| ACKNOWLEDGE | • acknowledge v. (Transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one’s belief in. • acknowledge v. (Transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims… • acknowledge v. (Transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour). |
| BILGEWATERS | • bilgewaters n. Plural of bilgewater. • BILGEWATER n. the water that collects in a ship's bilge. |
| FAREWELLING | • farewelling v. Present participle of farewell. • FAREWELL v. to say goodbye. |
| GENTLEWOMAN | • gentlewoman n. (Historical) A woman of the nobility. • gentlewoman n. (US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives. • GENTLEWOMAN n. a woman of good breeding and refinement, a lady. |
| LOUNGEWEARS | • LOUNGEWEAR n. informal clothing designed to be worn at home. |
| TANGLEWEEDS | • TANGLEWEED n. a coarse seaweed. |
| UNWEDGEABLE | • unwedgeable adj. That cannot be split, as with a wedge. • UNWEDGEABLE adj. that cannot be split into wedges, also UNWEDGABLE. |
| WATERLOGGED | • waterlogged adj. Soaked with water. • waterlogged adj. (Nautical) in danger of sinking because of excess water onboard. • water-logged v. Simple past tense and past participle of water-log. |
| WAVELENGTHS | • wavelengths n. Plural of wavelength. • WAVELENGTH n. the distance in the line of advance of a wave from any one point to the next point of corresponding phase. |
| WEATHERGIRL | • weathergirl n. (Now sometimes offensive) A young female weather forecaster. • WEATHERGIRL n. a girl who announces the weather forecast. |
| WHIGMALEERY | • WHIGMALEERY n. (Scots) a trinket or knickknack; a fantastic ornamentation; a whim, also WHIGMALEERIE. |
| WINEGLASSES | • wineglasses n. Plural of wineglass. • wine-glasses n. Plural of wine-glass. • wine␣glasses n. Plural of wine glass. |
| WRANGLESOME | • wranglesome adj. Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome. • WRANGLESOME adj. quarrelsome. |