| CHILDPROOFING | • childproofing v. Present participle of childproof. • CHILDPROOF v. to make an environment safe for a child, or safe from a child. |
| CONFOUNDINGLY | • confoundingly adv. In a confounding way. • CONFOUNDING adv. CONFOUND, to confuse, frustrate. |
| DISCOMFORTING | • discomforting v. Present participle of discomfort. • DISCOMFORT v. to make uncomfortable or uneasy. |
| FLOODLIGHTING | • floodlighting v. Present participle of floodlight. • FLOODLIGHTING n. illumination by floodlights. |
| FOOTDRAGGINGS | • footdraggings n. Plural of footdragging; alternative spelling of foot-draggings. • foot-draggings n. Plural of foot-dragging. • FOOTDRAGGING n. the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness. |
| FOREGROUNDING | • foregrounding v. Present participle of foreground. • FOREGROUND v. to bring to the foreground, the part of a picture or field of view nearest the observer's eye. |
| FOREKNOWLEDGE | • foreknowledge n. Knowing beforehand; foresight, precognition, prescience. • FOREKNOWLEDGE n. knowledge in advance of the event. |
| FOREORDAINING | • foreordaining v. Present participle of foreordain. • FOREORDAIN v. to ordain or appoint beforehand. |
| FORESHADOWING | • foreshadowing v. Present participle of foreshadow. • foreshadowing n. (Literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations… • FORESHADOWING n. the act of foreshadowing. |
| HYDROFORMINGS | • HYDROFORMING n. the catalytic reforming of petroleum to increase the proportion of aromatic and branched-chain hydrocarbons. |
| POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| PROOFREADINGS | • proofreadings n. Plural of proofreading. • PROOFREADING n. the process of reading to check for mistakes. |
| SOUNDPROOFING | • soundproofing v. Present participle of soundproof. • soundproofing n. Something that prevents sound from traveling through it, such as is put on walls so adjacent areas are… • soundproofing n. The act of installing material to dampen sound. |
| WATERFLOODING | • waterflooding v. Present participle of waterflood. • WATERFLOODING n. the practice, in oil, gas or petroleum production, of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc. towards the production wells. |