| HAWKSHAW | • hawkshaw n. (Dated, 19th century) A detective. • Hawkshaw prop.n. A surname. • Hawkshaw prop.n. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7515). |
| WASHHAND | • washhand adj. Used primarily for washing one’s hands. • wash-hand adj. Alternative form of washhand. • WASHHAND adj. as in washhand basin. |
| HATCHWAYS | • hatchways n. Plural of hatchway. • HATCHWAY n. an opening in the deck of a ship. |
| HAWKSHAWS | • hawkshaws n. Plural of hawkshaw. • HAWKSHAW n. a detective. |
| BASHAWSHIP | • bashawship n. The role or status of a bashaw. • BASHAWSHIP n. the office of bashaw. |
| ATHWARTSHIP | • athwartship adj. (Nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft… • athwartship adv. Alternative form of athwartships. • ATHWARTSHIP adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIP. |
| BASHAWSHIPS | • BASHAWSHIP n. the office of bashaw. |
| KOWHAIWHAIS | • KOWHAIWHAI n. (Maori) a type of pattern in Maori decorative art. |
| SHADOWGRAPH | • shadowgraph n. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. • shadowgraph n. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index. • shadowgraph v. (Transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. |
| 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. |
| DEATHWATCHES | • deathwatches n. Plural of deathwatch. • DEATHWATCH n. a vigil, a watch kept beside a dying person; a kind of beetle. |
| SHADOWGRAPHS | • shadowgraphs n. Plural of shadowgraph. • SHADOWGRAPH n. an image produced by throwing a shadow on a screen. |
| SHADOWGRAPHY | • shadowgraphy n. The creation of shadowgraph images. • shadowgraphy n. The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form… • SHADOWGRAPHY n. the making of images by shadowgraph. |
| WHATSHERNAME | • whatshername pron. (Informal) A female person whose name cannot be recalled. • WHATSHERNAME n. a designation for a female whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSERNAME. |
| 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. |
| WHATSHERNAMES | • WHATSHERNAME n. a designation for a female whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSERNAME. |
| WHATSHISNAMES | • whatshisnames n. Plural of whatshisname. • WHATSHISNAME n. a designation for a male whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSISNAME. |
| SHADOWGRAPHIES | • shadowgraphies n. Plural of shadowgraphy. • SHADOWGRAPHY n. the making of images by shadowgraph. |