| APPREHENDING | • apprehending v. Present participle of apprehend. • apprehending n. An act by which something is apprehended. • APPREHEND v. to understand. |
| CHEESEPARING | • cheeseparing v. Present participle of cheesepare. • cheeseparing adj. Niggardly, stingy. • cheeseparing n. A small fragment or sliver. |
| CREPEHANGING | • crepehanging adj. Alternative form of crapehanging. • CREPEHANGING n. pessimism, also CRAPEHANGING. |
| GENERALSHIPS | • generalships n. Plural of generalship. • GENERALSHIP n. the office of a general. |
| GRANDEESHIPS | • grandeeships n. Plural of grandeeship. • GRANDEESHIP n. the state of being a grandee. |
| OREPEARCHING | • OREPEARCH v. (Shakespeare) to fly up and perch on, also OVERPERCH. |
| PATHOGENESIS | • pathogenesis n. The origin and development of a disease. • pathogenesis n. The mechanism whereby something causes a disease. • PATHOGENESIS n. the production and development of disease, also PATHOGENY. |
| PATHOGENETIC | • pathogenetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing pathogenesis. • pathogenetic adj. Relating to pathogenetics. • PATHOGENETIC adj. producing disease, also PATHOGENIC, PATHOGENOUS. |
| PHAENOLOGIES | • PHAENOLOGY n. the study of organisms as affected by climate, also PHENOLOGY. |
| PREHARDENING | • prehardening v. Present participle of preharden. • PREHARDEN v. to harden in advance. |
| RENOGRAPHIES | • renographies n. Plural of renography. • RENOGRAPHY n. a treatise on or description of the kidneys. |
| RESHARPENING | • resharpening v. Present participle of resharpen. • resharpening n. Act of sharpening something again. • RESHARPEN v. to sharpen again. |
| SERGEANTSHIP | • sergeantship n. The qualities, role, or position of a sergeant. • SERGEANTSHIP n. the office of sergeant. |
| SPEARHEADING | • spearheading v. Present participle of spearhead. • SPEARHEAD v. to lead an attack. |
| SPEECHMAKING | • speechmaking n. The delivery of speeches. • SPEECHMAKING n. the making of speeches. |
| SUPERHEATING | • superheating v. Present participle of superheat. • superheating n. The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it… • SUPERHEAT v. to heat to excess. |
| 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. |
| THREEPEATING | • threepeating v. Present participle of threepeat. • THREEPEAT v. to win a sporting trophy on three consecutive occasions. |
| TRAGELAPHINE | • tragelaphine adj. Of pertaining to or resembling the bovid tribe Tragelaphini (sometimes considered a subfamily, Tragelaphinae)… • tragelaphine n. Any such antelopes in the bovid tribe Tragelaphini. • TRAGELAPHINE adj. relating to the tragelaph, a kind of African antelope. |
| VENOGRAPHIES | • venographies n. Plural of venography. • VENOGRAPHY n. radiography of a vein after injection of a contrast medium. |