| BEKNIGHTED | • beknighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of beknight. • BEKNIGHT v. to raise to knighthood. |
| BETOKENING | • betokening v. Present participle of betoken. • BETOKEN v. to signify. |
| GATEKEEPER | • gatekeeper n. A person or group who controls access to something or somebody. • gatekeeper n. A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate. • gatekeeper n. A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae. |
| GENTLEFOLK | • gentlefolk n. (Archaic) People of superior social position. • GENTLEFOLK n. persons of gentle or good family and breeding. |
| GREENSTICK | • greenstick n. A greenstick fracture. • GREENSTICK adj. designating a bone fracture in a young person in which the bone is partly bent and partly broken. |
| JOCKTELEGS | • jocktelegs n. Plural of jockteleg. • JOCKTELEG n. (Scots) a large clasp knife. |
| KENNETTING | • KENNETT v. (Australian slang) to ruthlessly downsize an organisation, (after Jeff Kennett, premier of Victoria). |
| KENTLEDGES | • kentledges n. Plural of kentledge. • KENTLEDGE n. pig-iron used as ballast in a ship's hold, also KINTLEDGE. |
| KINTLEDGES | • KINTLEDGE n. pig-iron used as ballast in a ship's hold, also KENTLEDGE. |
| MAKEWEIGHT | • makeweight n. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. • makeweight n. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument. • MAKEWEIGHT n. a small quantity added to make up a certain weight e.g. an extra slice of bread; hence, an insignificant person or thing. |
| OUTKEEPING | • outkeeping v. Present participle of outkeep. • OUTKEEP v. to surpass in keeping. |
| SKELTERING | • skeltering v. Present participle of skelter. • SKELTER v. to scurry. |
| TONGUELIKE | • tonguelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a tongue. • TONGUELIKE adj. like a tongue. |
| WEEKNIGHTS | • weeknights n. Plural of weeknight. • weeknights adv. On weeknights. • WEEKNIGHT n. the evening or night of a weekday. |