| BAGWASHES | • BAGWASH n. a laundry service offering basic washing only. |
| BALLHAWKS | • ballhawks n. Plural of ballhawk. • ball␣hawks n. Plural of ball hawk. • BALLHAWK v. to act as a good defensive player. |
| BASHAWISM | • bashawism n. The behaviour of a bashaw. • BASHAWISM n. (Turkish) the state of being a bashaw, a pasha. |
| BATHWATER | • bathwater n. The water used in a bath (bathtub). • bath␣water n. Alternative form of bathwater. • BATHWATER n. the water in a bath. |
| BEACHWEAR | • beachwear n. Clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in. • BEACHWEAR n. wear suitable for the beach. |
| BLACKWASH | • blackwash n. (Slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team. • blackwash n. (Slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash"… • blackwash n. (Medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater. |
| BOXWALLAH | • boxwallah n. (India, historical) An Indian pedlar who sold goods from a box or trunk. • BOXWALLAH n. (Hindi) a pedlar; a businessman. |
| BRAINWASH | • brainwash n. A distorting effect upon one’s memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda. • brainwash v. (Psychology) To affect one’s mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process… • brainwash v. (Figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to… |
| CHAWBACON | • chawbacon n. (Archaic) An uncultured rustic person. • CHAWBACON n. a bumpkin, a hick. |
| SWATHABLE | • SWATHABLE adj. that can be swathed, also SWATHEABLE. |
| WARIBASHI | • waribashi n. Disposable chopsticks. • WARIBASHI n. (Japanese) a pair of chopsticks in the form of a single sliver of wood ready scored for splitting in two. |
| WASHABLES | • washables n. Plural of washable. • WASHABLE n. something that can be washed. |
| WASHBALLS | • washballs n. Plural of washball (Alternative form of wash-balls.). • wash-balls n. Plural of wash-ball. • wash␣balls n. Plural of wash ball (Alternative form of wash-balls.). |
| WASHBASIN | • washbasin n. A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply… • washbasin n. A laundry sink. • wash␣basin n. Alternative spelling of washbasin. |
| WASHBOARD | • washboard n. A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed. • washboard n. (Music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument. • washboard n. (Nautical) A board fastened along a ship’s gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard. |
| WATCHABLE | • watchable adj. That can be watched. • watchable adj. That is worth watching; interesting or thrilling to watch. • watchable n. Something to be watched, or worth watching. |
| WATCHBAND | • watchband n. A band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap. • WATCHBAND n. a band on which a watch is worn. |
| WHALEBACK | • whaleback n. (Historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from… • whaleback n. (Geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale. • WHALEBACK n. a kind of steamboat used on the Great Lakes to carry grain, etc. having a rounded upper deck. |
| WHALEBOAT | • whaleboat n. A long narrow rowing boat, formerly used in whaling, which is pointed at both ends so that it can move… • whaleboat n. A boat resembling this and carried on a warship or other ship. • WHALEBOAT n. a boat used for catching whales. |