GUIDEBOOK | • guidebook n. Alternative spelling of guide book. • guide␣book n. A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist… • GUIDEBOOK n. a book of information for tourists. |
BOUSINGKEN | • bousing-ken n. Alternative spelling of bousing ken. • bousing␣ken n. (Obsolete, UK, thieves’ cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern. • BOUSINGKEN n. (obsolete) in thieves' slang, a low drinking shop. |
GUIDEBOOKS | • guidebooks n. Plural of guidebook. • guide␣books n. Plural of guide book. • GUIDEBOOK n. a book of information for tourists. |
BOUSINGKENS | • bousing-kens n. Plural of bousing-ken. • bousing␣kens n. Plural of bousing ken. • BOUSINGKEN n. (obsolete) in thieves' slang, a low drinking shop. |
OUTBREAKING | • outbreaking n. The act of breaking out. • outbreaking n. That which bursts forth. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • outbreaking v. Present participle of outbreak. |
OVERBULKING | • overbulking v. Present participle of overbulk. • OVERBULK v. (Shakespeare) to oppress by bulk. |
BLUESTOCKING | • bluestocking n. (Usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. • bluestocking n. (Historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. • bluestocking n. (Historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament. |
BLUESTOCKINGS | • bluestockings n. Plural of bluestocking. • blue-stockings n. Plural of blue-stocking. • BLUESTOCKING n. an early feminist; an educated or literary woman. |
HOUSEBREAKING | • housebreaking n. The act of breaking into another person’s house with unlawful intent. • housebreaking v. (Animal training) present participle of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
MOUNTEBANKING | • mountebanking v. Present participle of mountebank. • MOUNTEBANKING n. acting as a mountebank. |
SUBNETWORKING | • SUBNETWORK v. to use a subnetwork. |
TROUBLEMAKING | • troublemaking adj. Causing trouble. • troublemaking n. Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |
GROUNDBREAKING | • groundbreaking adj. Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. • groundbreaking n. The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground. • groundbreaking n. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. |
HOUSEBREAKINGS | • housebreakings n. Plural of housebreaking. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
MOUNTEBANKINGS | • MOUNTEBANKING n. acting as a mountebank. |
TROUBLEMAKINGS | • troublemakings n. Plural of troublemaking. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |
GROUNDBREAKINGS | • groundbreakings n. Plural of groundbreaking. • GROUNDBREAKING n. the breaking of ground at the beginning of a construction project. |