(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boguechitto
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
borborygmatic
boroglycerate
borotungstic
botching
botching
verb
present participle of botch
bourgeoisitic
bourgeoisitic
adj
(rare) bourgeois
boycottage
boycotting
boycotting
noun
The act of something being boycotted.
verb
present participle of boycott
brachiating
brachiating
adj
That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
verb
present participle of brachiate
brachygnathia
brachygnathia
noun
Synonym of micrognathism
brachygnathism
brachygnathism
noun
An underbite caused by a shortening of the upper mandible (in animals)
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
brachystegia
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
branchiostegal
branchiostegal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
noun
A branchiostegal ray.
branchiostegan
branchiostege
branchiostege
noun
(anatomy) The branchiostegal membrane.
branchiostegidae
branchiostegite
branchiostegite
noun
The lateral or dorsolateral part of a crustaceal carapace that extends over the gills
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
bratticing
bratticing
noun
The material used for forming brattices.
verb
present participle of brattice
brecciating
brecciating
verb
present participle of brecciate
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
broadcastings
broadcastings
noun
plural of broadcasting
broncobusting
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bureaucratizing
bureaucratizing
verb
present participle of bureaucratize
busticating
busticating
verb
present participle of busticate
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.
cabbagetown
cabineting
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
cabinetworking
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
cabotage
cabotage
noun
(law) The right to engage in such transport.
The exclusive right of a country to control such transport.
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
cabotages
cabotages
noun
plural of cabotage
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
calibrating
calibrating
verb
present participle of calibrate
cambiogenetic
cambridgeport
cantabrigian
cantabrigian
Adjective
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Cambridge or its university
Noun
A native or resident of Cambridge
An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Cambridge University
carbogelatin
carbolating
carbonating
carbonating
verb
present participle of carbonate
carbonylating
carbonylating
verb
present participle of carbonylate
carboxylating
carboxylating
verb
present participle of carboxylate
carburating
carburating
verb
present participle of carburate
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburetting
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpetbagged
carpetbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag
carpetbagger
carpetbagger
noun
(derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
(politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
noun
plural of carpetbagger
carpetbaggery
carpetbaggery
noun
(derogatory) The practice of a person coming to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection, with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpetbagging
carpetbagging
verb
present participle of carpetbag
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
cartersburg
cartobibliography
cartobibliography
noun
A bibliography of maps
castigable
castigable
adj
Able or worthy to be punished.
catabolizing
catabolizing
verb
present participle of catabolize
catlettsburg
catlettsburg
Proper noun
The name of two communities in the United States:
a home rule-class city in and county seat of
an community in
celebrating
celebrating
noun
celebration
verb
present participle of celebrate
cerebrating
cerebrating
verb
present participle of cerebrate
cerebrogalactose
cerebromeningitis
cerebromeningitis
noun
(pathology) Synonym of meningoencephalitis
cervicobregmatic
cervicobregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anterior fontanelle and the junction of the neck with the floor of the mouth.
changeability
changeability
noun
The quality of being changeable; changeableness.
changeabout
chargeability
charlottenburg
chatterbag
chatterbag
noun
(UK, dialect, informal) Synonym of chatterbox (“talkative person”)
christiansburg
circumambulating
circumambulating
verb
present participle of circumambulate
clothesbag
clothesbag
noun
Alternative form of clothes bag
coagulability
coagulability
noun
The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable
coatbridge
coatsburg
cobelligerent
cobelligerent
adj
Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
noun
Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance.
cobenignity
cogboat
cogitability
cogitability
noun
The quality of being cogitable.
cogitable
cogitable
adj
thinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined.
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
cogitabundous
cognisability
cognizability
cognizability
noun
The property of being cognizable.
cognoscibility
cognoscibility
noun
The quality of being cognoscible.
cohabiting
cohabiting
verb
present participle of cohabit
cohobating
cohobating
verb
present participle of cohobate
collaborating
collaborating
verb
present participle of collaborate
combating
combating
verb
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle of combat
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combwright
concelebrating
concelebrating
verb
present participle of concelebrate
concertgebouw
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
congealability
congealability
noun
The condition of being congealable
congeliturbate
congeliturbation
congeliturbation
noun
(geology) gelifraction
congestible
congestible
adj
Liable to become congested
conglobate
conglobate
adj
Shaped like or formed into a ball.
verb
(transitive) To form into a globe or ball.
conglobated
conglobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobate
conglobately
conglobates
conglobates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conglobate
conglobating
conglobating
verb
present participle of conglobate
conglobation
conglobation
noun
Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass.
conglobulate
conglobulate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass.
congratulable
congratulable
adj
That deserves to be congratulated
congustable
consubstantiating
consubstantiating
verb
present participle of consubstantiate
contrabandage
contrabandage
noun
dealing in contraband
contrasuggestible
contrasuggestible
adj
Liable to respond to psychological suggestion by doing the opposite.
contributing
contributing
verb
present participle and gerund of contribute
copyrightable
copyrightable
adj
(copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law.
noun
Anything for which one can obtain copyright.
corrigibility
corrigibility
noun
The quality or state of being corrigible.
corroborating
corroborating
adj
supporting
verb
present participle of corroborate
counterbalancing
counterbalancing
noun
The act by which something is counterbalanced.
verb
present participle of counterbalance
counterbarrage
counterbarrage
noun
A barrage in response to another barrage.
counterbeating
counterboring
counterboring
noun
A counterbore. (cylindrical recess)
verb
present participle of counterbore
counterbracing
counterbracing
verb
present participle of counterbrace
counterbuilding
counterembargo
counterembargo
noun
An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
counterembargos
countergabble
countergabion
countergambit
countergambit
noun
(chess) A gambit offered by the black (non-starting) player.
counterobligation
counterobligation
noun
A reciprocal obligation; something one is obliged to do in return.
crabeating
cribbiting
crotonbug
cryobiologist
cryobiologist
noun
a biologist who specializes in cryobiology
cubitodigital
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
cybernating
cybernating
verb
present participle of cybernate
cytoglobin
cytoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells