| CATWORKS | • CATWORKS n. the assemblage of motors and catheads providing power for secondary activities on drilling platforms. |
| CATWORMS | • catworms n. Plural of catworm. • CATWORM n. a polychaete worm frequently used as a fishing bait. |
| CHOCTAWS | • Choctaws n. Plural of Choctaw. • CHOCTAW n. (Native American) a type of skating movement. |
| CROWBAIT | • crowbait n. (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
| DOGWATCH | • dogwatch n. (Nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. • dogwatch n. (By extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty. • dogwatch n. (Nautical) A very brief period of naval service. |
| DOWNCAST | • downcast adj. (Of eyes) Looking downwards. • downcast adj. (Of a person) Feeling despondent. • downcast n. (Computing) A cast from supertype to subtype. |
| LAWCOURT | • lawcourt n. Alternative form of law court. • law␣court n. Alternative form of court of law. • LAWCOURT n. a court of justice. |
| NOWCASTS | • nowcasts n. Plural of nowcast. • nowcasts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nowcast. • NOWCAST n. a report on current weather conditions. |
| OUTCRAWL | • outcrawl v. (Transitive) To crawl faster or farther than. • OUTCRAWL v. to surpass in crawling. |
| OUTWATCH | • outwatch v. To watch more than someone else. • outwatch v. To maintain a vigil beyond the end. • OUTWATCH v. to watch longer than. |
| SNOWCATS | • snowcats n. Plural of snowcat. • SNOWCAT n. a tracklaying vehicle for travel on snow. |
| TOWSACKS | • towsacks n. Plural of towsack. • TOWSACK n. a sack made of a coarse fabric. |
| 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. |
| WATCHBOX | • watchbox n. A sentry hut. • WATCHBOX n. a sentry box. |
| WATCHDOG | • watchdog n. A guard dog. • watchdog n. (Figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual… • watchdog n. (Electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer. |
| WATCHOUT | • watchout n. A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something. • watchout n. (Firefighting) Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous. • watch␣out v. (Idiomatic) To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative. |
| WAXCLOTH | • waxcloth n. Oilcloth. • WAXCLOTH n. oilcloth, linoleum. |
| WOODCHAT | • woodchat n. Lanius senator, a medium-sized migratory passerine bird of the shrike family. • WOODCHAT n. a species of shrike, with black-and-white plumage but a red-brown crown, also WOODSHRIKE. |
| WORMCAST | • wormcast n. A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm. • worm␣cast n. Soil excreted by a worm and carried to the surface. • WORMCAST n. a spiral heap of earth left by a burrowing worm. |