| BETROTHED | • betrothed v. Simple past tense and past participle of betroth. • betrothed adj. Engaged to be married. • betrothed n. One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée. |
| BIRTHDATE | • birthdate n. The year, month, and day of someone’s birth; date of birth. • birth␣date n. Alternative spelling of birthdate. • BIRTHDATE n. the date on which a person was born. |
| CHATTERED | • chattered v. Simple past tense and past participle of chatter. • CHATTER v. to talk idly. |
| CHITTERED | • chittered v. Simple past tense and past participle of chitter. • CHITTER v. to shiver or (of the teeth) to chatter. |
| DEATHTRAP | • deathtrap n. An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device. • deathtrap n. A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes… • death␣trap n. Alternative form of deathtrap. |
| HYDROSTAT | • hydrostat n. A mechanism that regulates the amount of water in a boiler. • hydrostat n. (Biology) A muscle tissue, composed mostly of water, that maintains a constant volume during contraction. • HYDROSTAT n. a contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers. |
| RATCHETED | • ratcheted v. Simple past tense and past participle of ratchet. • RATCHET v. to move by a ratchet mechanism, also RACHET. |
| SHATTERED | • shattered v. Simple past tense and past participle of shatter. • shattered adj. Physically broken into pieces. • shattered adj. Emotionally defeated or dispirited. |
| SHUTTERED | • shuttered v. Simple past tense and past participle of shutter. • SHUTTER v. to provide with window covers. |
| STRETCHED | • stretched v. Simple past tense and past participle of stretch. • STRETCH v. to draw out or open to full length. |
| THROTTLED | • throttled v. Simple past tense and past participle of throttle. • THROTTLE v. to to choke by pressure at the windpipe. |
| THRUTCHED | • thrutched v. Simple past tense and past participle of thrutch. • THRUTCH v. (dialect) to press, thrust, shove. |
| WHITTERED | • whittered v. Simple past tense and past participle of whitter. • WHITTER v. to talk or mutter peevishly or ineffectually, also WITTER. |