| DEEPFREEZING | • deep-freezing v. Present participle of deep-freeze. • DEEPFREEZE v. to freeze or keep as in a deepfreeze. |
| DEPREHENDING | • deprehending v. Present participle of deprehend. • DEPREHEND v. (obsolete) to catch; to seize. |
| DEREPRESSING | • derepressing v. Present participle of derepress. • DEREPRESS v. to activate (a gene or enzyme) by releasing it from a blocked state. |
| DESTEMPERING | • DESTEMPER v. (obsolete) to distemper, in the paint sense, also DISTEMPER. |
| GEOPRESSURED | • geopressured adj. Subject to geologic overpressure. • GEOPRESSURED adj. subjected to great pressure from geologic forces. |
| HEDGEHOPPERS | • hedgehoppers n. Plural of hedgehopper. • HEDGEHOPPER n. a pilot who hedgehops, flies low. |
| PEREGRINATED | • peregrinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of peregrinate. • PEREGRINATE v. to wander through. |
| PREDECEASING | • predeceasing v. Present participle of predecease. • PREDECEASE v. to die sooner than. |
| PREDESIGNATE | • predesignate adj. Designated in advance. • predesignate adj. (Logic, of a proposition) Having its quantity indicated by a verbal sign, as with "all", "none", etc. • predesignate v. To designate in advance. |
| PREJUDGEMENT | • prejudgement n. Alternative spelling of prejudgment. • PREJUDGEMENT n. the act of prejudging, also PREJUDGMENT. |
| REDEVELOPING | • redeveloping v. Present participle of redevelop. • REDEVELOP v. to develop again. |
| REPREHENDING | • reprehending v. Present participle of reprehend. • REPREHEND v. to rebuke. |
| SHEEPHERDING | • sheepherding n. The activity of herding sheep. • SHEEPHERDING n. looking after sheep. |
| SPEEDREADING | • speedreading v. Present participle of speedread. • speedreading n. Reading at an accelerated rate while still maintaining comprehension of the material that is read. • speed-reading v. Present participle of speed-read. |
| SPREADEAGLED | • spreadeagled v. Simple past tense and past participle of spreadeagle. • spread-eagled v. Simple past tense and past participle of spread-eagle. • spread-eagled adj. In a spread eagle position. |
| UNDERKEEPING | • underkeeping v. Present participle of underkeep. • UNDERKEEP v. (Spenser) to keep under; to suppress. |
| UNDERPEEPING | • underpeeping v. Present participle of underpeep. • UNDERPEEP v. (Shakespeare) to peep under. |