| ANTIWHALING | • antiwhaling adj. Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales. • ANTIWHALING adj. opposed to whaling. |
| BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| BALLHAWKING | • ball-hawking n. (Sports) An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk. • BALLHAWK v. to act as a good defensive player. |
| BRAINWASHED | • brainwashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of brainwash. • BRAINWASH v. to indoctrinate. |
| BRAINWASHER | • brainwasher n. Agent noun of brainwash; one who brainwashes. • BRAINWASHER n. one who brainwashes. |
| BRAINWASHES | • brainwashes n. Plural of brainwash. • brainwashes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brainwash. • BRAINWASH v. to indoctrinate. |
| CHAINSAWING | • chainsawing v. Present participle of chainsaw. • CHAINSAW v. to cut with a power saw. |
| HAIRWEAVING | • hairweaving n. The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness. • HAIRWEAVING n. the interweaving of false hair with real on a bald person's head. |
| PARATANIWHA | • PARATANIWHA n. (Maori) a New Zealand plant with pink and red serrated leaves. |
| RAINWASHING | • rainwashing v. Present participle of rainwash. • RAINWASH v. to wash material downhill by rain. |
| TOMAHAWKING | • tomahawking v. Present participle of tomahawk. • TOMAHAWK v. (Native American) to strike with a short axe. |
| WAPINSCHAWS | • wapinschaws n. Plural of wapinschaw. • WAPINSCHAW n. (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field, also WAPENSCHAW, WAPENSHAW, WAPINSHAW, WAPPENSCHAW, WAPPENSHAW, WAPPENSHAWING. |
| WARCHALKING | • warchalking v. Present participle of warchalk. • WARCHALKING n. the activity of drawing chalk symbols in public places in order to indicate the location of wireless Internet access points. |
| WATCHMAKING | • watchmaking n. The making (and repairing) of watches. • WATCHMAKING n. the profession of making watches. |
| WHATSISNAME | • whatsisname n. (Colloquial) A placeholder for the name of a man whose name the speaker cannot remember. • WHATSISNAME n. a man whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked, also WHATSHISNAME. |