| ANTHEMING | • antheming v. Present participle of anthem. • ANTHEM v. to praise in a national song. |
| EIGHTSMAN | • eightsman n. (Rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat. • EIGHTSMAN n. one of a crew or team of eight. |
| EIGHTSMEN | • eightsmen n. Plural of eightsman. • EIGHTSMAN n. one of a crew or team of eight. |
| EMBATHING | • embathing v. Present participle of embathe. • EMBATHE v. to bathe, also IMBATHE. |
| HELMETING | • helmeting v. Present participle of helmet. • HELMETING n. the act of fitting with a helmet. |
| HUMECTING | • humecting v. Present participle of humect. • HUMECT v. to moisten, also HUMECTATE. |
| LENGTHMAN | • lengthman n. (Nautical, rail transport, road transport, chiefly historical) A man responsible for the care and maintenance… • LENGTHMAN n. a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of railway line. |
| LENGTHMEN | • lengthmen n. Plural of lengthman. • LENGTHMAN n. a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of railway line. |
| METHEGLIN | • metheglin n. A spiced mead, originally from Wales. • METHEGLIN n. (Welsh) a spiced or medicated variety of mead, originally peculiar to Wales. |
| MITHERING | • mithering v. Present participle of mither. • MITHER v. to confuse, stupefy, also MOIDER, MOITHER. |
| MOTHERING | • mothering v. Present participle of mother. • mothering n. The nurturing of a child by its mother. • mothering n. The protective behaviour of a mother towards her child. |
| NIGHTMARE | • nightmare n. (Now rare) A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation… • nightmare n. (Now chiefly historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. • nightmare n. A very bad or frightening dream. |
| NIGHTTIME | • nighttime n. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night. • nighttime adj. Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night. • nighttime adj. Happening during the night. |
| SIGHTSMEN | • sightsmen n. Plural of sightsman. • SIGHTSMAN n. one who reads or performs music readily at first sight. |
| SMEETHING | • smeething v. Present participle of smeeth. • SMEETH v. to make smooth. |
| SOMETHING | • something pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. • something pron. (Colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree. • something pron. (Colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. |