| BILGEWATERS | • bilgewaters n. Plural of bilgewater. • BILGEWATER n. the water that collects in a ship's bilge. |
| DEADWEIGHTS | • deadweights n. Plural of deadweight. • dead␣weights n. Plural of dead weight. • DEADWEIGHT n. a weight esp. of a person that does not support itself. |
| DEWATERINGS | • dewaterings n. Plural of dewatering. • DEWATERING n. the act of removing water from. |
| EARWIGGIEST | • EARWIGGY adj. full of earwigs. |
| ENWREATHING | • enwreathing v. Present participle of enwreathe. • ENWREATH v. to encircle with a wreath, also ENWREATHE. |
| 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. |
| GRANITEWARE | • graniteware n. Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite. • graniteware n. Pottery with the same type of enamel coating. • GRANITEWARE n. goods made from granite. |
| GRAYWETHERS | • graywethers n. Plural of graywether. • GRAYWETHER n. a sandstone boulder of South England, also GREYWETHER. |
| HEAVYWEIGHT | • heavyweight n. A very large, heavy, or impressive person. • heavyweight n. (Uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds;… • heavyweight n. (Uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports. |
| MAKEWEIGHTS | • makeweights n. Plural of makeweight. • 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. |
| MEGANEWTONS | • meganewtons n. Plural of meganewton. • MEGANEWTON n. a measure of gravity, a million newtons. |
| PAPERWEIGHT | • paperweight n. A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. • paperweight n. Any object used for this purpose. • paperweight n. (Slang) A useless piece of equipment. |
| STEERAGEWAY | • steerageway n. (Nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered. • STEERAGEWAY n. a rate of motion sufficient to make a ship or boat respond to movements of the rudder. |
| TANGLEWEEDS | • TANGLEWEED n. a coarse seaweed. |
| WAGGONETTES | • waggonettes n. Plural of waggonette. • WAGGONETTE n. a carriage with one crosswise seat in front, two seats in back, also WAGONETTE. |
| 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. |
| WEATHERINGS | • weatherings n. Plural of weathering. • WEATHERING n. the action of the elements in altering the form, colour, texture or composition of rocks. |
| WITENAGEMOT | • witenagemot n. (History, usually uncountable, sometimes countable) Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon… • witenagemot n. (History, countable) A specific session of such an assembly. • WITENAGEMOT n. (Old English) an early English national council, also WITENAGEMOTE. |