| ATHETISING | • athetising v. Present participle of athetise. • ATHETISE v. in textual criticism, to reject (a passage) as spurious, also ATHETIZE. |
| HESITATING | • hesitating v. Present participle of hesitate. • hesitating n. Hesitation. • HESITATE v. to hold back or delay. |
| LENGTHIEST | • lengthiest adj. Superlative form of lengthy: most lengthy. • LENGTHY adj. very long. |
| NAUGHTIEST | • naughtiest adj. Superlative form of naughty: most naughty. • NAUGHTY adj. badly-behaved. |
| NIGHTTIDES | • NIGHTTIDE n. the time during which it is night, also NIGHTTIME. |
| NIGHTTIMES | • nighttimes n. Plural of nighttime. • night-times n. Plural of night-time. • NIGHTTIME n. the time during which it is night, also NIGHTTIDE. |
| 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. |
| STEALTHING | • stealthing v. Present participle of stealth. • stealthing n. (Sexuality) The practice of removing a condom during sex, without a partner’s knowledge or consent. • STEALTHING n. the act of making e.g. a plane proof against radar. |
| 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. |
| THEGNLIEST | • THEGNLY adj. like a thegn. |
| THEOGONIST | • theogonist n. A writer on theogony. • THEOGONIST n. a writer on theogony. |
| TIGHTENERS | • tighteners n. Plural of tightener. • TIGHTENER n. something that serves to tighten. |