BEDRENCHING | • bedrenching v. Present participle of bedrench. • BEDRENCH v. to wet thoroughly. |
BIGHEARTEDNESS | • bigheartedness n. The quality of being bighearted. • big-heartedness n. Alternative form of bigheartedness. • BIGHEARTEDNESS n. the state of being bighearted. |
BRIGHTENED | • brightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of brighten. • BRIGHTEN v. to make bright. |
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. |
FEATHERBEDDINGS | • FEATHERBEDDING n. protecting (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
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. |
FINGERBREADTHS | • fingerbreadths n. Plural of fingerbreadth. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
HARBINGERED | • harbingered v. Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger. • HARBINGER v. to foreshadow. |
HEADBANGER | • headbanger n. One who dances by violently shaking the head in time to the music. • headbanger n. (By extension) One who enjoys heavy metal (rock) music, to which this sort of dance is usually performed. • headbanger n. A mad or eccentric person. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
HEADBANGERS | • headbangers n. Plural of headbanger. |
HERRINGBONED | • herringboned adj. Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern. • herringboned v. Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone. • HERRINGBONE v. to make or mark with a herringbone pattern. |
NEIGHBORED | • neighbored v. Simple past tense and past participle of neighbor. • NEIGHBOR v. to live close by, border on, also NEIGHBOUR. |
NEIGHBOURED | • neighboured n. (Obsolete) The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship. • neighboured v. Simple past tense and past participle of neighbour. • NEIGHBOUR v. to live close by, border on, also NEIGHBOR. |
UNNEIGHBORED | • unneighbored adj. Alternative form of unneighboured. • UNNEIGHBORED adj. without neighbors, also UNNEIGHBOURED. |
UNNEIGHBOURED | • unneighboured adj. Without neighbours. • UNNEIGHBOURED adj. without neighbours, also UNNEIGHBORED. |
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. |