BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
BILDUNGSROMAN | • bildungsroman n. A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character… • Bildungsroman n. Alternative letter-case form of bildungsroman. • BILDUNGSROMAN n. (German) a psychological novel dealing with the early moral development of the protagonist. |
BRASSFOUNDING | • brassfounding n. The work of a brassfounder, casting objects from brass. • BRASSFOUNDING n. the craft of casting objects in brass. |
DISBURTHENING | • disburthening v. Present participle of disburthen. • DISBURTHEN v. to get rid of a burden, also DISBURDEN. |
GROUNDBAITING | • GROUNDBAIT v. to bait with groundbait. |
INTURBIDATING | • inturbidating v. Present participle of inturbidate. • INTURBIDATE v. to render turbid. |
OUTREBOUNDING | • outrebounding v. Present participle of outrebound. • OUTREBOUND v. to rebound more than. |
OVERABOUNDING | • overabounding v. Present participle of overabound. • OVERABOUND v. to be exceedingly plenty. |
OVERBURDENING | • overburdening v. Present participle of overburden. • OVERBURDEN v. to overload, also OVERBURTHEN. |
ROUNDABOUTING | • roundabouting v. Present participle of roundabout. • ROUNDABOUT v. to go round and round. |
SUBORDINATING | • subordinating v. Present participle of subordinate. • SUBORDINATE v. to make subject or subservient. |
UNBARRICADING | • unbarricading v. Present participle of unbarricade. • UNBARRICADE v. to remove a barricade from. |
UNDERBEARINGS | • UNDERBEARING n. the act of underbearing. |
UNDERBREEDING | • underbreeding v. Present participle of underbreed. • underbreeding n. A lack of manners or sophistication. • UNDERBREEDING n. lack of breeding. |
UNDERBRUSHING | • underbrushing v. Present participle of underbrush. • UNDERBRUSH v. to clear of underbrush. |
UNDERBUILDING | • underbuilding n. A substructure; foundation; infrastructure. • UNDERBUILD v. to build under in support; to build too little. |
UNDERCLUBBING | • underclubbing v. Present participle of underclub. • UNDERCLUB v. in golf, to hit with a club that has too great loft to achieve the required distance. |
UNNEIGHBOURED | • unneighboured adj. Without neighbours. • UNNEIGHBOURED adj. without neighbours, also UNNEIGHBORED. |
UNSCABBARDING | • unscabbarding v. Present participle of unscabbard. • UNSCABBARD v. to withdraw e.g. a sword from a scabbard. |