CHILDPROOFING | • childproofing v. Present participle of childproof. • CHILDPROOF v. to make an environment safe for a child, or safe from a child. |
DEHUMIDIFYING | • dehumidifying v. Present participle of dehumidify. • DEHUMIDIFY v. to remove moisture from (as air). |
DISFURNISHING | • disfurnishing v. Present participle of disfurnish. • DISFURNISH v. to strip, render destitute. |
DOWNSHIFTINGS | • DOWNSHIFTING n. the act of selecting a lower gear. |
DRAUGHTPROOFS | • draughtproofs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draughtproof. • DRAUGHTPROOF v. to make proof against draughts. |
FARTHINGLANDS | • farthinglands n. Plural of farthingland. • FARTHINGLAND n. a varying area of land. |
FEATHEREDGING | • featheredging v. Present participle of featheredge. • feather␣edging v. Present participle of feather edge. • FEATHEREDGE v. to provide with feathered edge. |
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. |
FLOODLIGHTING | • floodlighting v. Present participle of floodlight. • FLOODLIGHTING n. illumination by floodlights. |
FORESHADOWING | • foreshadowing v. Present participle of foreshadow. • foreshadowing n. (Literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations… • FORESHADOWING n. the act of foreshadowing. |
FORESIGHTEDLY | • foresightedly adv. With foresight; in a foresighted manner. • FORESIGHTED adv. having foresight. |
GRANDFATHERED | • grandfathered v. Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather. • GRANDFATHER v. to exempt (an activity, person, etc.) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like. |
GRANDFATHERLY | • grandfatherly adj. In the manner of a grandfather. • grandfatherly adj. Having the characteristics of a grandfather. • GRANDFATHERLY adj. like a grandfather. |
HYDROFORMINGS | • HYDROFORMING n. the catalytic reforming of petroleum to increase the proportion of aromatic and branched-chain hydrocarbons. |
SPAGHETTIFIED | • spaghettified adj. (Astrophysics) Having undergone spaghettification. • SPAGHETTIFY v. to make into spaghetti, with particular reference to black holes. |