| BREADWINNER | • breadwinner n. The primary income-earner in a household. • BREADWINNER n. the person who earns a living for a family. |
| CORDWAINERS | • cordwainers n. Plural of cordwainer. • CORDWAINER n. (archaic) a shoemaker, also CORDINER. |
| CORDWAINERY | • cordwainery n. Shoemaking. • CORDWAINERY n. (archaic) the craft of shoemaking. |
| DINNERWARES | • dinnerwares n. Plural of dinnerware. • DINNERWARE n. plates etc. used for dinner. |
| DRAWSTRINGS | • drawstrings n. Plural of drawstring. • DRAWSTRING n. a cord for drawing tight e.g. round a hood. |
| FIREWARDENS | • firewardens n. Plural of firewarden. • FIREWARDEN n. an officer responsible for fire prevention and control in an area, esp. in a forest. |
| FOREWARDING | • FOREWARD v. (archaic) to guard (something) in front. |
| FORWARDINGS | • forwardings n. Plural of forwarding. • FORWARDING n. the act of sending on e.g. mail. |
| HANDWRINGER | • handwringer n. A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress. • HANDWRINGER n. one who wrings his hands. |
| HARDWORKING | • hardworking adj. Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly. • hard-working adj. Alternative form of hardworking. • HARDWORKING adj. industrious, diligent. |
| OVERDRAWING | • overdrawing v. Present participle of overdraw. • OVERDRAW v. to draw beyond one's credit. |
| REWARDINGLY | • rewardingly adv. In a way or to an extent that is rewarding. • REWARDING adv. REWARD, to give in return for some service or act. |
| UNREWARDING | • unrewarding adj. Not providing reward or satisfaction. • UNREWARDING adj. not rewarding. |
| WARRANDICES | • warrandices n. Plural of warrandice. • WARRANDICE n. a guarantee; a clause in a deed by which the grantor binds himself or herself to make good to the grantee the right conveyed. |
| WARRANTISED | • warrantised v. Simple past tense and past participle of warrantise. • WARRANTISE v. (archaic) to guarantee the security of (land) to a person, also WARRANTIZE. |
| WARRANTIZED | • WARRANTIZE v. to guarantee the security of (land) to a person, also WARRANTISE. |
| WATERFINDER | • WATERFINDER n. one who finds subterranean springs or supplies of water by means of a divining-rod; a dowser. |
| WINDBREAKER | • windbreaker n. A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain. • wind␣breaker n. Alternative form of windbreaker. • WINDBREAKER n. (tradename) a type of windproof jacket with elasticated cuffs and waistband. |
| WIREDRAWING | • wiredrawing n. Gerund of wiredraw: the stretching of words, etc. to suit one’s own purposes. • wiredrawing v. Present participle of wiredraw. • WIREDRAWING n. drawing wire by pulling through successively smaller holes in a hard steel die-block. |