| ATHWARTSHIPS | • athwartships adv. (Nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel. • ATHWARTSHIPS adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIP, THWARTSHIP. |
| BUSHWHACKING | • bushwhacking n. Travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress. • bushwhacking n. Fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country. • bushwhacking n. Criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions. |
| DISHWASHINGS | • dishwashings n. Plural of dishwashing. |
| HATEWORTHIER | • HATEWORTHY adj. worthy of hate. |
| HAWTHORNIEST | • HAWTHORNY adj. like hawthorn. |
| HEAVYWEIGHTS | • heavyweights n. Plural of heavyweight. • HEAVYWEIGHT n. a boxer fighting at a heavy weight. |
| SHOWMANSHIPS | • showmanships n. Plural of showmanship. • SHOWMANSHIP n. skilful display, or a talent for it. |
| SUPERHIGHWAY | • superhighway n. (US) An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds. • superhighway n. (By extension) A major route that carries most of the traffic going in a given direction by a specified… • superhighway n. (Metaphoric) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway. |
| THITHERWARDS | • thitherwards adv. (Archaic) Towards that place. • THITHERWARDS adv. in that direction, also THITHERWARD. |
| WHATSHISNAME | • whatshisname n. (Informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten. • what's-his-name pron. A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the… • WHATSHISNAME n. a designation for a male whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSISNAME. |
| WHEREWITHALS | • wherewithals n. Plural of wherewithal. • WHEREWITHAL n. the means, resources. |
| WHILLYWHAING | • WHILLYWHA v. (Scots) to coax, wheedle, cajole, also WHILLYWHAW. |
| WHILLYWHAWED | • WHILLYWHAW v. (Scots) to coax, wheedle, cajole, also WHILLYWHA. |
| WHITETHROATS | • whitethroats n. Plural of whitethroat. • WHITETHROAT n. any of several birds with white on the throat. |
| WHITEWASHERS | • whitewashers n. Plural of whitewasher. • WHITEWASHER n. one who whitewashes. |
| WHITEWASHING | • whitewashing n. The application of whitewash. • whitewashing n. (Figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions. • whitewashing n. (Derogatory) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event… |
| WHITHERWARDS | • whitherwards adv. In what direction; toward what or which place. • WHITHERWARDS adv. toward what or which place, also WHITHERWARD. |
| WHITLEATHERS | • WHITLEATHER n. leather dressed with alum. |