| DEHYDROGENATING | • dehydrogenating v. Present participle of dehydrogenate. • dehydrogenating adj. That undergoes or produces dehydrogenation. • DEHYDROGENATE v. to remove the hydrogen from. |
| DIPHTHONGING | • DIPHTHONG v. to pronounce as a diphthong. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| DOUGHNUTTING | • doughnutting n. (UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey. • DOUGHNUTTING n. the act of surrounding a speaker to give the impression of a packed house. |
| DOUGHNUTTINGS | • DOUGHNUTTING n. the act of surrounding a speaker to give the impression of a packed house. |
| 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. |
| HYDROGENATING | • hydrogenating v. Present participle of hydrogenate. • HYDROGENATE v. to combine or treat with hydrogen. |
| 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. |
| LONGSIGHTEDNESS | • longsightedness n. Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight. • LONGSIGHTEDNESS n. the state of being longsighted. |
| 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. |
| NIGHTRIDINGS | • NIGHTRIDING n. the activity of a nightrider, a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| UNDIGHTING | • undighting v. Present participle of undight. • UNDIGHT v. (Spenser) to undo, take off. |