| BENIGHTENED | • benightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of benighten. • BENIGHTEN v. to overtake with night, also BENIGHT. |
| DETHRONINGS | • dethronings n. Plural of dethroning. • DETHRONING n. the act of removing from a throne. |
| DISTHRONING | • disthroning v. Present participle of disthrone. • DISTHRONE v. to remove from a throne, also DETHRONE, UNTHRONE. |
| ENLIGHTENED | • enlightened adj. Educated or informed. • enlightened adj. Made aware of something. • enlightened adj. Freed from illusion. |
| HANDFASTING | • handfasting v. Present participle of handfast. • handfasting n. The ceremony in which people handfast. • HANDFASTING n. a betrothal. |
| HANDWRITING | • handwriting n. The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed. • handwriting n. Text that was written by hand. • handwriting n. The characteristic writing of a particular person. |
| HEADHUNTING | • headhunting v. Present participle of headhunt. • headhunting n. (Anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one’s enemy. • headhunting n. The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel. |
| HINDCASTING | • hindcasting n. Testing by use of hindcasts. • HINDCAST v. to test a mathematical model by inputting known or closely estimated data for past events to see how well the output matches the known results. |
| LIGHTNINGED | • lightninged v. Simple past tense and past participle of lightning. • LIGHTNING v. to flash with lightning, a flash of light in the sky, caused by electricity being discharged from thunderclouds. |
| NIGHTRIDING | • night-riding adj. (Chiefly US) That rides out at night, especially to carry out acts of violence. • NIGHTRIDING n. the activity of a nightrider, a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| NIGHTSTANDS | • nightstands n. Plural of nightstand. • NIGHTSTAND n. a bedside table. |
| OUTHANDLING | • outhandling v. Present participle of outhandle. • OUTHANDLE v. to handle better than. |
| PATHFINDING | • pathfinding n. (Computing) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points. • pathfinding n. (Biology) The finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells. • PATHFINDING n. the act of marking the way e.g. by flares. |
| THUNDERINGS | • thunderings n. Plural of thundering. • THUNDERING n. the act of thundering. |
| UNBENIGHTED | • unbenighted adj. Not benighted. • UNBENIGHTED adj. not benighted. |
| UNDERTHINGS | • underthings n. Plural of underthing. • UNDERTHINGS n. underwear. |
| UNLIGHTENED | • unlightened adj. Not lightened (made lighter in tone or colour). • UNLIGHTENED adj. not lightened. |
| UNTHREADING | • unthreading v. Present participle of unthread. • UNTHREAD v. to remove the thread from. |