| CURMUDGEON | • curmudgeon n. An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions. • curmudgeon n. (Archaic) A miser. • CURMUDGEON n. an avaricious, ill-natured churlish person; a miser. |
| DEMURRAGES | • demurrages n. Plural of demurrage. • DEMURRAGE n. undue delay or detention of a vessel, railway wagon, etc., and thus in the completion of a contract; compensation for such detention. |
| DRAMATURGE | • dramaturge n. (Rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one… • dramaturge n. (Rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects… • dramaturge v. (Transitive, intransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge. |
| DRAUGHTMEN | • draughtmen n. Plural of draughtman. • DRAUGHTMAN n. a piece used in playing draughts. |
| DRUGMAKERS | • drugmakers n. Plural of drugmaker. • DRUGMAKER n. one who manufactures drugs. |
| GAMARUCHED | • GAMARUCHE v. to practise cunnilingus or fellatio, also GAMAHUCHE. |
| GROUNDSMEN | • groundsmen n. Plural of groundsman. • GROUNDSMAN n. one who takes care of a (sports) ground, also GROUNDMAN. |
| HUMDINGERS | • humdingers n. Plural of humdinger. • HUMDINGER n. a person or thing of striking excellence. |
| HUMDURGEON | • HUMDURGEON n. an imaginary illness. |
| MAUNDERING | • maundering n. A rambling or pointless discourse. • maundering v. Present participle of maunder. • MAUNDERING n. grumbling, rambling talk. |
| MISGUIDERS | • misguiders n. Plural of misguider. • MISGUIDER n. one who guides wrongly. |
| MISJUDGERS | • misjudgers n. Plural of misjudger. • MISJUDGER n. one who misjudges. |
| MOULDERING | • mouldering v. Present participle of moulder. • mouldering adj. That moulders; decaying. • MOULDER v. to turn to dust by natural decay, also MOLDER. |
| MUDLOGGERS | • mudloggers n. Plural of mudlogger. • MUDLOGGER n. a person who looks for oil, gas etc. in traces of mud excavated from a borehole. |
| MUDSLINGER | • mudslinger n. One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements… • MUDSLINGER n. one who engages in malicious slander intended to discredit another. |
| MULTIGRADE | • multigrade adj. Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil). • multigrade adj. (Education) Relating to students of differing grade levels. • MULTIGRADE n. a brand of black and white photographic paper coated with a mixture of emulsions which are sensitive to the colour of the printing light used and which produce different contrast grades as a result. |
| REMOULDING | • remoulding v. Present participle of remould. • remoulding n. An act of moulding again. • REMOULD v. to retread a tyre, also REMOLD. |
| SCRUMMAGED | • scrummaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of scrummage. • SCRUMMAGE v. to engage in a scrummage, also SCRIMMAGE, SKRIMMAGE. |
| UNDREAMING | • undreaming v. Present participle of undream. • undreaming adj. That does not dream. • UNDREAMING adj. not dreaming. |