| CHINWAGGED | • chinwagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag. • CHINWAG v. to chat. |
| DEADWEIGHT | • deadweight n. Alternative spelling of dead weight. • dead␣weight n. Unremitting heavy weight that does not move. • dead␣weight n. (Nautical) The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully… |
| ENSWATHING | • enswathing v. Present participle of enswathe. • ENSWATHE v. to wrap around, also INSWATHE. |
| HIGHWAYMEN | • highwaymen n. Plural of highwayman. • HIGHWAYMAN n. a thief who robs travellers on a road. |
| MAKEWEIGHT | • makeweight n. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. • makeweight n. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument. • MAKEWEIGHT n. a small quantity added to make up a certain weight e.g. an extra slice of bread; hence, an insignificant person or thing. |
| NIGHTWEARS | • nightwears n. Plural of nightwear. • NIGHTWEAR n. clothes worn at night. |
| PREWASHING | • prewashing v. Present participle of prewash. • PREWASH v. to wash beforehand. |
| SWITCHGEAR | • switchgear n. (Electrical engineering) A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part… • SWITCHGEAR n. the apparatus that controls the switches in the electric circuits of a power station. |
| WATERTIGHT | • watertight adj. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. • watertight adj. (Figurative) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify. • WATERTIGHT adj. so well-sealed as not to admit water or let it escape. |
| WEATHERING | • weathering n. (Obsolete) Weather, especially favourable or fair weather. • weathering n. (Geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes. • weathering n. (Architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water. |
| WEIGHBOARD | • weighboard n. (Geology, mining) Alternative form of wayboard. • weighboard n. A board used for weighing. • WEIGHBOARD n. a thin geological seam separating larger strata, also WAYBOARD. |
| WEIGHTAGES | • weightages n. Plural of weightage. • WEIGHTAGE n. a weighting. |
| WHARFINGER | • wharfinger n. (Chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf. • WHARFINGER n. the keeper or owner of a wharf. |
| WHIGGAMORE | • Whiggamore n. (Derogatory, archaic) A Whig. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |
| WHOLEGRAIN | • wholegrain n. A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which… • whole-grain adj. Alternative spelling of wholegrain. • whole␣grain adj. Alternative spelling of wholegrain. |