| 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. |
| COUNTERWEIGHTS | • counterweights n. Plural of counterweight. • COUNTERWEIGHT v. to balance with an equivalent weight or force. |
| DISAUTHORISING | • disauthorising v. Present participle of disauthorise. • DISAUTHORISE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORIZE. |
| DISAUTHORIZING | • disauthorizing v. Present participle of disauthorize. • DISAUTHORIZE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORISE. |
| DROUGHTINESSES | • DROUGHTINESS n. the state of being droughty. |
| FLUGELHORNISTS | • flugelhornists n. Plural of flugelhornist. • FLUGELHORNIST n. one who plays the flugelhorn. |
| LAUGHWORTHIEST | • LAUGHWORTHY adj. worthy of being laughed at. |
| MASTIGOPHOROUS | • mastigophorous adj. (Obsolete, rare) Carrying a whip, scourge, or wand. • mastigophorous adj. (Biology) mastigophoran. • MASTIGOPHOROUS adj. like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing, also MASTIGOPHORIC. |
| NEIGHBOURLIEST | • NEIGHBOURLY adj. like a neighbour, also NEIGHBORLY. |
| REUPHOLSTERING | • reupholstering v. Present participle of reupholster. • re-upholstering v. Present participle of re-upholster. • REUPHOLSTER v. to upholster again. |
| RHEUMATOLOGIES | • RHEUMATOLOGY n. the study of rheumatism. |
| RHEUMATOLOGIST | • rheumatologist n. A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints. • RHEUMATOLOGIST n. one who studies rheumatology. |
| SURROGATESHIPS | • surrogateships n. Plural of surrogateship. • SURROGATESHIP n. the office of surrogate. |
| THYROGLOBULINS | • thyroglobulins n. Plural of thyroglobulin. • THYROGLOBULIN n. an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |
| TOOTHBRUSHINGS | • toothbrushings n. Plural of toothbrushing. • TOOTHBRUSHING n. the action of using a toothbrush to clean teeth. |
| TURBOCHARGINGS | • TURBOCHARGING n. the act of fitting with a turbocharger. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |
| URANOGRAPHISTS | • URANOGRAPHIST n. one who practises uranography, descriptive astronomy and mapping. |