| BEHOTING | • BEHOTE v. to vow, promise. |
| BOUGHTEN | • boughten adj. (Archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade). • boughten v. (Archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy. • BOUGHTEN adj. (archaic) purchased; not obtained or produced at home. |
| FOUGHTEN | • foughten v. (Archaic) past participle of fight. • FOUGHTEN adj. exhausted, especially from fighting. |
| GENIZOTH | • genizoth n. Plural of genizah. • GENIZAH n. (Hebrew) a room in a synagogue. |
| HEPTAGON | • heptagon n. (Geometry) A polygon with seven sides and seven angles. • HEPTAGON n. a seven-sided polygon. |
| HISTOGEN | • histogen n. (Biology) Any of the germ layers involved in histogenesis. • HISTOGEN n. a more or less well-defined region within a plant where tissues undergo differentiation. |
| HOTELING | • hoteling n. Alternative spelling of hotelling. • HOTELING n. (in an office where hot-desking is practised) the advance booking of a desk by an employee. |
| OTHERING | • othering n. (Philosophy, politics) gerund of other: the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something… • othering v. Present participle of other. • OTHER v. to treat a person as being very different from oneself. |
| PATHOGEN | • pathogen n. (Pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease… • PATHOGEN n. a disease-producing organism, also PATHOGENE. |
| PHOTOGEN | • photogen n. (Chemistry) A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc. • photogen n. (Biology) A microorganism that produces phosphorescence. • PHOTOGEN n. a light-producing organ in animals. |
| THEOGONY | • theogony n. (Chiefly in ancient religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods. • THEOGONY n. an account of the origin of the gods. |
| THONGIER | • THONGY adj. resembling an item of clothing made from a strip of cloth. |
| THROEING | • throeing v. Present participle of throe. • THROE v. to suffer violent spasms of pain. |
| THRONGED | • thronged v. Simple past tense and past participle of throng. • THRONG v. to crowd into. |
| TOUGHENS | • toughens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toughen. • TOUGHEN v. to make tough. |