| CHARACTERISED | • characterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterise. • CHARACTERISE v. to give a character to, also CHARACTERIZE. |
| CREATUREHOODS | • CREATUREHOOD n. the state of being a creature. |
| FORESHORTENED | • foreshortened v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. |
| HEREDITARIANS | • hereditarians n. Plural of hereditarian. • HEREDITARIAN n. an adherent of hereditarianism, the view that heredity is the major factor in determining human and animal behaviour, also HEREDITIST. |
| MOUTHBREEDERS | • mouthbreeders n. Plural of mouthbreeder (synonym of mouthbrooders). • MOUTHBREEDER n. a fish that carries eggs and young in its mouth, also MOUTHBROODER. |
| OVERHARVESTED | • overharvested v. Simple past tense and past participle of overharvest. • OVERHARVEST v. to harvest to excess. |
| OVERSTRETCHED | • overstretched v. Simple past tense and past participle of overstretch. • overstretched adj. Subject to demands that are more than can be reasonably handled. • OVERSTRETCH v. to stretch excessively. |
| PRETENDERSHIP | • pretendership n. The character or claims of a pretender. • PRETENDERSHIP n. the office of pretender. |
| RADIOTHERMIES | • RADIOTHERMY n. the treatment of disease by means of heat generated by electromagnetic radiation. |
| REUPHOLSTERED | • reupholstered v. Simple past tense and past participle of reupholster. • re-upholstered v. Simple past tense and past participle of re-upholster. • REUPHOLSTER v. to upholster again. |
| STEREOCHROMED | • STEREOCHROME v. to paint a mural fixed with waterglass. |
| STEREOGRAPHED | • stereographed v. Simple past tense and past participle of stereograph. • STEREOGRAPH v. to make a stereograph. |
| TETRAHEDRITES | • tetrahedrites n. Plural of tetrahedrite. • TETRAHEDRITE n. native sulphide of antimony, iron, and copper, forming a series with tennantite and typically occurring as tetrahedral crystals. |
| THUNDERSHOWER | • thundershower n. A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning. • THUNDERSHOWER n. a shower accompanied by lightning and thunder. |
| THUNDERSTRIKE | • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, now rare) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, figurative, now rare) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. • THUNDERSTRIKE v. to strike dumb. |
| THUNDERSTROKE | • thunderstroke n. Thunderbolt. • THUNDERSTROKE n. a stroke of or as if of lightning with the attendant thunder. |
| UNDERSTRENGTH | • understrength adj. Lacking in number (Of a military unit, sport team, etc.). • understrength adj. Lacking in strength or durability (of a material or structure). • UNDERSTRENGTH adj. deficient in strength. |
| UNDERTHRUSTED | • underthrusted v. Simple past tense and past participle of underthrust. |
| WEATHERBOARDS | • weatherboards n. Plural of weatherboard. • WEATHERBOARD n. a board shaped so as to shed water. |