| COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
| DAUGHTERLINESS | • daughterliness n. The quality of being daughterly. • DAUGHTERLINESS n. the state of being daughterly. |
| DESULPHURATING | • desulphurating v. Present participle of desulphurate. • DESULPHURATE v. to remove sulphur from. |
| DISAUTHORISING | • disauthorising v. Present participle of disauthorise. • DISAUTHORISE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORIZE. |
| DISAUTHORIZING | • disauthorizing v. Present participle of disauthorize. • DISAUTHORIZE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORISE. |
| DRAUGHTINESSES | • DRAUGHTINESS n. the state of being draughty. |
| LAUGHWORTHIEST | • LAUGHWORTHY adj. worthy of being laughed at. |
| MASTIGOPHOROUS | • mastigophorous adj. (Obsolete, rare) Carrying a whip, scourge, or wand. • mastigophorous adj. (Biology) mastigophoran. • MASTIGOPHOROUS adj. like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing, also MASTIGOPHORIC. |
| RHEUMATOLOGIES | • RHEUMATOLOGY n. the study of rheumatism. |
| RHEUMATOLOGIST | • rheumatologist n. A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints. • RHEUMATOLOGIST n. one who studies rheumatology. |
| SURROGATESHIPS | • surrogateships n. Plural of surrogateship. • SURROGATESHIP n. the office of surrogate. |
| THAUMATURGISMS | • THAUMATURGISM n. belief in the performance of miracles. |
| THAUMATURGISTS | • thaumaturgists n. Plural of thaumaturgist. • THAUMATURGIST n. a performer of miracles, also THAUMATURGUS. |
| TURBOCHARGINGS | • TURBOCHARGING n. the act of fitting with a turbocharger. |
| ULTRARIGHTISMS | • ULTRARIGHTISM n. adherence to extreme right-wing policies. |
| ULTRARIGHTISTS | • ultrarightists n. Plural of ultrarightist. • ULTRARIGHTIST n. an extreme conservative. |
| UNCHRISTIANING | • UNCHRISTIAN v. to make unchristian. |
| URANOGRAPHISTS | • URANOGRAPHIST n. one who practises uranography, descriptive astronomy and mapping. |