One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
agrobiologic
agrobiologic
adj
Of or pertaining to agrobiology.
albergatrice
allobrogical
archvagabond
backbreaking
backbreaking
adj
(figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.
backcrossing
backcrossing
noun
(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backtracking
backtracking
noun
(aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
verb
present participle of backtrack
bacteriology
bacteriology
noun
(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
beglerbeglic
beglerbeglic
noun
The territory under the jurisdiction of a beglerbeg.
beglerbegluc
belligerence
belligerence
noun
The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war.
belligerency
belligerency
noun
Alternative form of belligerence
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
berlichingen
berrypicking
bescribbling
bescribbling
verb
present participle of bescribble
bioenergetic
bioenergetic
adj
Of or pertaining to bioenergetics
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
birefracting
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackleggery
bleachground
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
boraginaceae
borotungstic
brachigerous
brachygraphy
brachygraphy
noun
(obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
brachylogies
brachystegia
brackenridge
braggadocian
braggadocian
noun
(obsolete) Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
braggadocios
braggadocios
noun
plural of braggadocio
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
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
bronchogenic
bronchogenic
adj
Originating in the bronchus.
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
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
carbonadoing
carbonadoing
verb
present participle of carbonado
carburetting
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.
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
carriageable
carriageable
adj
Capable of being conveyed in carriages.
Passable by carriages.
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
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
chambersburg
charbroiling
charbroiling
verb
present participle of charbroil
cheeseburger
cheeseburger
noun
(military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
chemisorbing
chemisorbing
verb
present participle of chemisorb
chemosorbing
chemosorbing
verb
present participle of chemosorb
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
childersburg
clapboarding
clapboarding
verb
present participle of clapboard
cobridgehead
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
contributing
contributing
verb
present participle and gerund of contribute
cornbraiding
crossbanding
crossbanding
noun
An arrangement or pattern of crossbands.
verb
present participle of crossband
crossbarring
crossbarring
noun
A pattern of lines crossing each other.
currycombing
currycombing
verb
present participle of currycomb
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
disbranching
disbranching
verb
present participle of disbranch
elucubrating
elucubrating
verb
present participle of elucubrate
exacerbating
exacerbating
adj
That exacerbates
verb
present participle of exacerbate
fibrinogenic
fibrinogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That produces fibrin
gabrielrache
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
granoblastic
granoblastic
adj
(geology) Containing equidimensional grains of metamorphic rock formed by recrystallization
gravicembali
gravicembalo
gravicembalo
noun
(music) An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord
greenbackers
greenbackers
noun
plural of greenbacker
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
gubernacular
gubernacular
adj
Relating to the gubernaculum.
gubernaculum
gubernaculum
noun
(biology) (rare) A trailing flagellum in certain protists used for steering.
(dentistry) (more fully gubernaculum dentis) A cord or sheath of connective tissue that connects the sac of an unerupted permanent tooth with the surface of the gum.
(embryology) Either of a pair of folds of peritoneum which connects the caudal end of the fetal testis with the bottom of the scrotum in a male fetus, and by failing to elongate in proportion to the rest of the fetus causes the descent of the testis into the scrotum; or an analogous cord of connective tissue attached to the ovary in a female fetus, which is the precursor of the round and ovarian ligaments.
(zoology) The reproductive tract of an invertebrate, or part of it; especially the section containing the gonophores (in a hydrozoan); a sclerotized structure in the cloaca (in a nematode).
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
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.
incorrigibly
incorrigibly
adv
In an incorrigible manner.
lawrenceburg
lawrenceburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
microbiology
microbiology
noun
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microgilbert
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
negrophobiac
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
nonalgebraic
nonalgebraic
adj
Not algebraic.
nonbreaching
ombrographic
ombrological
outbranching
outbranching
noun
An outbranch.
verb
present participle of outbranch
patricksburg
prealgebraic
prealgebraic
adj
(education) Before the study of algebra.
(mathematics) Of or relating to a prealgebra.
prebalancing
precombating
precombining
precombining
verb
present participle of precombine
pygobranchia
rauschenburg
rechargeable
rechargeable
adj
Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger.
noun
A device that may be recharged
recognisable
recognisable
adj
(British spelling) Able to be recognised.
recognizable
recognizable
adj
able to be recognized
recognizably
recognizably
adv
in a recognizable manner
redescribing
redescribing
verb
present participle of redescribe
reinscribing
reinscribing
verb
present participle of reinscribe
resubjecting
resubjecting
verb
present participle of resubject
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
schaumberger
schomburgkia
scramblingly
scramblingly
adv
With a scrambling motion.
scribblingly
scribblingly
adv
In a scribbling manner.
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
subalgebraic
subalgebraic
adj
Relating to a subalgebra.
subculturing
subculturing
noun
The preparation of a subculture
verb
present participle of subculture
subgenerical
subgenerical
adj
subgeneric
subgeometric
submergences
submergences
noun
plural of submergence
submicrogram
submicrogram
adj
Being or relating to a quantity of less than a microgram
noun
An amount that is less than a microgram
subscripting
subscripting
verb
present participle of subscript
supercombing
tabernacling
tabernacling
verb
present participle of tabernacle
thrombogenic
thrombogenic
adj
That causes thrombosis.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
torchbearing
torchbearing
adj
(by extension) Leading a campaign, or giving inspiration to others.
Carrying a torch (flaming brand).
noun
The leading of a campaign, or giving inspiration to others.
transcribing
transcribing
verb
present participle of transcribe
tribological
tribological
adj
Of or pertaining to tribology
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge
turbocharger
turbocharger
noun
inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.