| 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… |
| DOGWATCHES | • dogwatches n. Plural of dogwatch. • dog-watches n. Plural of dog-watch. • dog␣watches n. Plural of dog watch. |
| ENSWATHING | • enswathing v. Present participle of enswathe. • ENSWATHE v. to wrap around, also INSWATHE. |
| GRAYWETHER | • graywether n. Alternative form of greywether. • GRAYWETHER n. a sandstone boulder of South England, also GREYWETHER. |
| LENGTHWAYS | • lengthways adj. Lengthwise. • lengthways adv. Lengthwise. • LENGTHWAYS adv. in the direction of the length, also LENGTHWISE. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WAGHALTERS | • waghalters n. Plural of waghalter. • wag-halters n. Plural of wag-halter. • WAGHALTER n. a felon likely to swing from the gallows. |
| 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. |
| WAVELENGTH | • wavelength n. (Physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough… • wavelength n. (Figurative) A person’s attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person’s. • WAVELENGTH n. the distance in the line of advance of a wave from any one point to the next point of corresponding phase. |
| 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. |
| WEIGHTAGES | • weightages n. Plural of weightage. • WEIGHTAGE n. a weighting. |
| WHEATGERMS | • wheatgerms n. Plural of wheatgerm. • WHEATGERM n. the vitamin-rich embryo of the wheat kernel. |
| WHEATGRASS | • wheatgrass n. Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for… • wheatgrass n. A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass. • WHEATGRASS n. a young plant of the genus Agropyron, a relative of wheat, popular as a health food. |
| WOOLGATHER | • woolgather v. To daydream. • wool-gather v. To daydream. |