| BRIGHTENING | • brightening v. Present participle of brighten. • brightening n. An instance of becoming brighter. • BRIGHTEN v. to make bright. |
| BUFOTENINES | • BUFOTENINE n. a poisonous paralytic hallucinogenic drug. |
| CHRISTENING | • christening n. The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name. • christening n. Any instance of someone’s or something’s being christened. • christening v. Present participle of christen. |
| FRIGHTENING | • frightening adj. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary. • frightening adj. (Figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad. • frightening v. Present participle of frighten. |
| HEIGHTENING | • heightening v. Present participle of heighten. • heightening n. The act by which something is heightened or increased. • HEIGHTEN v. to raise. |
| LIGHTENINGS | • lightenings n. Plural of lightening. • LIGHTENING n. lightning. |
| QUIETENINGS | • quietenings n. Plural of quietening. • QUIETENING n. the act of quietening. |
| REFASTENING | • refastening v. Present participle of refasten. • REFASTEN v. to fasten again. |
| RELISTENING | • relistening v. Present participle of relisten. • RELISTEN v. to listen again. |
| RESOFTENING | • resoftening v. Present participle of resoften. • RESOFTEN v. to soften again. |
| SHORTENINGS | • shortenings n. Plural of shortening. • SHORTENING n. fat for making pastry short. |
| STRAITENING | • straitening v. Present participle of straiten. • STRAITEN v. to make strait, narrow. |
| SWEETENINGS | • sweetenings n. Plural of sweetening. • SWEETENING n. the act of making sweet. |
| THREATENING | • threatening v. Present participle of threaten. • threatening adj. Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm. • threatening adj. Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm. |
| TIGHTENINGS | • tightenings n. Plural of tightening. • TIGHTENING n. the act of making tight. |
| UNFASTENING | • unfastening v. Present participle of unfasten. • UNFASTEN v. to release from a fastening. |
| UNLISTENING | • unlistening adj. Not listening. • UNLISTENING adj. not listening. |
| UNSOFTENING | • unsoftening adj. Not growing softer. • UNSOFTENING adj. not softening. |