| ANTIGROWTH | • antigrowth adj. Opposing or countering growth. • ANTIGROWTH adj. designed to prevent growth. |
| CARTWRIGHT | • cartwright n. A person who makes carts; a wainwright. • Cartwright prop.n. (Countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made carts. • Cartwright prop.n. (Uncountable) A placename, from the surname… |
| GRAYWETHER | • graywether n. Alternative form of greywether. • GRAYWETHER n. a sandstone boulder of South England, also GREYWETHER. |
| NIGHTWEARS | • nightwears n. Plural of nightwear. • NIGHTWEAR n. clothes worn at night. |
| PLAYWRIGHT | • playwright n. A writer and creator of theatrical plays. • PLAYWRIGHT n. a person who writes plays. |
| RIGHTWARDS | • rightwards adv. Rightward; towards the right. • RIGHTWARDS adv. toward the right, also RIGHTWARD. |
| 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. |
| THROUGHWAY | • throughway n. (US) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare. • THROUGHWAY n. (US) a motorway, also THRUWAY. |
| THWARTINGS | • thwartings n. Plural of thwarting. • THWARTING n. the act of thwarting. |
| WAGHALTERS | • waghalters n. Plural of waghalter. • wag-halters n. Plural of wag-halter. • WAGHALTER n. a felon likely to swing from the gallows. |
| WAINWRIGHT | • wainwright n. A person who builds and repairs wagons. • Wainwright prop.n. An English surname originating as an occupation. • Wainwright prop.n. A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada. |
| WATCHGUARD | • watchguard n. A watchchain of any material. • WATCHGUARD n. a chain or strap used to attach a watch to the clothing. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WITCHGRASS | • witchgrass n. Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed. • witchgrass n. Couch grass (a European grass that spreads rapidly, Elymus repens). • witch␣grass n. Alternative form of witchgrass. |
| WOOLGATHER | • woolgather v. To daydream. • wool-gather v. To daydream. |