| AERODIGESTIVE | • aerodigestive adj. (Biology) Pertaining to the airway and digestive tract. • AERODIGESTIVE adj. of or relating to the organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper part of the digestive tract. |
| DELEVERAGINGS | • deleveragings n. Plural of deleveraging. • DELEVERAGING n. the act of reducing the ratio of debt capital to equity capital. |
| DESERVINGNESS | • deservingness n. The state or quality of being deserving. • DESERVING n. worthy. |
| OVERDEEPENING | • overdeepening v. Present participle of overdeepen. • overdeepening n. A very deeply eroded portion of a basin or valley. • OVERDEEPENING adj. excessively deepening. |
| OVEREXTENDING | • overextending v. Present participle of overextend. • OVEREXTEND v. to extend beyond a safe or reasonable point. |
| OVERGREEDIEST | • OVERGREEDY adj. excessively greedy. |
| OVERLEVERAGED | • overleveraged adj. (Economics) Subject to excessive leverage. • OVERLEVERAGED adj. (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital. |
| OVERREGULATED | • overregulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overregulate. • OVERREGULATE v. to regulate to excess. |
| OVERTIGHTENED | • overtightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtighten. • OVERTIGHTEN v. to tighten to excess. |
| PREDEVELOPING | • predeveloping v. Present participle of predevelop. • PREDEVELOP v. to develop in advance. |
| TERGIVERSATED | • tergiversated v. Simple past tense and past participle of tergiversate. • TERGIVERSATE v. to turn one's back on one's party or cause; also, to make evasive statements or equivocate. |
| UNSCAVENGERED | • unscavengered adj. (UK, archaic) Not cleaned by a street sweeper. • UNSCAVENGERED adj. not scavengered. |