| DEATHWARDS | • deathwards adv. Towards death. • DEATHWARDS adv. towards death, also DEATHWARD. |
| DEATHWATCH | • deathwatch n. A vigil beside a dying person. • deathwatch n. One who guards a condemned person before execution. • deathwatch n. A deathwatch beetle. |
| EARTHWARDS | • earthwards adj. Towards the earth; earthward. • earthwards adv. Towards the earth; earthward. • EARTHWARDS adv. in the direction of the earth, also EARTHWARD. |
| HEADWAITER | • headwaiter n. A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter. • HEADWAITER n. the head of the dining-room staff of a restaurant or hotel. |
| HEADWATERS | • headwaters n. The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river’s beginning. • HEADWATER n. the highest part of a stream or river before receiving tributaries. |
| SHADOWCAST | • shadowcast n. The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened. • shadowcast v. To take part in such a performance. • SHADOWCAST v. in microscopy, to cast shadows of projecting parts of a specimen by exposing to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal. |
| TOMAHAWKED | • tomahawked v. Simple past tense and past participle of tomahawk. • tomahawked adj. Carrying or bearing a tomahawk. • TOMAHAWK v. (Native American) to strike with a short axe. |
| WASHSTANDS | • washstands n. Plural of washstand. • wash␣stands n. Plural of wash stand. • WASHSTAND n. a stand holding a washbowl. |
| WATCHBANDS | • watchbands n. Plural of watchband. • WATCHBAND n. a band on which a watch is worn. |
| WATCHGUARD | • watchguard n. A watchchain of any material. • WATCHGUARD n. a chain or strap used to attach a watch to the clothing. |
| WATERHEADS | • waterheads n. Plural of waterhead. • WATERHEAD n. the source of a river. |
| WHEATLANDS | • wheatlands n. Plural of wheatland. • WHEATLAND n. land on which wheat is grown. |
| WITHDRAWAL | • withdrawal n. Receiving from someone’s care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money. • withdrawal n. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation. • withdrawal n. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which… |