| ABRIDGMENT | • abridgment n. (US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation. • abridgment n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. • abridgment n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. |
| BARTENDING | • bartending v. Present participle of bartend. • bar-tending v. Present participle of bar-tend. • BARTENDING n. the act of keeping a bar. |
| BEDIRTYING | • bedirtying v. Present participle of bedirty. • BEDIRTY v. to make dirty. |
| BESTRIDING | • bestriding v. Present participle of bestride. • BESTRIDE v. to stride across, straddle. |
| BETREADING | • betreading v. Present participle of betread. • BETREAD v. to walk upon. |
| BRIGHTENED | • brightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of brighten. • BRIGHTEN v. to make bright. |
| DEORBITING | • deorbiting v. Present participle of deorbit. • DEORBIT v. to come out of orbit. |
| DISTURBING | • disturbing adj. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. • disturbing v. Present participle of disturb. • DISTURB v. to interrupt the quiet, rest, or peace of. |
| DRYBEATING | • DRYBEAT v. (Shakespeare) to beat without drawing blood. |
| GROUNDBAIT | • groundbait n. Fishing bait that is cast into the water, rather than secured to a hook, in order to attract fish to… • GROUNDBAIT n. bait dropped to the bottom to bring fish to the neighbourhood. • GROUNDBAIT v. to bait with groundbait. |
| NIGHTBIRDS | • nightbirds n. Plural of nightbird. • night␣birds n. Plural of night bird. • NIGHTBIRD n. a bird that flies or sings at night. |
| OBDURATING | • obdurating v. Present participle of obdurate. • OBDURATE v. to make obdurate, harden physically. |
| OBTRUDINGS | • obtrudings n. Plural of obtruding. • OBTRUDING n. the act of obtruding. |
| REDBAITING | • redbaiting v. Present participle of redbait. • red-baiting n. (US) The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with… • REDBAIT v. to denounce as Communist. |
| REDOUBTING | • redoubting v. Present participle of redoubt. • REDOUBT v. (archaic) to fear. |
| SUBTRUDING | • subtruding v. Present participle of subtrude. • SUBTRUDE v. to push in stealthily. |