| CHEAPENING | • cheapening v. Present participle of cheapen. • cheapening n. The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar. • CHEAPEN v. to lower the value of. |
| DIPHOSGENE | • diphosgene n. (Organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic… • DIPHOSGENE n. a liquid compound used as a poisonous gas. |
| EIGHTPENCE | • eightpence n. (Historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence. • EIGHTPENCE n. a coin worth eight pence. |
| EIGHTPENNY | • eightpenny adj. Having a value or cost of eightpence. • EIGHTPENNY adj. worth eight pennies. |
| EMPEACHING | • empeaching v. Present participle of empeach. • EMPEACH v. (Spenser) to accuse of impropriety, also IMPEACH. |
| ENSPHERING | • ensphering v. Present participle of ensphere. • ENSPHERE v. to enclose in a sphere, also INSPHERE. |
| EPITHETING | • epitheting v. Present participle of epithet. • EPITHET v. to apply an epithet to. |
| HENPECKING | • henpecking v. Present participle of henpeck. • henpecking n. An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging. • hen-pecking v. Present participle of hen-peck. |
| NIGHTPIECE | • nightpiece n. A picture or literary description of a night-time scene. • nightpiece n. A painting best viewed by artificial light. • NIGHTPIECE n. a work of art describing a night scene. |
| PHAGEDENIC | • phagedenic adj. Relating to phagedena. • PHAGEDENIC adj. relating to phagedena, hospital gangrene, also PHAGEDAENIC. |
| PHOSGENITE | • phosgenite n. (Mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen. • PHOSGENITE n. a rare fluorescent secondary mineral consisting of lead chlorine carbonate in the form of greyish tetragonal crystals. |
| PIGEONHOLE | • pigeonhole n. One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons. • pigeonhole n. (By extension) One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc. • pigeonhole n. One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library. |
| PREHEATING | • preheating v. Present participle of preheat. • PREHEAT v. to heat beforehand. |
| PREHENDING | • prehending v. Present participle of prehend. • PREHEND v. to lay hold of; to seize. |
| REGENTSHIP | • regentship n. The office of a regent; regency. • REGENTSHIP n. the office of a regent. |
| SPREETHING | • SPREETHE v. (SW dialect) to chap, roughen, also SPRAY, SPREATHE, SPREAZE, SPREEZE. |
| TELPHERING | • telphering v. Present participle of telpher. • TELPHER v. to transport by a system of aerial cable cars, also TELFER. |
| UPCHEERING | • upcheering v. Present participle of upcheer. • UPCHEER v. to encourage. |