| ALTARWISE | • altarwise adj. Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall. • ALTARWISE adv. in the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. |
| BRAINWASH | • brainwash n. A distorting effect upon one’s memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda. • brainwash v. (Psychology) To affect one’s mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process… • brainwash v. (Figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to… |
| MISAWARDS | • misawards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misaward. • MISAWARD v. to award wrongly. |
| PARAWINGS | • parawings n. Plural of parawing. • PARAWING n. a winglike parachute. |
| RAINWEARS | • RAINWEAR n. waterproof clothing. |
| STAIRWAYS | • stairways n. Plural of stairway. • STAIRWAY n. a flight of stairs. |
| SWARAJISM | • swarajism n. Support for swaraj. • SWARAJISM n. the policy of Indian political independence. |
| SWARAJIST | • swarajist n. A supporter of swaraj. • SWARAJIST n. one who adhered to swaraj, the policy of Indian political independence. |
| TRAINWAYS | • trainways n. Plural of trainway. • TRAINWAY n. a railway. |
| WARFARINS | • warfarins n. Plural of warfarin. • WARFARIN n. a rat poison. |
| WARIBASHI | • waribashi n. Disposable chopsticks. • WARIBASHI n. (Japanese) a pair of chopsticks in the form of a single sliver of wood ready scored for splitting in two. |
| WARPAINTS | • warpaints n. Plural of warpaint. • war-paints n. Plural of war-paint. • war␣paints n. Plural of war paint. |
| WARRIGALS | • warrigals n. Plural of warrigal. • WARRIGAL n. (Native Australian) the Australian wild dog, the dingo, also WARRAGAL, WARRAGLE, WARRAGUL. |
| WASSAILER | • wassailer n. One who wassails. • WASSAILER n. one who wassails. |
| WASSAILRY | • wassailry n. Wassail; revelry. • WASSAILRY n. the act of wassailing. |
| WHAKAIROS | • WHAKAIRO n. (Maori) the art of carving. |
| WISTARIAS | • wistarias n. Plural of wistaria. • WISTARIA n. an ornamental climbing plant, also WISTERIA. |