| ALMSGIVING | • almsgiving n. The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity. • ALMSGIVING n. the act of giving alms. |
| AVENGEMENT | • avengement n. (Rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. • AVENGEMENT n. (archaic) the inflicting of retributive punishment. |
| AVGOLEMONO | • avgolemono n. Any of a family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice mixed with broth. • AVGOLEMONO n. (Modern Greek) a soup or sauce made from chicken stock, lemon juice and egg yolks. |
| EVANGELISM | • evangelism n. Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it. • evangelism n. The process of evangelizing. • EVANGELISM n. the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ. |
| GALVANISMS | • galvanisms n. Plural of galvanism. • GALVANISM n. the production of an electric current by chemical means, as in a battery. |
| LOVEMAKING | • lovemaking n. Sexual intercourse. • lovemaking n. (Dated) Courtship; amorous advances. • love-making n. Alternative spelling of lovemaking. |
| MARGRAVINE | • margravine n. The wife of a margrave. • margravine n. A woman with the rank and responsibilities of a margrave. • MARGRAVINE n. a margrave's wife or woman having power of margrave. |
| MARVELLING | • marvelling v. Present participle of marvel. • marvelling n. The act of one who marvels; amazement. • MARVEL v. to be filled with wonder. |
| MEDEVACING | • medevacing v. Present participle of medevac. • MEDEVAC v. to evacuate the wounded from a battlefield by helicopter, also MEDIVAC. |
| MEDIVACING | • medivacing v. Present participle of medivac. • MEDIVAC v. to evacuate the wounded from a battlefield by helicopter, also MEDEVAC. |
| MISVALUING | • misvaluing v. Present participle of misvalue. • MISVALUE v. to value incorrectly. |
| MOTIVATING | • motivating adj. Effectively providing an incentive. • motivating v. Present participle of motivate. • MOTIVATE v. to inspire to action, also MOTIVE. |
| NEGATIVISM | • negativism n. A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude. • negativism n. A stubborn tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked. • NEGATIVISM n. a tendency to deny and criticise, without offering positive suggestions. |
| OVERARMING | • overarming v. Present participle of overarm. • OVERARM v. to throw a ball overarm. |
| OVERMANAGE | • overmanage v. (Transitive, business) To manage excessively; to micromanage. • OVERMANAGE v. to manage to excess. |
| OVERNAMING | • overnaming v. Present participle of overname. • OVERNAME v. (Shakespeare) to repeat the names of. |
| RAVAGEMENT | • ravagement n. An act of ravaging. • RAVAGEMENT n. laying waste. |
| REVAMPINGS | • revampings n. Plural of revamping. • REVAMPING n. renovation. |
| TIMESAVING | • timesaving adj. That reduces the time needed to perform a task, especially by using a shorter route or a more efficient method. • timesaving adj. Prompt or expeditious. • time-saving adj. Alternative spelling of timesaving. |
| VAGINISMUS | • vaginismus n. (Pathology) A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as… • VAGINISMUS n. a painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible. |