(transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
dehydrogenates
dehydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenisation
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
disenthralling
disenthralling
verb
present participle of disenthral
disheartening
disheartening
adj
Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
verb
present participle of dishearten
dishearteningly
dishearteningly
adv
In a disheartening manner.
draughtiness
draughtiness
noun
Britain standard spelling of draftiness.
draughtmanship
draughtmanship
noun
Alternative form of draughtsmanship
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmanship
draughtsmanship
noun
UK standard spelling of draftsmanship.
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts
noun
plural of dreadnought
dromaeognathism
dromaeognathous
dromaeognathous
adj
(ornithology) Possessing a palatal structure akin to the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.
electrosherardizing
farsightedness
farsightedness
noun
(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future.
farsightednesses
gastornithidae
gastrochaenidae
gastrodiaphanoscopy
gentleheartedness
gentleheartedness
noun
Alternative form of gentle-heartedness
goodheartedness
goodheartedness
noun
The quality of being goodhearted
granddaughters
granddaughters
noun
plural of granddaughter
grandfatherish
grandfatherish
adj
grandfatherly
grandfatherless
grandfatherless
adj
Without a grandfather.
grandfathers
grandfathers
noun
plural of grandfather
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grandfather
grandfathership
grandfathership
noun
The state of being a grandfather.
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
grandmotherliness
grandmotherliness
noun
The quality of being grandmotherly.
grandmothers
grandmothers
noun
plural of grandmother
greatheartedness
greatheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being greathearted; courage or magnanimity.
hamstringed
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
hardstanding
hardstanding
noun
Alternative form of hardstand
headstrong
headstrong
adj
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
headstrongly
headstrongly
adv
In a headstrong manner.
headstrongness
headstrongness
noun
The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
highheartedness
highheartedness
noun
Alternative form of high-heartedness
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane
hydrogenates
hydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydrogenisation
hydrogenisation
noun
Alternative form of hydrogenization
hydrogymnastics
hydrogymnastics
noun
therapeutic gymnastics performed in water
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
intershading
largeheartedness
largeheartedness
noun
The quality of being largehearted.
lightheartedness
lightheartedness
noun
(countable) An amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature.
(uncountable) The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
lightheartednesses
lightheartednesses
noun
plural of lightheartedness
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
noun
(nautical, engineering) the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
(physics) the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
mithridatising
mithridatising
verb
present participle of mithridatise
nearsighted
nearsighted
adj
Alternative form of near-sighted
nearsightedly
nearsightedly
adv
In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
nearsightedness
nearsightedness
noun
The property of being nearsighted, myopia.
nearsightednesses
nearsightednesses
noun
plural of nearsightedness
neighborstained
nightwards
pharyngoamygdalitis
photodisintegrate
photodisintegrate
verb
To cause or undergo photodisintegration.
photodisintegration
photodisintegration
noun
(nuclear physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray.
pigeonheartedness
pseudoanthropological
pseudoanthropology
pseudoparthenogenesis
restraightened
restraightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restraighten
roughheartedness
scratchcarding
shortchanged
shortchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shortchange
singlehearted
singlehearted
adj
Alternative form of single-hearted
singleheartedly
singleheartedly
adv
Alternative form of single-heartedly
singleheartedness
singleheartedness
noun
Alternative form of single-heartedness
stenographed
stenographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stenograph
stepgrandchild
stepgrandchild
noun
The grandchild of one's wife or husband by a previous partner, or the child of one's stepchild.
The stepchild of one's own child.
stepgrandfather
stepgrandfather
noun
The father of one's stepmother or stepfather.
The stepfather of one's mother or father and the husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather, especially following the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandfather.
stepgrandmother
stepgrandmother
noun
The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.
The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
straightedging
straightened
straightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of straighten
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
strangerhood
strangerhood
noun
The quality of being a stranger.
stranglehold
stranglehold
noun
A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
verb
to hold a tight grip or control
straphanged
stringhalted
stringhalted
adj
Affected with stringhalt; lame.
stringhaltedness
stronghand
stronghand
noun
(obsolete) violence; force; power
stronghanded
stronghanded
adj
Alternative form of strong-handed
stronghead
strongheaded
strongheadedly
strongheadedness
strongheadness
stronghearted
stronghearted
adj
Resilient, enduring.
superdreadnought
superdreadnought
noun
A battleship of a class more powerful than the earlier dreadnoughts.
transchanged
transdiaphragmatic
transdiaphragmatic
adj
Across or through a diaphragm
undaughterliness
undergraduateship
undergraduateship
noun
The position or condition of an undergraduate.
undergraduatish
undergraduatish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an undergraduate.
undersheathing
undistraught
undistraught
adj
Not distraught; untroubled.
unfarsighted
unslaughtered
unslaughtered
adj
Not slaughtered.
unstraightened
unstraightened
adj
Not straightened.
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
withdrawingness
withdrawingness
noun
The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back.