DEHYDRATING | • dehydrating v. Present participle of dehydrate. • DEHYDRATE v. to dry out, remove the water from. |
DETHRONINGS | • dethronings n. Plural of dethroning. • DETHRONING n. the act of removing from a throne. |
DISHERITING | • disheriting v. Present participle of disherit. • DISHERIT v. (Spenser) to deprive of an inheritance, also DISINHERIT. |
DOWNLIGHTER | • downlighter n. Downlight. • DOWNLIGHTER n. a downward directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling. |
HAMSTRINGED | • hamstringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hamstring. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
NEARSIGHTED | • nearsighted adj. Alternative form of near-sighted. • near-sighted adj. Myopic, suffering from myopia. • near␣sighted adj. Myopic; unable to see distant objects unaided. |
NIGHTRIDERS | • nightriders n. Plural of nightrider. • night␣riders n. Plural of night rider. • NIGHTRIDER n. a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
OVERNIGHTED | • overnighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overnight. • OVERNIGHT v. to stay overnight. |
REDSHIRTING | • redshirting v. Present participle of redshirt. • REDSHIRT v. to keep a college athlete out of varsity play to extend his eligibility. |
REHYDRATING | • rehydrating v. Present participle of rehydrate. • REHYDRATE v. to add water to (a dehydrated substance). |
RETHREADING | • rethreading v. Present participle of rethread. • rethreading n. The process of threading something again. • RETHREAD v. to thread again. |
RETIGHTENED | • retightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of retighten. • RETIGHTEN v. to tighten again. |
THUNDERINGS | • thunderings n. Plural of thundering. • THUNDERING n. the act of thundering. |
UNDERTHINGS | • underthings n. Plural of underthing. • UNDERTHINGS n. underwear. |
UNDERWEIGHT | • underweight adj. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight. • underweight adj. Not too heavy for an intended purpose. • underweight adj. (Finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests. |
UNTHREADING | • unthreading v. Present participle of unthread. • UNTHREAD v. to remove the thread from. |