| COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
| DECHLORINATING | • dechlorinating v. Present participle of dechlorinate. • dechlorinating adj. That leads to dechlorination. • DECHLORINATE v. to remove chlorine from. |
| DIPHTHONGISING | • diphthongising v. Present participle of diphthongise. • DIPHTHONGISE v. to make into a diphthong, also DIPHTHONGIZE. |
| DIPHTHONGIZING | • diphthongizing v. Present participle of diphthongize. • DIPHTHONGIZE v. to make into a diphthong, also DIPHTHONGISE. |
| DISENTHRALLING | • disenthralling v. Present participle of disenthral. • DISENTHRALL v. to release from a state of enthralment, also DISENTHRAL, DISINTHRAL. |
| DISINTHRALLING | • disinthralling v. Present participle of disinthral. • DISINTHRALLING n. the act of releasing from a state of enthralment. |
| DISTINGUISHING | • distinguishing v. Present participle of distinguish. • distinguishing adj. That serves to distinguish. • distinguishing n. The act by which something is distinguished or told apart. |
| GONADOTROPHINS | • gonadotrophins n. Plural of gonadotrophin. • GONADOTROPHIN n. a substance that stimulates the gonads. |
| GRANDFATHERING | • grandfathering v. Present participle of grandfather. • grandfathering n. Exemption from new legislation or regulations. • GRANDFATHER v. to exempt (an activity, person, etc.) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like. |
| HEARTRENDINGLY | • heartrendingly adv. In a heartrending manner. • heart-rendingly adv. In a heart-rending manner. • HEARTRENDING adv. causing great grief. |
| HYDROGENATIONS | • hydrogenations n. Plural of hydrogenation. • HYDROGENATION n. the act of hydrogenating. |
| HYPEREXTENDING | • hyperextending v. Present participle of hyperextend. • HYPEREXTEND v. to extend so that the angle between bones of a joint is greater than normal. |
| RHODOMONTADING | • rhodomontading v. Present participle of rhodomontade. • RHODOMONTADE v. to boast, rant, also RODOMONTADE. |
| STICKHANDLINGS | • STICKHANDLING n. the act of manoeuvring (the puck) deftly in ice hockey. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |
| UNDERTHRUSTING | • underthrusting v. Present participle of underthrust. • UNDERTHRUST v. to insert (a faulted rock mass) into position under a passive rock mass. |
| UNEXTINGUISHED | • unextinguished adj. Not extinguished. • UNEXTINGUISHED adj. not extinguished. |