| BEETLEHEADS | • beetleheads n. Plural of beetlehead. • BEETLEHEAD n. a heavy stupid person, also BEETLEBRAIN. |
| DECELERATES | • decelerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decelerate. • DECELERATE v. to reduce the speed of. |
| DEFENCELESS | • defenceless adj. (British spelling) Without defence; undefended. • DEFENCELESS adj. without defence. |
| DEFENSELESS | • defenseless adj. Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack. • DEFENSELESS adj. without defense. |
| DELEVERAGES | • deleverages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deleverage. • DELEVERAGE v. (of an organization) to reduce the ratio of debt capital to equity capital. |
| EDELWEISSES | • edelweisses n. Plural of edelweiss. • EDELWEISS n. (German) a white Alpine flower of the composite family. |
| ENSHELTERED | • ensheltered v. Simple past tense and past participle of enshelter. • ENSHELTER v. (Shakespeare) to give shelter to. |
| ENTERDEALES | • ENTERDEALE v. (Spenser) to interdeal, to intrigue, also INTERDEAL. |
| FEDERALESES | • FEDERALESE n. the language of bureaucrats, bureaucratese. |
| GENTEELISED | • GENTEELISE v. to make genteel or falsely refined, also GENTEELIZE. |
| LEADERETTES | • leaderettes n. Plural of leaderette. • LEADERETTE n. a brief newspaper leader. |
| PRERELEASED | • prereleased v. Simple past tense and past participle of prerelease. • prereleased adj. Released in advance. • PRERELEASE v. to release in advance. |
| PRESELECTED | • preselected v. Simple past tense and past participle of preselect. • preselected adj. Selected in advance. • PRESELECT v. to select in advance. |
| SIDEWHEELER | • sidewheeler n. (Nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side. • side-wheeler n. Alternative spelling of sidewheeler. • side␣wheeler n. Alternative spelling of sidewheeler. |
| TWEEDLEDEES | • Tweedle-dees n. Plural of Tweedle-dee. • TWEEDLEDEE v. (Scots) to tweedle on a fiddle. |
| UNDERSLEEVE | • undersleeve n. A sleeve worn underneath another, and visible through slashes or near the hand. • UNDERSLEEVE n. a sleeve underneath another sleeve. |
| WHEEDLESOME | • wheedlesome adj. Characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling. • WHEEDLESOME adj. coaxing. |