| BETROTHING | • betrothing v. Present participle of betroth. • BETROTH v. to engage to marry. |
| CHATTERING | • chattering v. Present participle of chatter. • chattering adj. That chatters. • chattering n. A noise that chatters. |
| CHITTERING | • chittering v. Present participle of chitter. • chittering n. The sound of a chitter. • CHITTERING n. the act of chittering. |
| RATCHETING | • ratcheting v. Present participle of ratchet. • ratcheting n. The act by which something is ratcheted. • ratcheting n. A conjurers’ trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken… |
| RETIGHTENS | • retightens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retighten. • RETIGHTEN v. to tighten again. |
| SHATTERING | • shattering v. Present participle of shatter. • shattering n. The act of something that shatters; the shattered material. • SHATTERING adj. of e.g. news, devastating. |
| SHUTTERING | • shuttering n. The act of closing something with shutters. • shuttering n. (Figurative) The winding down of a business, a publication, etc. • shuttering n. (Construction) Formwork. |
| STRAIGHTEN | • straighten v. (Transitive) To cause to become straight. • straighten v. (Intransitive) To become straight. • straighten v. (Transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up. |
| STRENGTHEN | • strengthen v. (Transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify. • strengthen v. (Transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten. • strengthen v. (Transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify. |
| STRETCHING | • stretching n. The act by which something is stretched. • stretching n. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated… • stretching adj. Requiring a high level of effort or performance. |
| TIGHTENERS | • tighteners n. Plural of tightener. • TIGHTENER n. something that serves to tighten. |
| UNTOGETHER | • untogether adj. Not together; separated; alone. • untogether adj. (Informal) Not together; disorganised; sloppy. • untogether adv. In an untogether or disorderly manner; apart. |
| WHITTERING | • whittering v. Present participle of whitter. • WHITTER v. to talk or mutter peevishly or ineffectually, also WITTER. |