| COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
| COUNTERWEIGHED | • counterweighed v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh. • COUNTERWEIGH v. to weigh against, counterbalance. |
| COUNTERWEIGHTS | • counterweights n. Plural of counterweight. • COUNTERWEIGHT v. to balance with an equivalent weight or force. |
| COUNTINGHOUSES | • countinghouses n. Plural of countinghouse. • counting-houses n. Plural of counting-house. • counting␣houses n. Plural of counting house. |
| DROUGHTINESSES | • DROUGHTINESS n. the state of being droughty. |
| ETHNOLINGUISTS | • ethnolinguists n. Plural of ethnolinguist. • ETHNOLINGUIST n. one who studies the relationship between language and cultural behaviour. |
| FLUGELHORNISTS | • flugelhornists n. Plural of flugelhornist. • FLUGELHORNIST n. one who plays the flugelhorn. |
| NEIGHBOURLIEST | • NEIGHBOURLY adj. like a neighbour, also NEIGHBORLY. |
| OUTFANGTHIEVES | • OUTFANGTHIEF n. (historical) the right of judging and fining thieves pursued and brought back from outside one's own jurisdiction. |
| OVERBURTHENING | • overburthening v. Present participle of overburthen. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| PREAUTHORIZING | • preauthorizing v. Present participle of preauthorize. |
| REUPHOLSTERING | • reupholstering v. Present participle of reupholster. • re-upholstering v. Present participle of re-upholster. • REUPHOLSTER v. to upholster again. |
| SHUTTLECOCKING | • shuttlecocking v. Present participle of shuttlecock. • SHUTTLECOCK v. to send or toss to and fro. |
| THAUMATOGENIES | • THAUMATOGENY n. the doctrine of the miraculous origin of life. |
| TOUCHINGNESSES | • TOUCHINGNESS n. the state of being touching. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |