| AFFRIGHTMENT | • affrightment n. (Obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation. • affrightment n. (Obsolete) A cause of fear. • affrightment n. (Archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened. |
| CAMPHORATING | • camphorating v. Present participle of camphorate. • CAMPHORATE v. to impregnate or treat with camphor. |
| EARTHMOVINGS | • EARTHMOVING n. the act of moving large quantities of earth, as with a bulldozer. |
| GARNISHMENTS | • garnishments n. Plural of garnishment. • GARNISHMENT n. garnish, ornament. |
| GRAMOPHONIST | • gramophonist n. Someone who listens to a gramophone. • GRAMOPHONIST n. one who plays a gramophone. |
| HAMFATTERING | • HAMFATTER v. to perform as a third-rate minstrel. |
| HAMSTRINGING | • hamstringing v. Present participle of hamstring. • hamstringing n. An instance of somebody being hamstringed. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
| HEARTWARMING | • heartwarming adj. Alternative form of heart-warming. • heart-warming adj. Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy. • HEARTWARMING adj. inspiring sympathetic feeling. |
| MARATHONINGS | • MARATHONING n. the act of running marathons. |
| MATCHMARKING | • MATCHMARK v. to mark mating components of an engine etc. |
| MERCHANTINGS | • MERCHANTING n. the act of trading as a merchant. |
| METAPHRASING | • metaphrasing v. Present participle of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| MONOGRAPHIST | • monographist n. One who writes a monograph. • MONOGRAPHIST n. one who writes monographs. |
| NIGHTMARIEST | • NIGHTMARY adj. like a nightmare, also NIGHTMARISH. |
| ORNITHOGALUM | • Ornithogalum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – plants called star-of-Bethlehem and close relatives. • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
| OVERMATCHING | • overmatching v. Present participle of overmatch. • OVERMATCH v. to be more than a match for. |
| PARAGNATHISM | • PARAGNATHISM n. having equal mandibles. |
| PROGNATHISMS | • prognathisms n. Plural of prognathism. • PROGNATHISM n. the state of having projecting jaws. |
| THERMALISING | • thermalising v. Present participle of thermalise. • THERMALISE v. to reduce the kinetic energy and speed of fast neutrons in a reactor, also THERMALIZE. |
| THERMALIZING | • thermalizing v. Present participle of thermalize. • THERMALIZE v. to reduce the kinetic energy and speed of fast neutrons in a reactor, also THERMALISE. |