| 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. |
| DOWNPLAYING | • downplaying v. Present participle of downplay. • downplaying n. The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| LEPRECHAWNS | • LEPRECHAWN n. (Irish) a small supernatural creature in Irish folklore, also LEPRECHAUN. |
| PATROLWOMAN | • patrolwoman n. A female equivalent of a patrolman. • PATROLWOMAN n. a female police officer on duty on a beat. |
| PATROLWOMEN | • patrolwomen n. Plural of patrolwoman. • PATROLWOMAN n. a female police officer on duty on a beat. |
| PLANTSWOMAN | • plantswoman n. A female plantsman. • PLANTSWOMAN n. a female person who has great knowledge of and experience in gardening. |
| PLANTSWOMEN | • plantswomen n. Plural of plantswoman. • PLANTSWOMAN n. a female person who has great knowledge of and experience in gardening. |
| PLAYWRITING | • playwriting n. (Authorship) The writing of plays. • PLAYWRITING n. the writing of plays. |
| PLOWMANSHIP | • plowmanship n. Alternative form of ploughmanship. • PLOWMANSHIP n. the craft of the plowman, also PLOUGHMANSHIP. |
| POLICEWOMAN | • policewoman n. A female police officer. • POLICEWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a police force. |
| ROPEWALKING | • ropewalking n. Tightrope walking. |
| SPLASHDOWNS | • splashdowns n. Plural of splashdown. • splash␣downs n. Plural of splash down. • SPLASHDOWN n. a landing in the sea e.g. of a spacecraft. |
| TWALPENNIES | • twalpennies n. Plural of twalpenny. • TWALPENNY n. (Scots) an old shilling. |
| WENTLETRAPS | • wentletraps n. Plural of wentletrap. • WENTLETRAP n. (Dutch) any of a genus of gasteropod molluscs, having a spiral shell with many deep whorls. |
| WHIPLASHING | • whiplashing v. Present participle of whiplash. • WHIPLASH v. to move like a whip. |