| ATHWARTSHIP | • athwartship adj. (Nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft… • athwartship adv. Alternative form of athwartships. • ATHWARTSHIP adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIP. |
| PAPERWEIGHT | • paperweight n. A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. • paperweight n. Any object used for this purpose. • paperweight n. (Slang) A useless piece of equipment. |
| PAPERWHITES | • paperwhites n. Plural of paperwhite. |
| PARATANIWHA | • PARATANIWHA n. (Maori) a New Zealand plant with pink and red serrated leaves. |
| PATCHWORKED | • patchworked v. Simple past tense and past participle of patchwork. • PATCHWORK v. in needlework, to sew pieces together. |
| PLAYWRIGHTS | • playwrights n. Plural of playwright. • PLAYWRIGHT n. a person who writes plays. |
| POHUTUKAWAS | • pohutukawas n. Plural of pohutukawa. • POHUTUKAWA n. (Maori) a New Zealand evergreen which bears clusters of red flowers in December and January; thus called the Christmas tree. |
| STEWARDSHIP | • stewardship n. The rank or office of a steward. • stewardship n. The act of caring for or improving with time. • STEWARDSHIP n. the office, duties, and obligations of a steward. |
| STOPWATCHES | • stopwatches n. Plural of stopwatch. • STOPWATCH n. an accurate watch readily started and stopped, used in timing a race, etc. |
| TELPHERWAYS | • telpherways n. Plural of telpherway. • TELPHERWAY n. a route for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by telpher. |
| THWARTSHIPS | • thwartships adv. Alternative form of athwartships. • THWARTSHIPS adv. across the ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIP. |
| UNPATHWAYED | • unpathwayed adj. Without a path. • UNPATHWAYED adj. without paths. |
| WATCHSPRING | • watchspring n. The mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece). • WATCHSPRING n. the spring of a watch. |
| WATCHSTRAPS | • watchstraps n. Plural of watchstrap. • watch␣straps n. Plural of watch strap. • WATCHSTRAP n. the strap of a watch. |
| WHIPSTALLED | • whipstalled v. Simple past tense and past participle of whipstall. • WHIPSTALL v. of an airplane, to stall causing the nose to whip forward and down. |