| FORENIGHTS | • forenights n. Plural of forenight. • FORENIGHT n. the night before. |
| HEADSTRONG | • headstrong adj. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want. • HEADSTRONG adj. impetuous. |
| HECTORINGS | • hectorings n. Plural of hectoring. • HECTORING n. the act of hectoring. |
| HOLSTERING | • holstering v. Present participle of holster. • HOLSTER v. to place in a holster. |
| MOTHERINGS | • motherings n. Plural of mothering. • MOTHERING n. the act of mothering. |
| OVERNIGHTS | • overnights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overnight. • overnights n. Plural of overnight. • OVERNIGHT v. to stay overnight. |
| RESHOOTING | • reshooting v. Present participle of reshoot. • reshooting n. A new recording onto film or video. • re-shooting v. Present participle of re-shoot. |
| SHOESTRING | • shoestring n. (Chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace. • shoestring n. (Figuratively, often attributively). • shoestring adj. (US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player’s shoes. |
| SHORTENING | • shortening n. (US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of… • shortening n. Verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length. • shortening v. Present participle of shorten. |
| SHOTGUNNER | • shotgunner n. Someone who uses a shotgun. • SHOTGUNNER n. one who uses a shotgun. |
| SMOTHERING | • smothering v. Present participle of smother. • smothering n. The act by which someone or something is smothered. • SMOTHERING adj. suffocating. |
| SOOTHERING | • soothering v. Present participle of soother. • SOOTHER v. to cajole, flatter; to soothe, calm. |
| SOUTHERING | • southering v. Present participle of souther. • SOUTHER v. to move towards the south. |
| STENOGRAPH | • stenograph n. A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. • stenograph n. A shorthand character. • stenograph n. A stenography machine. |
| THEORISING | • theorising v. Present participle of theorise. • theorising n. Alternative form of theorizing. • THEORISE v. to form theories, also THEORIZE. |
| TOUGHENERS | • tougheners n. Plural of toughener. • TOUGHENER n. something that toughens. |