| DEMOLISHING | • demolishing v. Present participle of demolish. • DEMOLISH v. to destroy. |
| DEPOLISHING | • depolishing v. Present participle of depolish. • DEPOLISH v. to remove the gloss from. |
| DICHOGAMIES | • DICHOGAMY n. an arrangement for preventing the self-fertilization of hermaphrodite flowers, the stamens and stigmas ripening at different times. |
| DISBENCHING | • disbenching v. Present participle of disbench. • DISBENCH v. to drive from a bench. |
| DISFLESHING | • disfleshing v. Present participle of disflesh. • DISFLESH v. (archaic) to reduce the flesh or obesity of. |
| DISHERITING | • disheriting v. Present participle of disherit. • DISHERIT v. (Spenser) to deprive of an inheritance, also DISINHERIT. |
| DISHEVELING | • disheveling v. Present participle of dishevel. • DISHEVEL v. to make the hair untidy. |
| ENSHIELDING | • enshielding v. Present participle of enshield. • ENSHIELD v. to defend, as with a shield. |
| GOLIATHISED | • GOLIATHISE v. to play Goliath, exaggerate extravagantly, also GOLIATHIZE. |
| GRAPHITISED | • graphitised v. Simple past tense and past participle of graphitise. • GRAPHITISE v. to convert wholly or partly into graphite, also GRAPHITIZE. |
| HIGHBINDERS | • highbinders n. Plural of highbinder. • high-binders n. Plural of high-binder. • HIGHBINDER n. a swindler, gangster or corrupt politician. |
| HINDERLINGS | • hinderlings n. Plural of hinderling. • HINDERLINGS n. (Scots) the buttocks, also HINDERLANDS, HINDERLANS, HINDERLINS. |
| METHODISING | • methodising v. Present participle of methodise. • METHODISE v. to reduce to method; to arrange in an orderly way; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts, also METHODIZE. |
| NIGHTRIDERS | • nightriders n. Plural of nightrider. • night␣riders n. Plural of night rider. • NIGHTRIDER n. a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| PEMPHIGOIDS | • pemphigoids n. Plural of pemphigoid. • PEMPHIGOID n. any of a group of skin diseases, also PEMPHIGOUS. |
| REDSHIRTING | • redshirting v. Present participle of redshirt. • REDSHIRT v. to keep a college athlete out of varsity play to extend his eligibility. |
| RIDESHARING | • ridesharing n. A form of transportation, other than public transport, in which more than one person shares the use… • RIDESHARING n. the practice of sharing a car with other commuters as a means of lessening traffic congestion or pollution. |
| SHIELDLINGS | • SHIELDLING n. a protected person. |
| TIGHTFISTED | • tightfisted adj. Alternative spelling of tight-fisted. • tight-fisted adj. Reluctant to spend money; miserly or stingy. • TIGHTFISTED adj. reluctant to part with money. |