| ANTIWHALING | • antiwhaling adj. Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales. • ANTIWHALING adj. opposed to whaling. |
| BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| BALLHAWKING | • ball-hawking n. (Sports) An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk. • BALLHAWK v. to act as a good defensive player. |
| CHAINSAWING | • chainsawing v. Present participle of chainsaw. • CHAINSAW v. to cut with a power saw. |
| HAIRWEAVING | • hairweaving n. The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness. • HAIRWEAVING n. the interweaving of false hair with real on a bald person's head. |
| RAINWASHING | • rainwashing v. Present participle of rainwash. • RAINWASH v. to wash material downhill by rain. |
| SHADOWGRAPH | • shadowgraph n. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. • shadowgraph n. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index. • shadowgraph v. (Transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. |
| SHARAWADGIS | • SHARAWADGI n. in design, architecture etc., the use of irregularity for deliberate, artful, contrastive effect, also SHARAWAGGI. |
| SHARAWAGGIS | • SHARAWAGGI n. in design, architecture etc., the use of irregularity for deliberate, artful, contrastive effect, also SHARAWADGI. |
| STRAIGHTWAY | • straightway n. A straight section of a racetrack. • straightway adv. (Dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately). • straightway adv. (Nonstandard) Directly. |
| TOMAHAWKING | • tomahawking v. Present participle of tomahawk. • TOMAHAWK v. (Native American) to strike with a short axe. |
| WARCHALKING | • warchalking v. Present participle of warchalk. • WARCHALKING n. the activity of drawing chalk symbols in public places in order to indicate the location of wireless Internet access points. |
| WATCHGUARDS | • watchguards n. Plural of watchguard. • WATCHGUARD n. a chain or strap used to attach a watch to the clothing. |
| WATCHMAKING | • watchmaking n. The making (and repairing) of watches. • WATCHMAKING n. the profession of making watches. |