| DEADWEIGHTS | • deadweights n. Plural of deadweight. • dead␣weights n. Plural of dead weight. • DEADWEIGHT n. a weight esp. of a person that does not support itself. |
| DESPATCHING | • despatching v. Present participle of despatch. • DESPATCH v. to deal with speedily. |
| DOGCATCHERS | • dogcatchers n. Plural of dogcatcher. • dog-catchers n. Plural of dog-catcher. • DOGCATCHER n. one whose job is to catch stray dogs. |
| DRAUGHTIEST | • draughtiest adj. Superlative form of draughty: most draughty. • DRAUGHTY adj. exposed to currents of air, also DRAFTY. |
| DRAUGHTSMEN | • draughtsmen n. Plural of draughtsman. • DRAUGHTSMAN n. a person whose profession is to make drawings, plans, or sketches, also DRAFTSMAN. |
| GATECRASHED | • gatecrashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash. • gate-crashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of gate-crash. • gate␣crashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of gate crash. |
| GOLDTHREADS | • goldthreads n. Plural of goldthread. • GOLDTHREAD n. a North American woodland ranunculaceous plant, with slender yellow roots that yield a medicinal tonic and a dye. |
| GOLIATHISED | • GOLIATHISE v. to play Goliath, exaggerate extravagantly, also GOLIATHIZE. |
| GRAPHITISED | • graphitised v. Simple past tense and past participle of graphitise. • GRAPHITISE v. to convert wholly or partly into graphite, also GRAPHITIZE. |
| HAMSTRINGED | • hamstringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hamstring. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
| KNIGHTHEADS | • knightheads n. Plural of knighthead. • KNIGHTHEAD n. either of a pair of vertical supports for the bowsprit. |
| LETHARGISED | • lethargised v. Simple past tense and past participle of lethargise. • LETHARGISE v. to make lethargic, also LETHARGIZE. |
| MASTHEADING | • mastheading v. Present participle of masthead. • MASTHEAD v. to raise to the masthead; to punish by sending to the masthead. |
| NEARSIGHTED | • nearsighted adj. Alternative form of near-sighted. • near-sighted adj. Myopic, suffering from myopia. • near␣sighted adj. Myopic; unable to see distant objects unaided. |
| NIGHTSHADES | • nightshades n. Plural of nightshade. • NIGHTSHADE n. a name given to various plants, esp. of the Solanaceae family and chiefly poisonous or narcotic. |
| ROUGHCASTED | • roughcasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of roughcast. • ROUGHCAST v. to cover with roughcast. |
| SLAUGHTERED | • slaughtered v. Simple past tense and past participle of slaughter. • slaughtered adj. (Informal) Extremely drunk. • SLAUGHTER v. to kill, esp. animals for food. |
| STARLIGHTED | • starlighted adj. Illuminated by starlight. • STARLIGHTED adj. lighted by the stars, also STARLIT. |
| STRAPHANGED | • STRAPHANG v. of a passenger in a train or bus, to hold on to a strap for safety. |