| 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. |
| DIPHTHONGISING | • diphthongising v. Present participle of diphthongise. • DIPHTHONGISE v. to make into a diphthong, also DIPHTHONGIZE. |
| 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. |
| GENTLEMANHOODS | • GENTLEMANHOOD n. the state of being a gentleman. |
| GONADOTROPHINS | • gonadotrophins n. Plural of gonadotrophin. • GONADOTROPHIN n. a substance that stimulates the gonads. |
| HEADSTRONGNESS | • headstrongness n. The property of being headstrong, stubbornness. • HEADSTRONGNESS n. the state of being headstrong. |
| HYDROGENATIONS | • hydrogenations n. Plural of hydrogenation. • HYDROGENATION n. the act of hydrogenating. |
| RESTRENGTHENED | • restrengthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of restrengthen. • RESTRENGTHEN v. to strengthen again. |
| 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. |
| UNSTRENGTHENED | • unstrengthened adj. Not strengthened. • UNSTRENGTHENED adj. not strengthened. |