| AFFREIGHTMENT | • affreightment n. (Nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
| CATHETERISING | • catheterising v. Present participle of catheterise. • CATHETERISE v. to treat with a catheter, also CATHETERIZE. |
| CATHETERIZING | • catheterizing v. Present participle of catheterize. • CATHETERIZE v. to fit with a catheter, also CATHETERISE. |
| DAUGHTERLIEST | • DAUGHTERLY adj. as becomes a daughter, filial. |
| FEATHERWEIGHT | • featherweight n. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms. • featherweight n. A sportsman who fights in this division. • featherweight n. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse. |
| HETEROGAMETES | • heterogametes n. Plural of heterogamete. • HETEROGAMETE n. male and female sex cells are different. |
| HETEROGAMETIC | • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces heterogametes. • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome. • HETEROGAMETIC adj. having a dissimilar pair of sex chromosomes. |
| PHOTOTELEGRAM | • PHOTOTELEGRAM n. a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy. |
| STEPDAUGHTERS | • stepdaughters n. Plural of stepdaughter. • STEPDAUGHTER n. a daughter of one's wife or husband by a former partner. |
| STRAIGHTEDGED | • STRAIGHTEDGED adj. having a straight edge. |
| STRAIGHTEDGES | • straightedges n. Plural of straightedge. • straight␣edges n. Plural of straight edge. • STRAIGHTEDGE n. a bar or piece of material (as of wood, metal, or plastic) with a straight edge for testing straight lines and surfaces or for cutting along or drawing straight lines. |
| STRAIGHTENERS | • straighteners n. Plural of straightener. • STRAIGHTENER n. something that straightens. |
| SWEETHEARTING | • sweethearting n. (Dated) courting; lovemaking. • sweethearting n. (Business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise… • SWEETHEARTING n. the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop. |
| TELEGRAPHISTS | • telegraphists n. Plural of telegraphist. • TELEGRAPHIST n. a person who works a telegraph. |
| THEATERGOINGS | • THEATERGOING n. visiting the theatre, also THEATREGOING. |
| THEATREGOINGS | • THEATREGOING n. the practice of going to the theatre, also THEATERGOING. |
| THEOLOGASTERS | • theologasters n. Plural of theologaster. • THEOLOGASTER n. a petty or shallow theologian. |
| THREATENINGLY | • threateningly adv. In a threatening manner. • THREATENING adv. ominous. |
| UNTHREATENING | • unthreatening adj. Not threatening. • UNTHREATENING adj. not threatening. |