| BENIGHTMENTS | • benightments n. Plural of benightment. • BENIGHTMENT n. the state of being benighted. |
| BUTTONHOLING | • buttonholing v. Present participle of buttonhole. • buttonholing n. The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| DOUGHNUTTING | • doughnutting n. (UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey. • DOUGHNUTTING n. the act of surrounding a speaker to give the impression of a packed house. |
| ETHNOGENISTS | • ETHNOGENIST n. a student of ethnogeny. |
| RETIGHTENING | • retightening v. Present participle of retighten. • retightening n. The act or process of tightening something again. • RETIGHTEN v. to tighten again. |
| SNAPSHOTTING | • snapshotting v. Present participle of snapshot. • SNAPSHOT v. to photograph informally and quickly. |
| SYNTHETISING | • synthetising v. Present participle of synthetise. • SYNTHETISE v. to put together in a synthesis, also SYNTHETIZE. |
| SYNTHETIZING | • synthetizing v. Present participle of synthetize. • SYNTHETIZE v. to put together in a synthesis, also SYNTHETISE. |
| THREATENINGS | • threatenings n. Plural of threatening. • THREATENING n. the act of threatening. |
| TINSMITHINGS | • TINSMITHING n. the craft of the tinsmith. |
| UNHESITATING | • unhesitating adj. Not hesitating; with no hesitation. • UNHESITATING adj. not hesitating. |
| UNSHUTTERING | • unshuttering v. Present participle of unshutter. • UNSHUTTER v. to open or remove the shutters of. |
| WITHSTANDING | • withstanding v. Present participle of withstand. • WITHSTAND v. to resist. |