| BOWERWOMAN | • bowerwoman n. (Historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom. • BOWERWOMAN n. (archaic) a chamber-woman, a lady's maid. |
| CONTRAFLOW | • contraflow n. Flow in the opposite direction to normal. • contraflow n. An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction… • CONTRAFLOW n. a system of traffic regulation on motorways, when one carriageway is closed and the other is arranged for two-way traffic. |
| FRONTWOMAN | • frontwoman n. The female lead singer in a band. |
| HORSEWOMAN | • horsewoman n. A woman who is skilled with horses, a female equestrian. • HORSEWOMAN n. a woman who is a rider or a driver of horses. |
| MARROWBONE | • marrowbone n. A bone containing edible marrow. • marrowbone n. (Humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling. • MARROWBONE n. a bone containing marrow; in plural, the knees. |
| MOONWALKER | • moonwalker n. One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the moon. • moonwalker n. One who performs the moonwalk dance. • MOONWALKER n. one who performs the moonwalk. |
| NANOWORLDS | • nanoworlds n. Plural of nanoworld. • NANOWORLD n. the world of the very small. |
| NARROWBOAT | • narrowboat n. A barge used on the narrow canals of England. |
| ORANGEWOOD | • orangewood n. The wood of the orange tree. • ORANGEWOOD n. the wood of the orange-tree. |
| SNOWBOARDS | • snowboards n. Plural of snowboard. • snowboards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snowboard. • SNOWBOARD v. to use a snowboard. |
| WOMANPOWER | • womanpower n. The female workforce; the number of available female workers. • WOMANPOWER n. women available and prepared for work. |
| WOODENWARE | • woodenware n. Articles made from wood. • WOODENWARE n. ware made of wood. |
| WOODGRAINS | • woodgrains n. Plural of woodgrain. • WOODGRAIN n. grain in wood. |
| WOODLANDER | • woodlander n. A dweller in a woodland. • WOODLANDER n. one who lives or works in woodland. |
| WOOMERANGS | • woomerangs n. Plural of woomerang. • WOOMERANG n. (Native Australian) a stick for launching a spear with greater force, also WOMERA, WOMMERA, WOOMERA. |
| WORKAROUND | • workaround n. A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations. • workaround n. (Computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working… • workaround n. (Project management) An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk. |