| CHANGELING | • changeling n. (European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature… • changeling n. (By extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else. • changeling n. (By extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake;… |
| DELIGHTING | • delighting v. Present participle of delight. • DELIGHT v. to give great pleasure to. |
| ENGLISHING | • Englishing v. Present participle of English. • ENGLISH v. to cause a billiard ball to spin on its axis. |
| ENGULPHING | • engulphing v. Present participle of engulph. • ENGULPH v. to swallow up completely, also ENGULF, INGULF, INGULPH. |
| ENLIGHTING | • enlighting v. Present participle of enlight. • ENLIGHT v. to shed light on. |
| GASLIGHTED | • gaslighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of gaslight. • GASLIGHT v. to attempt to manipulate (a person) by continually presenting them with false information until they doubt their sanity. |
| GREENLIGHT | • greenlight v. (Transitive) To approve; to permit to proceed. • greenlight v. (Transitive, slang) To approve or requisition another’s harm or death; to put a hit out on. • green-light v. Alternative spelling of greenlight. |
| LIGHTENING | • lightening v. Present participle of lighten. • lightening n. The act or result of making something light or lighter. • lightening n. (Medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour. |
| LIGHTERAGE | • lighterage n. The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. • lighterage n. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. • LIGHTERAGE n. a fee for carrying cargo by lighter. |
| LIGHTERING | • lightering n. The process of transferring cargo or fuel off of a sunken or grounded ship, making it easier to refloat. • lightering v. Present participle of lighter. • LIGHTER v. to convey by lighter. |
| MISHGUGGLE | • MISHGUGGLE v. (Scots) to bungle, mar, also MISGUGGLE. |
| RELIGHTING | • relighting v. Present participle of relight. • RELIGHT v. to light again. |
| SHOGGLIEST | • SHOGGLY adj. (Scots) shaky, also SHOOGLY. |
| SLEIGHINGS | • sleighings n. Plural of sleighing. • SLEIGHING n. travelling by sleigh. |