| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| CHAINSAW | • chainsaw n. (Forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth… • chainsaw v. (Transitive, forestry, DIY) To cut with a chainsaw. • chain␣saw n. Alternative spelling of chainsaw. |
| CHINWAGS | • chinwags n. (Britain, informal) plural of chinwag. • chin-wags n. Plural of chin-wag (alternative form of chinwags). • chin␣wags n. Plural of chin wag. |
| CORDWAIN | • cordwain n. A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide. • CORDWAIN n. a fine goatskin leather, also CORDOVAN. |
| COXSWAIN | • coxswain n. In a ship’s boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat’s crew. • coxswain n. (Rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers. • coxswain n. (Archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master’s barge. |
| CRAWLING | • crawling v. Present participle and gerund of crawl. • crawling n. The motion of something that crawls. • CRAWLING adj. creeping; lousy, verminous. |
| HAWFINCH | • hawfinch n. A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill. • HAWFINCH n. a Eurasian finch. |
| LACEWING | • lacewing n. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera. • lacewing n. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia. • LACEWING n. any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. |
| MACKINAW | • mackinaw n. A heavy woolen cloth. • mackinaw n. A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government. • mackinaw n. A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat. |
| SANDWICH | • sandwich n. A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as… • sandwich n. (By extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material. • sandwich n. (UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake. |
| SWACKING | • swacking v. Present participle of swack. • swacking adj. (Slang) Huge; whopping. • swacking adj. Characteristic of a swack. |
| WAINSCOT | • wainscot n. (Architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. • wainscot n. Any of various noctuid moths. • wainscot v. To decorate a wall with a wainscot. |
| WATCHING | • watching v. Present participle of watch. • watching n. The act of one who watches. • WATCH v. to keep in view. |
| WHACKING | • whacking v. Present participle of whack. • whacking adj. (Informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big). • whacking n. A beating. |
| WHINCHAT | • whinchat n. A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects. • WHINCHAT n. a small brown and buff songbird. |
| WINCHMAN | • winchman n. A man who operates a winch. • WINCHMAN n. one who operates a winch. |
| WINDPACK | • WINDPACK n. snow that has been compacted by the wind. |
| WINGBACK | • wingback n. (Soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending… • wingback n. (American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback. • wingback n. One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair. |
| WRACKING | • wracking v. Present participle of wrack. • WRACK v. to wreck. |