| ATTENDING | • attending adj. That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant. • attending adj. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor. • attending n. (North America) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises… |
| BATTENING | • battening v. Present participle of batten. • battening n. (Construction) Synonym of batten (“strip of wood used to hold things together or provide a fixing point”). • BATTENING n. battens forming a structure. |
| COTANGENT | • cotangent n. (Trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn. • COTANGENT n. the tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. |
| FATTENING | • fattening adj. That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value. • fattening n. The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock. • fattening n. The act of becoming fatter. |
| INTEGRANT | • integrant adj. That is part of a whole; integral. • integrant n. Something that is part of a whole; an element or component. • INTEGRANT adj. making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing. |
| NATTERING | • nattering v. Present participle of natter. • nattering n. Idle chatter. • NATTER v. to chatter. |
| NEGOTIANT | • negotiant n. (Now rare, chiefly historical) Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent. • negotiant n. (Obsolete) A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier. • NEGOTIANT n. a person, organization or state, etc. involved in negotiations. |
| NONTARGET | • nontarget adj. That is not a target. • nontarget n. That which is not a target. • non-target n. Alternative spelling of nontarget. |
| PATENTING | • patenting v. Present participle of patent. • PATENT v. to obtain a patent (a government grant protecting the rights of an inventor) on. |
| PATTENING | • pattening v. Present participle of patten. • PATTEN v. (obsolete) to go on pattens. |
| RATTENING | • rattening n. (Obsolete, Northern England) The practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute. • RATTENING n. the act of compelling obedience to a trade union by damaging or depriving of machinery, tools, etc. |
| TANGENTAL | • tangental adj. Dated form of tangential. • TANGENTAL adj. of or pertaining to the nature of a tangent, also TANGENTIAL. |
| TAUTENING | • tautening v. Present participle of tauten. • tautening n. The act of making something taut. • TAUTEN v. to make taut. |
| TENANTING | • tenanting v. Present participle of tenant. • TENANT v. to occupy as tenant. |