| BARNSTORMING | • barnstorming v. Present participle of barnstorm. • barnstorming adj. (Especially of a performance) Highly theatrical. • barnstorming n. The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches. |
| ENGARRISONED | • engarrisoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of engarrison. • ENGARRISON v. to garrison; to protect by a garrison. |
| FOREWARNINGS | • forewarnings n. Plural of forewarning. • FOREWARNING n. the act of forewarning. |
| HERRINGBONES | • herringbones n. Plural of herringbone. • herring-bones n. Plural of herring-bone. • HERRINGBONE n. twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines. |
| INTERROBANGS | • interrobangs n. Plural of interrobang. • INTERROBANG n. a punctuation mark (?!) designed for use esp. at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, also INTERABANG. |
| INTERROGANTS | • INTERROGANT n. a questioner. |
| OVERINSURING | • overinsuring v. Present participle of overinsure. • OVERINSURE v. to insure to excess. |
| PRECENSORING | • precensoring v. Present participle of precensor. • PRECENSOR v. to censor a publication or film before its release. |
| QUARRINGTONS | • Quarringtons prop.n. Plural of Quarrington. • QUARRINGTON n. a kind of early red apple, also QUARENDEN, QUARENDER, QUARRENDER. |
| REORGANISING | • reorganising v. Present participle of reorganise. • re-organising v. Present participle of re-organise. • REORGANISE v. to organize again, also REORGANIZE. |
| RETROENGINES | • retroengines n. Plural of retroengine. • RETROENGINE n. a small rocket on a spacecraft which is fired to alter its course or slow it down. |
| STRONGARMING | • strongarming v. Present participle of strongarm. • strong-arming v. Present participle of strong-arm. • STRONGARM v. to use forceful tactics. |
| SURREJOINING | • surrejoining v. Present participle of surrejoin. • SURREJOIN v. to reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder. |
| SURROUNDINGS | • surroundings n. Plural of surrounding. • surroundings n. The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity;… • surroundings n. (Physics) All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest. |
| TRANSFORMING | • transforming v. Present participle of transform. • transforming n. Transformation. • TRANSFORMING n. the act of transforming. |
| TRANSPORTING | • transporting v. Present participle of transport. • transporting n. The transportation of a criminal. • TRANSPORTING adj. engrossing. |
| UNDERSCORING | • underscoring v. Present participle of underscore. • underscoring n. An underline. • UNDERSCORING n. the act of attributing too low a score to. |
| VINEGARROONS | • vinegarroons n. Plural of vinegarroon. • VINEGARROON n. a large whip scorpion, named from the odor that it emits when alarmed. |