| batten | (noun) a strip fixed to something to hold it firm | - |
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| (noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: batting |
| (verb) secure with battens | - |
| (verb) furnish with battens | Synonyms: batten down, secure |
| beaten | (adjective) formed or made thin by hammering | - |
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| (adjective) much trodden and worn smooth or bare | - |
| begotten | (adjective) (of offspring) generated by procreation | - |
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| boughten | (adjective) purchased; not homemade | Synonyms: store-bought |
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| brighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: lighten, lighten up |
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| (verb) become clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, light up |
| chasten | (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: temper |
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| (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: subdue, tame |
| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate |
| christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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| dishearten | (verb) take away the enthusiasm of | Synonyms: put off |
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| enlighten | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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| (verb) make understand | Synonyms: edify |
| (verb) give spiritual insight to; in religion | Synonyms: irradiate |
| fasten | (verb) make tight or tighter | Synonyms: tighten |
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| (verb) become fixed or fastened | - |
| (verb) cause to be firmly attached | Synonyms: fix, secure |
| (verb) attach to | - |
| fatten | (verb) make fat or plump | Synonyms: fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out |
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| flatten | (verb) become flat or flatter | Synonyms: flatten out |
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| (verb) make flat or flatter | - |
| (verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes) | Synonyms: drop |
| foreshorten | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten |
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| (verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | - |
| forgotten | (adjective) not noticed inadvertently | Synonyms: disregarded |
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| frighten | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: affright, fright, scare |
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| frostbitten | (adjective) injured by freezing or partial freezing | - |
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| glisten | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle |
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| (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine |
| gluten | (noun) a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough | - |
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| handwritten | (adjective) written by hand | - |
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| hasten | (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: festinate, hurry, look sharp, rush |
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| (verb) cause to occur rapidly | Synonyms: induce, rush, stimulate |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: expedite |
| hearten | (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, recreate |
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| heighten | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, raise |
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| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: rise |
| (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | - |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, deepen, intensify |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: sharpen |
| (verb) increase the height of | - |
| kindergarten | (noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school | - |
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| kitten | (noun) young domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty |
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| (verb) give birth to kittens | - |
| latten | (noun) brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils | - |
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| lenten | (adjective) of or relating to or suitable for Lent | - |
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| lighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: brighten, lighten up |
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| (verb) become lighter | Synonyms: lighten up |
| (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: relieve |
| (verb) become more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| (verb) reduce the weight on; make lighter | - |
| (verb) make more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| listen | (verb) hear with intention | - |
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| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: hear, take heed |
| (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: heed, mind |
| marten | (noun) agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels | Synonyms: marten cat |
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| misbegotten | (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: bastardly, misbegot, spurious |
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| mitten | (noun) glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together | - |
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| moisten | (verb) make moist | Synonyms: dampen, wash |
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| (verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: drizzle |
| molten | (adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating | Synonyms: liquefied, liquified |
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| neaten | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: groom |
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| (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
| oaten | (adjective) of or related to or derived from oats | - |
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| often | (adverb) many times at short intervals | Synonyms: frequently, oft, oftentimes, ofttimes |
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| (adverb) frequently or in great quantities | Synonyms: a great deal, much |
| (adverb) in many cases or instances | - |
| patten | (noun) footwear usually with wooden soles | Synonyms: clog, geta, sabot |
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| platen | (noun) the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike | - |
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| (noun) the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type | - |
| (noun) work table of a machine tool | - |
| quieten | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, shut up, silence, still |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| (verb) become quiet or quieter | Synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down |
| rotten | (adjective) having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness | - |
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| (adjective) damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | Synonyms: decayed, rotted |
| (adjective) very bad | Synonyms: crappy, icky, lousy, shitty, stinking, stinky |
| sauerbraten | (noun) pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings | - |
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| shorten | (verb) become short or shorter | - |
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| (verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration | - |
| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce |
| (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate |
| (verb) make short or shorter | - |
| smitten | (adjective) (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming | Synonyms: stricken, struck |
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| (adjective) marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness | Synonyms: enamored, in love, infatuated, potty, soft on, taken with |
| soften | (verb) become soft or softer | - |
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| (verb) make soft or softer | - |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, weaken |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, moderate |
| (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, cushion |
| (verb) make (images or sounds) soft or softer | - |
| (verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: relent, yield |
| straighten | (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
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| (verb) make straight or straighter | - |
| (verb) make straight | Synonyms: straighten out |
| (verb) straighten by unrolling | Synonyms: roll out |
| (verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) get up from a sitting or slouching position | - |
| straiten | (verb) squeeze together | - |
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| (verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: distress |
| sweeten | (verb) make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable | - |
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| (verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate |
| tauten | (verb) become taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
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| (verb) make taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
| ten | (adjective) being one more than nine | Synonyms: 10, x |
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| (noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face | Synonyms: ten-spot |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | Synonyms: 10, decade, tenner, X |
| threaten | (verb) to utter intentions of injury or punishment against | - |
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| (verb) to be a menacing indication of something | - |
| (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril |
| tighten | (verb) become tight or tighter | - |
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| (verb) make tight or tighter | Synonyms: fasten |
| (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, stiffen, tighten up |
| (verb) narrow or limit | Synonyms: reduce |
| tungsten | (noun) a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite | Synonyms: atomic number 74, W, wolfram |
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| unbeaten | (adjective) not conquered | Synonyms: unconquered, unvanquished |
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| unfasten | (verb) become undone or untied | - |
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| (verb) cause to become undone | - |
| unwritten | (adjective) based on custom rather than documentation | - |
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| (adjective) using speech rather than writing | Synonyms: oral |
| (adjective) said or done without having been planned or written in advance | Synonyms: ad-lib, spontaneous |
| verboten | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu |
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| wheaten | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from wheat | Synonyms: whole-wheat, wholemeal |
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| whiten | (verb) turn white | Synonyms: white |
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| written | (adjective) set down in writing in any of various ways | - |
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| (adjective) systematically collected and written down | - |
| (adjective) written as for a film or play or broadcast | Synonyms: scripted |