
beleaguering
beleaguering
verb
present participle of beleaguer
belligerence
belligerence
noun
The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war.
belligerency
belligerency
noun
Alternative form of belligerence
belligerents
belligerents
noun
plural of belligerent
berlichingen
bertillonage
bertillonage
noun
Originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements — including head size, arm span, scars, distinguishing features and the like. The usage has been extended to encompass a means of identification of racing greyhounds.
bescribbling
bescribbling
verb
present participle of bescribble
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
bestraddling
bestraddling
verb
present participle of bestraddle
blisteringly
blisteringly
adv
In a blistering manner.
bloomingrose
blubberingly
blubberingly
adv
With blubbering sounds; with broken or noisy sobs.
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
blunderingly
blunderingly
adv
In a blundering way; making mistakes.
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
bromogelatin
bromogelatin
noun
(photography) A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
carbogelatin
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
deliberating
deliberating
verb
present participle of deliberate
diffrangible
diffrangible
adj
Able to be diffracted.
disembrangle
disembrangle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from wrangling or litigation.
elucubrating
elucubrating
verb
present participle of elucubrate
everblooming
everblooming
adj
Describes a plant that blooms throughout the growing season.
flemingsburg
flemingsburg
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
forbearingly
forbearingly
adv
In a forbearing manner.
forebodingly
forebodingly
adv
In a foreboding manner.
frightenable
frightenable
adj
Capable of being frightened.
garrnishable
generability
generability
noun
Capability of being generated.
gibberellins
gibberellins
noun
plural of gibberellin
globigerinae
globigerinas
incorrigible
incorrigible
adj
(archaic) Incurable.
Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
Incurably depraved; not reformable.
Unmanageable.
noun
An incorrigibly bad individual.
ingleborough
interrogable
interrogable
adj
That can be interrogated; that can respond to a query.
largebrained
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
letterboxing
letterboxing
noun
A hobby in which participants attempt to locate small boxes containing rubber stamps by following clues.
verb
present participle of letterbox
liberalising
liberalising
verb
present participle of liberalise
liberalizing
liberalizing
verb
present participle of liberalize
libertinages
libertinages
noun
plural of libertinage
lightbrained
linebreeding
linebreeding
noun
A form of inbreeding that may encompass crosses between individuals and their descendants or two cousins, used to increase a particular animal's contribution to the population.
loganberries
loganberries
noun
plural of loganberry
luxemburgian
metalbearing
metalbearing
adj
Yielding metal.
muhlenbergia
neighborless
neighborless
adj
Without neighbors.
neighborlike
neighborlike
adj
US standard spelling of neighbourlike.
neurobiology
neurobiology
noun
(biology) The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals.
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
nonalgebraic
nonalgebraic
adj
Not algebraic.
nondirigible
nonfrangible
nonirrigable
nonirrigable
adj
Not irrigable.
obliterating
obliterating
verb
present participle of obliterate
overbeetling
overbubbling
overbubbling
verb
present participle of overbubble
overbuilding
overbuilding
verb
present participle of overbuild
overgambling
overgambling
verb
present participle of overgamble
overlaboring
overlaboring
verb
present participle of overlabor
perturbingly
perturbingly
adv
In a manner that perturbs.
prebalancing
preballoting
prebelieving
pregnability
pregnability
noun
The quality of being pregnable.
ramblingness
ramblingness
noun
The quality of being rambling; tendency to ramble.
reassembling
reassembling
verb
present participle of reassemble
recognisable
recognisable
adj
(British spelling) Able to be recognised.
recognizable
recognizable
adj
able to be recognized
recognizably
recognizably
adv
in a recognizable manner
reliberating
reliberating
verb
present participle of reliberate
remobilizing
remobilizing
verb
present participle of remobilize
renegotiable
renegotiable
adj
Able to be renegotiated.
reobligating
reobligation
republishing
republishing
verb
present participle of republish
resemblingly
resemblingly
adv
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
retabulating
slubberingly
slubberingly
adv
(dated) In a slovenly or hasty manner.
slumberingly
slumberingly
adv
While slumbering; in a state of sleep.
subgenerical
subgenerical
adj
subgeneric
tabernacling
tabernacling
verb
present participle of tabernacle
talebearings
talebearings
noun
plural of talebearing
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
unabridgable
unabridgable
adj
Not abridgable.
unblundering
unblundering
adj
Not making mistakes.
unbridgeable
unbridgeable
adj
Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span.
uncorrigible
uncorrigible
adj
Obsolete form of incorrigible.
unforgivable
unforgivable
adj
Not forgivable; inexcusable.
unimmergible
unimmergible
adj
(archaic) Of a boat: resistant to capsizing.
unintegrable
unneighborly
unneighborly
adj
Alternative spelling of unneighbourly
unregainable
unregainable
adj
That cannot be regained; irrecoverable.
unresembling
unresembling
verb
present participle of unresemble
unslumbering
unslumbering
adj
Not slumbering; unsleeping.
urbanologies
urbanologies
noun
plural of urbanology
urobilinogen
urobilinogen
noun
(biochemistry) A colourless product of bilirubin reduction, formed in the intestines by bacterial action