| BEDASHING | • bedashing v. Present participle of bedash. • BEDASH v. to wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon. |
| BEHEADING | • beheading v. Present participle of behead. • beheading n. An instance of a person being beheaded. • BEHEADING n. an execution by decapitation. |
| BEHOLDING | • beholding v. Present participle of behold. • beholding adj. Obsolete form of beholden. • beholding n. The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation. |
| BENEDIGHT | • benedight adj. (Obsolete, poetic) Blessed; benedict. • BENEDIGHT adj. blessed. |
| BENIGHTED | • benighted adj. (Obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night… • benighted adj. (Obsolete) Plunged into darkness. • benighted adj. (Figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous. |
| BURNISHED | • burnished v. Simple past tense and past participle of burnish. • burnished adj. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher). • burnished adj. (Figurative) Blazing, bright. |
| DEBOSHING | • deboshing v. Present participle of debosh. • DEBOSH v. to lead into lewdness, also DEBAUCH. |
| HABERDINE | • haberdine n. Cod salted and dried. • HABERDINE n. a cod salted and dried. |
| HIDEBOUND | • hidebound adj. Bound with the hide of an animal. • hidebound adj. (Of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily… • hidebound adj. (Of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth. |
| HINDBERRY | • hindberry n. (Archaic, dialectal) The raspberry. • HINDBERRY n. the raspberry. |
| HOBNAILED | • hobnailed adj. Having hobnails. • hob-nailed adj. Alternative spelling of hobnailed. • HOBNAIL v. to furnish with broad headed short nails. |
| INHABITED | • inhabited adj. Having inhabitants; lived in. • inhabited adj. (Mathematics, of a set) Containing at least one element. • inhabited adj. (Type theory, of a type) Having a term. |
| INHIBITED | • inhibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of inhibit. • inhibited adj. (Of a person) Reserved or repressed, prone to quiet, inexpressive behavior. • INHIBIT v. to restrain or hold back. |
| PITCHBEND | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |