BENIGHTING | • benighting v. Present participle of benight. • benighting n. A plunging into darkness or ignorance. • BENIGHTING n. being overtaken with night. |
CHANGELING | • changeling n. (European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature… • changeling n. (By extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else. • changeling n. (By extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake;… |
ENCHARGING | • encharging v. Present participle of encharge. • ENCHARGE v. (archaic) to entrust. |
ENGLISHING | • Englishing v. Present participle of English. • ENGLISH v. to cause a billiard ball to spin on its axis. |
ENGULPHING | • engulphing v. Present participle of engulph. • ENGULPH v. to swallow up completely, also ENGULF, INGULF, INGULPH. |
ENLIGHTING | • enlighting v. Present participle of enlight. • ENLIGHT v. to shed light on. |
ENROUGHING | • ENROUGH v. (archaic) to make rough. |
EXCHANGING | • exchanging v. Present participle of exchange. • EXCHANGE v. to give and receive reciprocally. |
INVEIGHING | • inveighing v. Present participle of inveigh. • inveighing n. The act of one who complains or censures. • INVEIGH v. to speak violently. |
LIGHTENING | • lightening v. Present participle of lighten. • lightening n. The act or result of making something light or lighter. • lightening n. (Medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour. |
RECHANGING | • rechanging v. Present participle of rechange. • RECHANGE v. to change again. |
RIGHTENING | • rightening v. Present participle of righten. • RIGHTEN v. (archaic) to set right. |
ROUGHENING | • roughening v. Present participle of roughen. • ROUGHEN v. to make rough. |
TIGHTENING | • tightening v. Present participle of tighten. • tightening n. The act or process of making more tight. • TIGHTENING n. the act of making tight. |
TOUGHENING | • toughening v. Present participle of toughen. • toughening n. The process of making something tougher. • TOUGHENING n. the act of toughening. |
UNWEIGHING | • unweighing adj. Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. • UNWEIGHING adj. (Shakespeare) thoughtless, inconsiderate. |
WHINGEINGS | • whingeings n. Plural of whingeing. • WHINGEING n. the act of whingeing. |