| CHAPERONING | • chaperoning v. Present participle of chaperone. • chaperoning n. The act or process of a person being chaperoned. • CHAPERON v. (French) to accompany and supervise. |
| CHOUNTERING | • CHOUNTER v. to mutter, grumble, also CHUNNER, CHUNTER. |
| DETHRONINGS | • dethronings n. Plural of dethroning. • DETHRONING n. the act of removing from a throne. |
| ENCROACHING | • encroaching adj. That encroaches. • encroaching v. Present participle of encroach. • ENCROACH v. to intrude on another's territory. |
| ENSHROUDING | • enshrouding v. Present participle of enshroud. • enshrouding n. The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering. • ENSHROUD v. to cover up. |
| FOREHANDING | • forehanding v. Present participle of forehand. • FOREHAND v. to play a shot forehand. |
| FOREHENTING | • FOREHENT v. to overtake, also FORHENT. |
| HERRINGBONE | • herringbone n. A bone of a herring. • herringbone n. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing. • herringbone n. (Skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards. |
| NEARSHORING | • nearshoring v. Present participle of nearshore. • NEARSHORE v. (in business) to source service activities to a neighbouring country, esp. for economic reasons. |
| NEIGHBORING | • neighboring adj. (American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to. • neighboring v. (American spelling) present participle of neighbor. • NEIGHBOR v. to live close by, border on, also NEIGHBOUR. |
| OVERHANDING | • overhanding v. Present participle of overhand. • over-handing v. Present participle of over-hand. • OVERHAND v. to sew with short vertical stitches. |
| OVERHANGING | • overhanging v. Present participle of overhang. • overhanging n. (Architecture) Synonym of overhang. • OVERHANG v. to protrude over. |
| OVERHENTING | • overhenting v. Present participle of overhent. • OVERHENT v. (Spenser) to overtake. |
| OVERHUNTING | • overhunting n. Hunting at unsustainable levels. • OVERHUNTING n. hunting to excess. |
| OVERSHINING | • overshining v. Present participle of overshine. • OVERSHINE v. (Shakespeare) to shine over or upon. |
| SHOEHORNING | • shoehorning v. Present participle of shoehorn. • shoe-horning v. Present participle of shoe-horn. • SHOEHORN v. to force into a small space. |
| SHORTENINGS | • shortenings n. Plural of shortening. • SHORTENING n. fat for making pastry short. |