| AFTERWARDS | • afterwards adv. (Temporal location) At a later or succeeding time. • AFTERWARDS adv. at a later time, also AFTERWARD. |
| AWKWARDEST | • awkwardest adj. Superlative form of awkward: most awkward. • AWKWARD adj. lacking grace. |
| COASTWARDS | • coastwards adv. Towards the coast. • COASTWARDS adv. in the direction of the coast, also COASTWARD. |
| DEADWATERS | • deadwaters n. Plural of deadwater. • dead␣waters n. Plural of dead water. • DEADWATER n. still water without any current. |
| DEATHWARDS | • deathwards adv. Towards death. • DEATHWARDS adv. towards death, also DEATHWARD. |
| DRAWPLATES | • drawplates n. Plural of drawplate. • DRAWPLATE n. a hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated. |
| EARTHWARDS | • earthwards adj. Towards the earth; earthward. • earthwards adv. Towards the earth; earthward. • EARTHWARDS adv. in the direction of the earth, also EARTHWARD. |
| EASTWARDLY | • eastwardly adj. Towards the east. • eastwardly adj. (Blowing) from the east. • eastwardly adv. In or from an easterly direction. |
| 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. |
| STRAWBOARD | • strawboard n. A form of cardboard, usually yellow, made from straw. • STRAWBOARD n. pasteboard made of pulp of straw. |
| SWEATBANDS | • sweatbands n. Plural of sweatband. • SWEATBAND n. an absorbent wristlet worn by e.g. tennis players to prevent sweat running down to their hands. |
| TWAYBLADES | • twayblades n. Plural of twayblade. • TWAYBLADE n. any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves. |
| WAISTBANDS | • waistbands n. Plural of waistband. • WAISTBAND n. the strip of fabric in a garment that fits round the waist. |
| WASHSTANDS | • washstands n. Plural of washstand. • wash␣stands n. Plural of wash stand. • WASHSTAND n. a stand holding a washbowl. |
| WASTELANDS | • wastelands n. Plural of wasteland. • WASTELAND n. a desolate, barren area. |
| WATCHBANDS | • watchbands n. Plural of watchband. • WATCHBAND n. a band on which a watch is worn. |
| 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. |