| CLAMPDOWNS | • clampdowns n. Plural of clampdown. • clamp-downs n. Plural of clamp-down. • CLAMPDOWN n. a tightening e.g. of regulations. |
| 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. |
| SAPANWOODS | • SAPANWOOD n. (Malay) the wood of a leguminous tree, formerly used to provide a red dye, also SAPAN, SAPPAN, SAPPANWOOD. |
| SAPPANWOOD | • sappanwood n. The wood of Caesalpinia sappan, a flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae. • SAPPANWOOD n. (Malay) the wood of a leguminous tree, formerly used to provide a red dye, also SAPAN, SAPANWOOD, SAPPAN. |
| 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. |
| SPANGHEWED | • spanghewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of spanghew. • SPANGHEW v. (dialect) to fling into the air. |
| SPLASHDOWN | • splashdown n. The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster. • splash␣down n. Alternative form of splashdown. • splash␣down v. (Of a spacecraft or other flying object) To land in water. |
| SWAMPLANDS | • swamplands n. Plural of swampland. • SWAMPLAND n. swamp country. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WRAPROUNDS | • wraprounds n. Plural of wrapround. • WRAPROUND n. an article of clothing that wraps round, also WRAPAROUND. |