| AIRWORTHIEST | • airworthiest adj. Superlative form of airworthy: most airworthy. • AIRWORTHY adj. suitable for flying. |
| 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. |
| HAIRWEAVINGS | • HAIRWEAVING n. the interweaving of false hair with real on a bald person's head. |
| SEWABILITIES | • SEWABILITY n. the ability to be sewed. |
| SHIRTWAISTED | • shirtwaisted adj. Wearing a shirtwaist. • SHIRTWAISTED adj. as in shirtwaisted dress, another name for shirtwaister. |
| SHIRTWAISTER | • shirtwaister n. A woman’s dress having a bodice in the style of a shirt, with buttons down the front. • SHIRTWAISTER n. a tailored dress with a shirtwaist top. |
| SWAINISHNESS | • swainishness n. The quality of being swainish. • SWAINISHNESS n. the state of being swainish, boorish. |
| VOWELISATION | • vowelisation n. Alternative spelling of vowelization. • VOWELISATION n. the process of vowelising, also VOWELIZATION. |
| WAITRESSINGS | • WAITRESSING n. working as a waitress. |
| WATERSKIINGS | • WATERSKIING n. the sport of skiing on water. |
| WEATHERISING | • weatherising v. Present participle of weatherise. • WEATHERISE v. to make (a fabric) weatherproof, also WEATHERIZE. |
| WELWITSCHIAS | • welwitschias n. Plural of welwitschia. • WELWITSCHIA n. a plant of a SW African genus of one species, with one pair of leaves that grow indefinitely. |
| WHITEWASHING | • whitewashing n. The application of whitewash. • whitewashing n. (Figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions. • whitewashing n. (Derogatory) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event… |
| WIREDRAWINGS | • wiredrawings n. Plural of wiredrawing. • WIREDRAWING n. drawing wire by pulling through successively smaller holes in a hard steel die-block. |
| WIRETAPPINGS | • wiretappings n. Plural of wiretapping. • WIRETAPPING n. the act of tapping a phone wire so as to listen in to conversations. |
| WISECRACKING | • wisecracking adj. Making many wisecracks. • wisecracking v. Present participle of wisecrack. • wise-cracking adj. Alternative form of wisecracking. |