| 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. |
| DISHABITING | • DISHABIT v. (Shakespeare) to drive from a habitation. |
| DISPATCHING | • dispatching n. The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose. • dispatching n. (Informal) burial. • dispatching v. Present participle of dispatch. |
| DRAUGHTIEST | • draughtiest adj. Superlative form of draughty: most draughty. • DRAUGHTY adj. exposed to currents of air, also DRAFTY. |
| 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. |
| HAGGADISTIC | • Haggadistic adj. Of or relating to the Haggadah. • HAGGADISTIC adj. relating to the haggadah. |
| HAMSTRINGED | • hamstringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hamstring. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
| HANDFASTING | • handfasting v. Present participle of handfast. • handfasting n. The ceremony in which people handfast. • HANDFASTING n. a betrothal. |
| HINDCASTING | • hindcasting n. Testing by use of hindcasts. • HINDCAST v. to test a mathematical model by inputting known or closely estimated data for past events to see how well the output matches the known results. |
| KHIDMUTGARS | • khidmutgars n. Plural of khidmutgar. • KHIDMUTGAR n. (Urdu) a table-servant, also KHITMUTGAR. |
| 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. |
| NIGHTSTANDS | • nightstands n. Plural of nightstand. • NIGHTSTAND n. a bedside table. |
| STARLIGHTED | • starlighted adj. Illuminated by starlight. • STARLIGHTED adj. lighted by the stars, also STARLIT. |