| BEGGARLINESS | • beggarliness n. (Rare) The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution. • BEGGARLINESS n. the state of being beggarly. |
| BELEAGUERING | • beleaguering v. Present participle of beleaguer. • BELEAGUER v. to surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege. |
| DEGRINGOLADE | • degringolade n. A rapid decline or deterioration; a tumble. • dégringolade n. Alternative spelling of degringolade. • DEGRINGOLADE v. (French) to make a rapid descent. |
| DELEVERAGING | • deleveraging v. Present participle of deleverage. • deleveraging n. The process of something being deleveraged. • DELEVERAGING n. the act of reducing the ratio of debt capital to equity capital. |
| DEREGULATING | • deregulating v. Present participle of deregulate. • DEREGULATE v. to free from regulations or controls. |
| 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. |
| EFFLEURAGING | • effleuraging v. Present participle of effleurage. • EFFLEURAGE v. to make a stroking movement in massage. |
| FILLAGREEING | • FILLAGREE v. to execute this lacework, also FILAGREE, FILIGRAIN, FILIGRANE, FILIGREE. |
| GENERALISING | • generalising v. Present participle of generalise. • GENERALISE v. to make a general statement, also GENERALIZE. |
| GENERALIZING | • generalizing v. Present participle of generalize. • GENERALIZE v. to give a general form to, also GENERALISE. |
| GLOBIGERINAE | • GLOBIGERINA n. a minute marine invertebrate of the genus Globigerina, with a calcareous shell of globose chambers in a spiral. |
| GREENMAILING | • greenmailing v. Present participle of greenmail. • GREENMAIL v. to buy a large quantity of a company's stock as a hostile takeover measure, and then sell it to the company at a higher price. |
| LATEENRIGGED | • LATEENRIGGED adj. rigged with lateen sails. |
| REREGULATING | • reregulating v. Present participle of reregulate. • REREGULATE v. to regulate again. |
| SLOGANEERING | • sloganeering v. Present participle of sloganeer. • sloganeering n. The act of one who sloganeers. • SLOGANEERING n. making use of slogans. |
| TELEGRAMMING | • telegramming v. Present participle of telegram. • TELEGRAM v. to send a message by telegraph. |
| TELEGRAPHING | • telegraphing v. Present participle of telegraph. • telegraphing n. A communication by telegraph. • TELEGRAPH v. to transmit by telegraph, a combination of apparatus for transmitting information to a distance. |