| ADWARDING | • adwarding v. Present participle of adward. • ADWARD v. (Spenser) to award. |
| ASSWAGING | • asswaging v. Present participle of asswage. • ASSWAGE v. (obsolete) to make less severe, also ASSUAGE. |
| AWAKENING | • awakening adj. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting. • awakening n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. • awakening n. (Religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. |
| FATWAHING | • fatwahing v. Present participle of fatwah. • FATWAH v. (Arabic) to threaten death by religious decree, also FATWA, FETWA. |
| GALLIWASP | • galliwasp n. Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus. • GALLIWASP n. a West Indian lizard, about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous. |
| GIGAWATTS | • gigawatts n. Plural of gigawatt. • GIGAWATT n. a unit of power, a thousand million watts. |
| GIVEAWAYS | • giveaways n. Plural of giveaway. • give-aways n. Plural of give-away. • GIVEAWAY n. something given away for free. |
| LAWMAKING | • lawmaking n. The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation. • LAWMAKING n. the process of making law. |
| PARAWINGS | • parawings n. Plural of parawing. • PARAWING n. a winglike parachute. |
| REAWAKING | • reawaking v. Present participle of reawake. • REAWAKE v. to awake again. |
| WAITERAGE | • waiterage n. (Rare) The work of a waiter, attending on somebody. • WAITERAGE n. service by a waiter. |
| WANNIGANS | • wannigans n. Plural of wannigan. • WANNIGAN n. (Native American) in a lumber camp, a chest for supplies, or the pay office, also WANGAN, WANGUN, WANIGAN. |
| WARFARING | • warfaring v. Present participle of warfare. • warfaring n. Warfare; conflict. • WARFARING n. the business of waging war. |
| WARGAMING | • wargaming n. The playing of war games. • war␣gaming v. Present participle of war game. • WARGAMING n. engaging in simulated military conflicts. |
| WARRANING | • WARRAN v. (obsolete) to warrant, also WARRAND. |
| WARRAYING | • warraying v. Present participle of warray. • WARRAY v. (obsolete) to make war on, also WARREY. |
| WARRIGALS | • warrigals n. Plural of warrigal. • WARRIGAL n. (Native Australian) the Australian wild dog, the dingo, also WARRAGAL, WARRAGLE, WARRAGUL. |
| WAYFARING | • wayfaring adj. Travelling, especially on foot. • wayfaring adj. Peripatetic. • wayfaring n. Travel, especially on foot. |
| WAYLAYING | • waylaying v. Present participle of waylay. • waylaying n. The act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush. • WAYLAY v. to ambush. |