ANTISMOKING | • antismoking adj. Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco. • anti-smoking adj. Alternative form of antismoking. • ANTISMOKING adj. opposed to smoking. |
BARKANTINES | • barkantines n. Plural of barkantine. • BARKANTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKENTINE, BARQUANTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
BARKENTINES | • barkentines n. Plural of barkentine. • BARKENTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKANTINE, BARQUANTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
BLANKETINGS | • blanketings n. Plural of blanketing. • BLANKETING n. cloth for blankets. |
CATSKINNERS | • catskinners n. Plural of catskinner. |
COUNTERSANK | • countersank v. Simple past tense of countersink. • COUNTERSINK v. to make a countersink on (a hole). |
DRUNKATHONS | • DRUNKATHON n. a prolonged drinking session. |
EMBANKMENTS | • embankments n. Plural of embankment. • EMBANKMENT n. a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used esp. to hold back water or to carry a roadway. |
KYANISATION | • KYANISATION n. the process of kyanising, proofing against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate, also KYANIZATION. |
LANDSKNECHT | • landsknecht n. Alternative form of lansquenet. • Landsknecht n. (Historical) Alternative form of lansquenet. • LANDSKNECHT n. (historical) a mercenary foot-soldier of the 16th century, also LANSQUENET, LANZKNECHT. |
LANZKNECHTS | • lanzknechts n. Plural of lanzknecht. • LANZKNECHT n. (German) a mercenary foot-soldier of the 16th century, also LANDSKNECHT, LANSQUENET. |
MONOTASKING | • monotasking n. Focusing on a single task. • MONOTASKING n. the act of performing one task at a time. |
MOUNTEBANKS | • mountebanks n. Plural of mountebank. • mountebanks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank. • MOUNTEBANK n. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform; a charlatan. |
NONSKELETAL | • nonskeletal adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to those parts of the body which are not skeletal. • NONSKELETAL adj. not skeletal. |
PAINSTAKING | • painstaking adj. Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure. • painstaking n. The application of careful and attentive effort. • PAINSTAKING adj. taking pains. |
SNAKEBITTEN | • snakebitten adj. (US) Alternative form of snakebit. • SNAKEBITTEN adj. suffering from snakebite. |
SNAKESTONES | • snakestones n. Plural of snakestone. • SNAKESTONE n. a kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland. |
SNEAKERNETS | • sneakernets n. Plural of sneakernet. |
TANKBUSTING | • tankbusting n. (Colloquial) The destruction of tanks by military aircraft. • tankbusting adj. (Colloquial) Of a military aircraft: designed for the destruction of tanks. • TANKBUSTING n. the use of a tankbuster, a plane that specialises in attacking tanks. |