| ACKNOWLEDGE | • acknowledge v. (Transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one’s belief in. • acknowledge v. (Transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims… • acknowledge v. (Transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour). |
| BACKWINDING | • backwinding v. Present participle of backwind. • BACKWIND v. to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
| BECOWARDING | • BECOWARD v. to accuse of cowardice. |
| CANDLEPOWER | • candlepower n. (Dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas. • candle␣power n. Alternative spelling of candlepower. • CANDLEPOWER n. an old unit of luminosity. |
| CANDLEWICKS | • candlewicks n. Plural of candlewick. • CANDLEWICK n. a soft cotton tufted material. |
| CANDLEWOODS | • candlewoods n. Plural of candlewood. • CANDLEWOOD n. the wood of various resinous tropical trees. |
| COCKSWAINED | • COCKSWAIN v. to take charge of a boat and crew, also COXSWAIN. |
| CORDWAINERS | • cordwainers n. Plural of cordwainer. • CORDWAINER n. (archaic) a shoemaker, also CORDINER. |
| CORDWAINERY | • cordwainery n. Shoemaking. • CORDWAINERY n. (archaic) the craft of shoemaking. |
| COUNTERDRAW | • counterdraw v. (Archaic) To trace (draw by copying). • COUNTERDRAW v. to trace on oiled paper or other transparent material. |
| DOWNSCALING | • downscaling v. Present participle of downscale. • downscaling n. The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers. • DOWNSCALE v. to scale down. |
| DUCKWALKING | • duckwalking v. Present participle of duckwalk. • duck␣walking v. Present participle of duck walk. • DUCKWALK v. to do a comic walk, like a duck's. |
| SANDWICHING | • sandwiching v. Present participle of sandwich. • SANDWICH v. to place between two objects. |
| WAINSCOTTED | • wainscotted adj. Having a wainscot. • wainscotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of wainscot. • WAINSCOT v. to cover with wooden panelling. |
| WARRANDICES | • warrandices n. Plural of warrandice. • WARRANDICE n. a guarantee; a clause in a deed by which the grantor binds himself or herself to make good to the grantee the right conveyed. |
| WILDCATTING | • wildcatting v. Present participle of wildcat. • WILDCATTING n. the practice of drilling an experimental well in search of oil, gas etc. |
| WINDCHEATER | • windcheater n. (Chiefly Britain) A heavy weatherproof jacket. • WINDCHEATER n. a windproof jacket. |
| WOODCARVING | • woodcarving n. Alternative spelling of wood carving. • wood␣carving n. (Uncountable) The art of carving wood to make decorative objects. • wood␣carving n. (Countable) A carved wooden object. |