| BATTLEGROUND | • battleground n. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. |
| CONFLAGRATED | • conflagrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate. • conflagrated adj. Burnt, destroyed by fire. • CONFLAGRATE v. to burn. |
| DECOLORATING | • decolorating v. Present participle of decolorate. • DECOLORATE v. to deprive of color. |
| DEFLAGRATION | • deflagration n. The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that… • DEFLAGRATION n. the rapid burning away of anything in a destructive fire. |
| DENDROLOGIST | • dendrologist n. One versed in the natural history of trees. • DENDROLOGIST n. a student of dendrology. |
| DEREGULATION | • deregulation n. The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation. • DEREGULATION n. the act of removing restrictions and regulations. |
| DOWNLIGHTERS | • downlighters n. Plural of downlighter. • DOWNLIGHTER n. a downward directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling. |
| EDULCORATING | • edulcorating v. Present participle of edulcorate. • EDULCORATE v. to make pleasant, sweeten. |
| HEADSTRONGLY | • headstrongly adv. In a headstrong manner. • HEADSTRONG adv. impetuous. |
| INTERFOLDING | • interfolding v. Present participle of interfold. • interfolding n. A folding together or into one another. • INTERFOLD v. to fold together or within each other. |
| MULTIPRONGED | • multipronged adj. Having multiple prongs. • multipronged adj. Having multiple elements or aspects. • multi-pronged adj. Alternative form of multipronged. |
| NONREGULATED | • nonregulated adj. Alternative spelling of non-regulated. • non-regulated adj. Not subject to regulation. • NONREGULATED adj. not regulated. |
| OUTGENERALED | • outgeneraled v. Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral. • out-generaled v. Simple past tense and past participle of out-general. • OUTGENERAL v. to surpass in terms of military command. |
| STRANGLEHOLD | • stranglehold n. A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off. • stranglehold v. To hold a tight grip or control. • STRANGLEHOLD n. an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked. |