| BRIGHTENERS | • brighteners n. Plural of brightener. • BRIGHTENER n. something that brightens. |
| FRIGHTENERS | • frighteners n. Plural of frightener. • FRIGHTENER n. something or someone who frightens. |
| HEARTSTRING | • heartstring n. Singular of heartstrings. • HEARTSTRING n. a nerve or tendon imagined to brace and sustain the heart; (in plural) affections. |
| INGATHERERS | • ingatherers n. Plural of ingatherer. • INGATHERER n. one who ingathers. |
| INTERGROWTH | • intergrowth n. A growing together and through each other of two crystals. • INTERGROWTH n. a growing between or together. |
| NIGHTMARIER | • NIGHTMARY adj. like a nightmare, also NIGHTMARISH. |
| NIGHTRIDERS | • nightriders n. Plural of nightrider. • night␣riders n. Plural of night rider. • NIGHTRIDER n. a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| OVERNIGHTER | • overnighter n. A person who overnights, or stays overnight. • overnighter n. Something that serves overnight travel, such as a night train. • overnighter n. (Informal) A stay or event that takes place overnight. |
| REBIRTHINGS | • rebirthings n. Plural of rebirthing. • REBIRTHING n. the act of being born again. |
| REDSHIRTING | • redshirting v. Present participle of redshirt. • REDSHIRT v. to keep a college athlete out of varsity play to extend his eligibility. |
| REGATHERING | • regathering v. Present participle of regather. • REGATHER v. to assemble once more. |
| REHYDRATING | • rehydrating v. Present participle of rehydrate. • REHYDRATE v. to add water to (a dehydrated substance). |
| RETHREADING | • rethreading v. Present participle of rethread. • rethreading n. The process of threading something again. • RETHREAD v. to thread again. |
| RETRENCHING | • retrenching v. Present participle of retrench. • RETRENCH v. to cut down expenses. |
| RHETORISING | • rhetorising v. Present participle of rhetorise. • RHETORISE v. (obsolete) to use rhetorical language. |
| RHETORIZING | • rhetorizing v. Present participle of rhetorize. • RHETORIZE v. (obsolete) to use rhetorical language, also RHETORISE. |