| COPYRIGHTING | • copyrighting v. Present participle of copyright. • COPYRIGHT v. to secure the sole right to reproduce a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work of. |
| DITCHDIGGERS | • ditchdiggers n. Plural of ditchdigger. • DITCHDIGGER n. one that digs ditches. |
| FIREFIGHTING | • firefighting n. (Firefighting) Extinguishing a fire. • firefighting n. The profession of being a firefighter. • firefighting n. (By extension, figuratively) Solving an urgent problem. |
| GHOSTWRITING | • ghostwriting v. Present participle of ghostwrite. • ghostwriting n. Writing for pay without the expectation of receiving credit by name. • ghost-writing v. Present participle of ghost-write. |
| GRAPHITISING | • graphitising v. Present participle of graphitise. • GRAPHITISE v. to convert wholly or partly into graphite, also GRAPHITIZE. |
| GRAPHITIZING | • graphitizing v. Present participle of graphitize. • graphitizing n. The conversion of some of the carbon in steel to graphite in the process of annealing. • GRAPHITIZE v. to convert wholly or partly into graphite, also GRAPHITISE. |
| HAMSTRINGING | • hamstringing v. Present participle of hamstring. • hamstringing n. An instance of somebody being hamstringed. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
| HIGHLIGHTERS | • highlighters n. Plural of highlighter. • HIGHLIGHTER n. a broad-tipped felt pen for highlighting parts of a text, etc.; a cosmetic used to emphasize features on the face. |
| INGATHERINGS | • ingatherings n. Plural of ingathering. • INGATHERING n. the gathering in of crops etc. |
| LETHARGISING | • lethargising v. Present participle of lethargise. • LETHARGISE v. to make lethargic, also LETHARGIZE. |
| LETHARGIZING | • lethargizing v. Present participle of lethargize. • LETHARGIZE v. to make lethargic, also LETHARGISE. |
| NIGHTRIDINGS | • NIGHTRIDING n. the activity of a nightrider, a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| OVERLIGHTING | • overlighting v. Present participle of overlight. • OVERLIGHT v. to light too much. |
| OVERNIGHTING | • overnighting v. Present participle of overnight. • OVERNIGHT v. to stay overnight. |
| PREFLIGHTING | • preflighting v. Present participle of preflight. • PREFLIGHT v. to inspect an aircraft before flight. |
| RETIGHTENING | • retightening v. Present participle of retighten. • retightening n. The act or process of tightening something again. • RETIGHTEN v. to tighten again. |
| RIGHTSIZINGS | • RIGHTSIZING n. the act of adapting an organisation to an appropriate size by means of redundancies. |