| DEEPWATERS | • deep␣waters n. Plural of deep water. |
| 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. |
| PANDOWDIES | • pandowdies n. Plural of pandowdy. • PANDOWDY n. a deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust. |
| PASTEDOWNS | • pastedowns n. Plural of pastedown. • PASTEDOWN n. the outer leaf of an end-cover that is pasted down over a book. |
| PERSWADING | • perswading v. Present participle of perswade. • PERSWADE v. to induce by reasoning or entreaty, also PERSUADE. |
| PHASEDOWNS | • phasedowns n. Plural of phasedown. • PHASEDOWN n. a gradual reduction (as in operations). |
| POWERBANDS | • powerbands n. Plural of powerband. • POWERBAND n. the range of operating speeds under which an engine or motor is able to operate efficiently. |
| SNOWCAPPED | • snowcapped adj. Alternative form of snow-capped. • snow-capped adj. Covered with snow at the top, especially of a hill or mountain. • SNOWCAPPED adj. covered with snow. |
| SPADEWORKS | • SPADEWORK n. preparatory drudgery. |
| SPANGHEWED | • spanghewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of spanghew. • SPANGHEW v. (dialect) to fling into the air. |
| SPEEDWALKS | • speedwalks n. Plural of speedwalk. • speedwalks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of speedwalk. • SPEEDWALK n. (US) an endless conveyor belt or moving walkway used to transport standing persons from place to place. |
| TOWNSCAPED | • townscaped v. Simple past tense and past participle of townscape. • TOWNSCAPE v. to design a town. |
| UPWARDNESS | • upwardness n. Quality of being or going upward. • UPWARDNESS n. the state of being upward. |
| WARDENSHIP | • wardenship n. The state of being a warden. • WARDENSHIP n. the office or jurisdiction of a warden. |
| WARDERSHIP | • wardership n. The role or status of warder. • WARDERSHIP n. the office of warder. |
| WEAPONISED | • weaponised adj. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of weaponized. • weaponised v. Simple past tense and past participle of weaponise. • WEAPONISE v. to adapt a chemical, bacillus etc. for use as a weapon, also WEAPONIZE. |
| WHIPLASHED | • whiplashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of whiplash. • WHIPLASH v. to move like a whip. |
| WHITEDAMPS | • WHITEDAMP n. a mixture of poisonous gases, esp. carbon monoxide, in a mine. |
| WIDESPREAD | • widespread adj. Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused. • wide-spread adj. Alternative spelling of widespread. • WIDESPREAD adj. widely diffused or prevalent. |
| WINGSPREAD | • wingspread n. The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft. • WINGSPREAD n. the spread of the wings. |