| BEHIGHTING | • behighting v. Present participle of behight. • BEHIGHT v. (obsolete) to vow, to promise, also BEHOTE. |
| EARTHLIGHT | • earthlight n. Sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface. • EARTHLIGHT n. the faint light visible on parts of the moon not illuminated by the sun. |
| EIGHTEENTH | • eighteenth adj. The ordinal form of the number eighteen. • eighteenth n. The person or thing in the eighteenth position. • eighteenth n. One of eighteen equal parts of a whole. |
| EIGHTIETHS | • eightieths n. Plural of eightieth. • EIGHTIETH n. one of eighty equal parts. |
| HATCHELING | • hatcheling v. Present participle of hatchel. • HATCHEL v. to separate flax fibres with a comb, also HACKLE, HECKLE. |
| HAUGHTIEST | • haughtiest adj. Superlative form of haughty: most haughty. • HAUGHTY adj. arrogant. |
| HEADLIGHTS | • headlights n. Plural of headlight; especially a pair on a single vehicle. • HEADLIGHT n. a strong light on the front of a vehicle. |
| HEIGHTENED | • heightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of heighten. • heightened adj. Increased in intensity or concentration; elevated, stepped-up. • HEIGHTEN v. to raise. |
| HEIGHTENER | • heightener n. That which heightens. • HEIGHTENER n. something that heightens. |
| HEIGHTISMS | • HEIGHTISM n. discrimination on grounds of height. |
| HIGHERMOST | • highermost adj. Uppermost; in the highest position. • highermost adv. Uppermost; in the highest position. • HIGHERMOST adj. highest, also HIGHMOST. |
| HIGHTAILED | • hightailed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hightail. • HIGHTAIL v. to retreat rapidly. |
| KNIGHTHEAD | • knighthead n. A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support… • knighthead n. A bollard or bitt. • knighthead n. Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit. |
| LIGHTHOUSE | • lighthouse n. A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors. • LIGHTHOUSE n. a structure (as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators. |
| NIGHTSHADE | • nightshade n. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade. • nightshade n. (Colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato… • nightshade n. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. |
| SHEATHINGS | • sheathings n. Plural of sheathing. • SHEATHING n. the act of sheathing. |
| THIGHBONES | • thighbones n. Plural of thighbone. • THIGHBONE n. the bone of the leg between the hip joint and the knee, the femur. |
| THRESHINGS | • threshings n. Plural of threshing. • THRESHING n. the act of threshing. |
| WHEESHTING | • WHEESHT v. (Scots) to call for silence, also WHEESH, WHISHT. |
| WHITHERING | • whithering v. Present participle of whither. • WHITHER v. to blow strongly with a roaring sound, also WUTHER. |