| APPREHENDING | • apprehending v. Present participle of apprehend. • apprehending n. An act by which something is apprehended. • APPREHEND v. to understand. |
| DEPRECIATING | • depreciating v. Present participle of depreciate. • depreciating adj. That is declining in value. • depreciating adj. That degrades the value of something; deprecating. |
| DOPPELGANGER | • doppelganger n. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person. • doppelganger n. An evil twin. • doppelganger n. A remarkably similar double. |
| FRANKPLEDGES | • frankpledges n. Plural of frankpledge. • frank-pledges n. Plural of frank-pledge. • FRANKPLEDGE n. a system of sureties under Old English law by which each adult member of a tithing was held responsible for the good conduct of the others. |
| GRANDEESHIPS | • grandeeships n. Plural of grandeeship. • GRANDEESHIP n. the state of being a grandee. |
| GRANDNEPHEWS | • grandnephews n. Plural of grandnephew. • GRANDNEPHEW n. a grandson of one's brother or sister. |
| OPPIGNERATED | • oppignerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of oppignerate. • OPPIGNERATE v. (obsolete) to pawn, also OPPIGNORATE. |
| OVERPEDALING | • overpedaling v. Present participle of overpedal. • OVERPEDAL v. to make excessive use of the sustaining pedal of a piano. |
| PEREGRINATED | • peregrinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of peregrinate. • PEREGRINATE v. to wander through. |
| PREDECEASING | • predeceasing v. Present participle of predecease. • PREDECEASE v. to die sooner than. |
| PREDESIGNATE | • predesignate adj. Designated in advance. • predesignate adj. (Logic, of a proposition) Having its quantity indicated by a verbal sign, as with "all", "none", etc. • predesignate v. To designate in advance. |
| PREHARDENING | • prehardening v. Present participle of preharden. • PREHARDEN v. to harden in advance. |
| PRESIGNALLED | • PRESIGNAL v. to signal in advance. |
| SPEARHEADING | • spearheading v. Present participle of spearhead. • SPEARHEAD v. to lead an attack. |
| SPEEDREADING | • speedreading v. Present participle of speedread. • speedreading n. Reading at an accelerated rate while still maintaining comprehension of the material that is read. • speed-reading v. Present participle of speed-read. |
| STENOGRAPHED | • stenographed v. Simple past tense and past participle of stenograph. • STENOGRAPH v. to write or report in stenographic characters. |
| UNEXPURGATED | • unexpurgated adj. Not expurgated, not having had anything objectionable removed. • UNEXPURGATED adj. not expurgated. |