BEDIGHTED | • bedighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of bedight. • BEDIGHT v. (archaic) to equip, array, furnish. |
BEHIGHTED | • behighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of behight. • BEHIGHT v. (obsolete) to vow, to promise, also BEHOTE. |
BENEDIGHT | • benedight adj. (Obsolete, poetic) Blessed; benedict. • BENEDIGHT adj. blessed. |
BENIGHTED | • benighted adj. (Obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night… • benighted adj. (Obsolete) Plunged into darkness. • benighted adj. (Figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous. |
BEKNIGHTED | • beknighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of beknight. • BEKNIGHT v. to raise to knighthood. |
BIGHEARTED | • bighearted adj. Noble, kind and generous. • big-hearted adj. Alternative form of bighearted. • BIGHEARTED adj. generous, charitable. |
BRIGHTENED | • brightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of brighten. • BRIGHTEN v. to make bright. |
BENIGHTEDLY | • benightedly adv. In a benighted manner. • BENIGHTED adv. BENIGHT, to be overtaken by night. |
BENIGHTENED | • benightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of benighten. • BENIGHTEN v. to overtake with night, also BENIGHT. |
UNBENIGHTED | • unbenighted adj. Not benighted. • UNBENIGHTED adj. not benighted. |
BIGHEARTEDLY | • bigheartedly adv. In a bighearted manner. • big-heartedly adv. Alternative form of bigheartedly. • BIGHEARTED adv. generous, charitable. |
BENIGHTEDNESS | • benightedness n. The quality of being benighted. • BENIGHTEDNESS n. the state of being benighted. |
FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
THIMBLERIGGED | • thimblerigged v. Simple past tense and past participle of thimblerig. • THIMBLERIG v. to cheat by trickery. |
BIGHEARTEDNESS | • bigheartedness n. The quality of being bighearted. • big-heartedness n. Alternative form of bigheartedness. • BIGHEARTEDNESS n. the state of being bighearted. |
FEATHERBEDDING | • featherbedding v. Present participle of featherbed. • featherbedding n. (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes… • feather-bedding v. Present participle of feather-bed. |
FINGERBREADTHS | • fingerbreadths n. Plural of fingerbreadth. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
BENIGHTEDNESSES | • BENIGHTEDNESS n. the state of being benighted. |
FEATHERBEDDINGS | • FEATHERBEDDING n. protecting (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
WEATHERBOARDING | • weatherboarding n. (Architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards. • WEATHERBOARD v. to fit such a board. |