| CABBAGETOWNS | • CABBAGETOWN n. from Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, where the Anglo-Saxon population was thought to exist on cabbage. |
| CABINETWORKS | • CABINETWORK n. finished woodwork made by a cabinetmaker. |
| COMMONWEALTH | • commonwealth n. (Obsolete) The well-being of a community. • commonwealth n. The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state. • commonwealth n. Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth. |
| CONTRARIWISE | • contrariwise adv. (Literary) in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction. • contrariwise adv. (Literary) on the other hand. • CONTRARIWISE adj. on the contrary. |
| COUNTERDRAWN | • counterdrawn v. Past participle of counterdraw. • COUNTERDRAW v. to trace on oiled paper or other transparent material. |
| COUNTERDRAWS | • counterdraws v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterdraw. • COUNTERDRAW v. to trace on oiled paper or other transparent material. |
| DOOMWATCHERS | • doomwatchers n. Plural of doomwatcher. • DOOMWATCHER n. one who engages in doomwatching. |
| LATTICEWORKS | • latticeworks n. Plural of latticework. • lattice-works n. Plural of lattice-work. • LATTICEWORK n. a network of crossed laths or bars. |
| NARROWCASTED | • narrowcasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of narrowcast. • NARROWCAST v. to distribute material on video tapes, cassettes etc. |
| OVERWATCHING | • overwatching v. Present participle of overwatch. • OVERWATCH v. to watch too much. |
| 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. |
| WAISTCOATEER | • waistcoateer n. (Obsolete) One wearing a waistcoat; especially, a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such… • WAISTCOATEER n. (obsolete) a strumpet. |
| WATERCOLOURS | • watercolours n. Plural of watercolour. • WATERCOLOUR n. a pigment diluted with water and gum (or other substance) instead of oil; a painting done in this, also WATERCOLOR. |
| WATERCOOLERS | • watercoolers n. Plural of watercooler. • water␣coolers n. Plural of water cooler. • WATERCOOLER n. a device for dispensing refrigerated drinking water. |
| WATERCOURSES | • watercourses n. Plural of watercourse. • WATERCOURSE n. a natural or artificial channel through which water flows. |
| WEATHERCLOTH | • weather␣cloth n. (Nautical) A long piece of canvas or tarpaulin used to protect the hammocks from weather damage when… • WEATHERCLOTH n. a protecting tarpaulin on deck. |
| WEATHERCOCKS | • weathercocks n. Plural of weathercock. • weather␣cocks n. Plural of weather cock. • WEATHERCOCK n. a weather vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction. |
| WORKWATCHERS | • WORKWATCHER n. in horse-racing, a tout. |
| YELLOWJACKET | • yellowjacket n. Alternative form of yellow jacket (“predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen”). • yellow-jacket n. Alternative form of yellow jacket. • yellow␣jacket n. (Chiefly US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually… |