| FEATHERWEIGHT | • featherweight n. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms. • featherweight n. A sportsman who fights in this division. • featherweight n. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse. |
| HYPOTHECATING | • hypothecating v. Present participle of hypothecate. • HYPOTHECATE v. to pledge as security without title or possession. |
| HYPOTHETISING | • hypothetising v. Present participle of hypothetise. • HYPOTHETISE v. to form a hypothesis, also HYPOTHESISE, HYPOTHESIZE, HYPOTHETIZE. |
| HYPOTHETIZING | • hypothetizing v. Present participle of hypothetize. • HYPOTHETIZE v. to form a hypothesis, also HYPOTHESISE, HYPOTHESIZE, HYPOTHETISE. |
| ICHTHYOLOGIST | • ichthyologist n. An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes. • ICHTHYOLOGIST n. one who studies ichthyology. |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | • nightwatchman n. Someone who guards a premises at night. • nightwatchman n. (Cricket) A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day’s play… • night-watchman n. Alternative spelling of night watchman. |
| NIGHTWATCHMEN | • nightwatchmen n. Plural of nightwatchman. • night-watchmen n. Plural of night-watchman (alternative spelling of night watchmen). • night␣watchmen n. Plural of night watchman. |
| ORTHOGNATHIES | • ORTHOGNATHY n. the state of having normally aligned jaws. |
| ORTHOGNATHISM | • orthognathism n. (Anatomy) The quality of being orthognathous. • ORTHOGNATHISM n. the state of having straight jaws. |
| ORTHOGRAPHIST | • orthographist n. One who is versed in orthography. • ORTHOGRAPHIST n. an orthographer. |
| PHOTOGRAPHIST | • photographist n. (Dated) One who produces photographs. • PHOTOGRAPHIST n. a photographer. |
| SHORTSHEETING | • shortsheeting v. Present participle of shortsheet. • short-sheeting v. Present participle of short-sheet. • short␣sheeting v. Present participle of short sheet. |
| SIGHTWORTHIER | • SIGHTWORTHY adj. worth looking at. |
| STRAIGHTFORTH | • straightforth adv. Directly. • STRAIGHTFORTH adv. directly forward; straight away, immediately. |
| TACHYGRAPHIST | • tachygraphist n. A writer in tachygraphy, or shorthand. • TACHYGRAPHIST n. a shorthand writer, also TACHYGRAPH, TACHYGRAPHER. |
| TOOTHBRUSHING | • toothbrushing v. Present participle of toothbrush. • toothbrushing n. An act of brushing the teeth. • TOOTHBRUSHING n. the action of using a toothbrush to clean teeth. |
| TROTHPLIGHTED | • trothplighted adj. (Dated) Having pledged one’s troth; engaged; promised. • trothplighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of trothplight. • TROTHPLIGHT v. to betroth. |
| WHIPSTITCHING | • whipstitching v. Present participle of whipstitch. • whip␣stitching v. Present participle of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH v. to sew with a whipstitch. |