| CONTRAFAGOTTI | • contrafagotti n. Plural of contrafagotto. • CONTRAFAGOTTO n. (Italian) a musical instrument like a bassoon. |
| GEOSTRATEGIST | • geostrategist n. A geopolitical strategist; one concerned with the strategies of political geography. • GEOSTRATEGIST n. one who studies geostrategy. |
| GLOBETROTTING | • globetrotting v. Present participle of globetrot. • globetrotting n. Worldwide travel. • globe-trotting adj. That globetrots. |
| INTERKNOTTING | • interknotting v. Present participle of interknot. • INTERKNOT v. to knot together. |
| ORTHOTUNGSTIC | • ORTHOTUNGSTIC adj. as in orthotungstic acid. |
| OUTGLITTERING | • outglittering v. Present participle of outglitter. • OUTGLITTER v. to surpass in glittering. |
| OUTSTRETCHING | • outstretching v. Present participle of outstretch. • OUTSTRETCH v. to stretch out. |
| RETROFITTINGS | • retrofittings n. Plural of retrofitting. • RETROFITTING n. the act of retrofitting. |
| ROTTENSTONING | • rottenstoning v. Present participle of rottenstone. • ROTTENSTONE v. to polish with rottenstone. |
| STRAIGHTFORTH | • straightforth adv. Directly. • STRAIGHTFORTH adv. directly forward; straight away, immediately. |
| TERATOLOGISTS | • teratologists n. Plural of teratologist. • TERATOLOGIST n. a student of teratology. |
| THERMOSETTING | • thermosetting adj. (Chemistry) becoming permanently hard or solidifying when heated; used especially of synthetic plastics… • THERMOSET v. of resin or plastic, to set permanently after melting and moulding. |
| THERMOSTATING | • THERMOSTAT v. to provide with or control the temperature of by a thermostat, a device for keeping temperature stead. |
| TRAINSPOTTING | • trainspotting n. Alternative spelling of train spotting. • train␣spotting n. The hobby of collecting the numbers and names of locomotives seen at railway stations and other vantage points. |
| 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. |