| ATHWARTSHIPS | • athwartships adv. (Nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel. • ATHWARTSHIPS adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIP, THWARTSHIP. |
| BRAINWASHERS | • brainwashers n. Plural of brainwasher. • BRAINWASHER n. one who brainwashes. |
| MARSHMALLOWS | • marshmallows n. Plural of marshmallow. • marsh-mallows n. Plural of marsh-mallow. • marsh␣mallows n. Plural of marsh mallow. |
| SHADOWCASTED | • shadowcasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shadowcast. • SHADOWCAST v. in microscopy, to cast shadows of projecting parts of a specimen by exposing to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal. |
| SHADOWGRAPHS | • shadowgraphs n. Plural of shadowgraph. • SHADOWGRAPH n. an image produced by throwing a shadow on a screen. |
| SMARTWATCHES | • smartwatches n. Plural of smartwatch. • SMARTWATCH n. an electronic wristwatch that is able to perform many of the functions of a smartphone or tablet computer. |
| SPARROWHAWKS | • sparrowhawks n. Plural of sparrowhawk. • sparrow␣hawks n. Plural of sparrow hawk. • SPARROWHAWK n. any of several small hawks of Eurasia and North Africa that prey on smaller birds. |
| STRAIGHTWAYS | • straightways n. Plural of straightway. • straightways adv. Synonym of straightway. • STRAIGHTWAYS adv. (archaic) in a direct course, also STRAIGHTWAY. |
| WAPPENSCHAWS | • WAPPENSCHAW 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, WAPINSCHAW, WAPINSHAW, WAPPENSHAW, WAPPENSHAWING. |
| WATCHGLASSES | • watchglasses n. Plural of watchglass. • watch␣glasses n. Plural of watch glass. • WATCHGLASS n. a small dish used for holding small amounts of a solution. |
| WEATHERCASTS | • weathercasts n. Plural of weathercast. • WEATHERCAST n. a weather forecast esp. on radio or television. |
| WEATHERGLASS | • weatherglass n. An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and… • weather-glass n. Alternative form of weatherglass. • WEATHERGLASS n. a glass or instrument that indicates the changes of the weather. |
| WHARFMASTERS | • wharfmasters n. Plural of wharfmaster. • WHARFMASTER n. one who controls a wharf. |
| WHATSERNAMES | • whatsernames n. Plural of whatsername. • WHATSERNAME n. a girl or woman whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked, also WHATSHERNAME. |
| WHATSHISNAME | • whatshisname n. (Informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten. • what's-his-name pron. A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the… • WHATSHISNAME n. a designation for a male whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSISNAME. |
| WHATSISNAMES | • whatsisnames n. Plural of whatsisname. • WHATSISNAME n. a man whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked, also WHATSHISNAME. |
| WHATSITSNAME | • whatsitsname n. Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind. • what's-its-name n. Alternative form of whatsitsname. • WHATSITSNAME n. a designation for a thing whose name one cannot remember. |
| WHEATGRASSES | • wheatgrasses n. Plural of wheatgrass. • WHEATGRASS n. a young plant of the genus Agropyron, a relative of wheat, popular as a health food. |