BANDSPREADING | • BANDSPREADING n. an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning. |
BIOGRAPHISING | • biographising v. Present participle of biographise. • BIOGRAPHISE v. to make the subject of a biography, also BIOGRAPHIZE. |
BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
BREASTPLOUGHS | • breastploughs n. Plural of breastplough. • BREASTPLOUGH n. a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a crossbar against which the breast is pressed. |
CARPETBAGGERS | • carpetbaggers n. Plural of carpetbagger. • carpet␣baggers n. Plural of carpet bagger. • CARPETBAGGER n. an opportunistic outsider, especially a political candidate who contests an election in an area while having little connection to it. |
GRAPHITISABLE | • GRAPHITISABLE adj. capable of being graphitised, converted into graphite, also GRAPHITIZABLE. |
GRAPHOPHOBIAS | • GRAPHOPHOBIA n. fear of writing. |
IAMBOGRAPHERS | • iambographers n. Plural of iambographer. • IAMBOGRAPHER n. one who writes in iambics. |
POWERBOATINGS | • POWERBOATING n. the sport of driving a powerboat. |
PROGRAMMABLES | • programmables n. Plural of programmable. • PROGRAMMABLE n. a device that can be programmed. |
PYROBALLOGIES | • PYROBALLOGY n. the study of artillery. |
SCRAPBOOKINGS | • SCRAPBOOKING n. the practice of keeping cuttings. |
SHOPBREAKINGS | • shopbreakings n. Plural of shopbreaking. • SHOPBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a shop. |
SNOBOGRAPHERS | • snobographers n. Plural of snobographer. • SNOBOGRAPHER n. one who engages in snobography, the description of snobs. |
SNOBOGRAPHIES | • SNOBOGRAPHY n. the description of snobs and snobbery. |
SPRINGBOARDED | • springboarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of springboard. |
SUBPARAGRAPHS | • subparagraphs n. Plural of subparagraph. • sub-paragraphs n. Plural of sub-paragraph (alternative spelling of subparagraphs). • SUBPARAGRAPH n. a subdivision of a paragraph. |
SYLLABOGRAPHY | • SYLLABOGRAPHY n. use of a writing system consisting of characters for syllables rather than for individual sounds or whole words. |
SYMBOLOGRAPHY | • SYMBOLOGRAPHY n. symbolic writing or representation. |