| ENWREATHING | • enwreathing v. Present participle of enwreathe. • ENWREATH v. to encircle with a wreath, also ENWREATHE. |
| HAIRWEAVING | • hairweaving n. The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness. • HAIRWEAVING n. the interweaving of false hair with real on a bald person's head. |
| HANDWRINGER | • handwringer n. A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress. • HANDWRINGER n. one who wrings his hands. |
| INWREATHING | • inwreathing v. Present participle of inwreathe. • INWREATHE v. to surround or encompass as with a wreath, also ENWREATH, ENWREATHE. |
| NIGHTWALKER | • nightwalker n. (Archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets. • nightwalker n. (Fantasy) A vampire. • NIGHTWALKER n. a person who roams about at night esp. with criminal intent. |
| PAPERWEIGHT | • paperweight n. A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. • paperweight n. Any object used for this purpose. • paperweight n. (Slang) A useless piece of equipment. |
| STRAWWEIGHT | • strawweight n. (Boxing) minimumweight. • strawweight n. (Mixed martial arts) the weight class of 106-115 lbs, above atomweight and below flyweight. • strawweight n. A fighter in the above weight class. |
| SWITCHGEARS | • switchgears n. Plural of switchgear. • switch␣gears v. Alternative form of shift gears. • SWITCHGEAR n. the apparatus that controls the switches in the electric circuits of a power station. |
| UNWREATHING | • unwreathing v. Present participle of unwreath. • unwreathing v. Present participle of unwreathe. • UNWREATHE v. to take out of a wreathed condition. |
| WAREHOUSING | • warehousing n. The act of storing goods in a warehouse. • warehousing v. Present participle of warehouse. • WAREHOUSING n. storage in a warehouse. |
| WEATHERGIRL | • weathergirl n. (Now sometimes offensive) A young female weather forecaster. • WEATHERGIRL n. a girl who announces the weather forecast. |
| WEATHERINGS | • weatherings n. Plural of weathering. • WEATHERING n. the action of the elements in altering the form, colour, texture or composition of rocks. |
| WEIGHBOARDS | • weighboards n. Plural of weighboard. • WEIGHBOARD n. a thin geological seam separating larger strata, also WAYBOARD. |
| WHARFINGERS | • wharfingers n. Plural of wharfinger. • WHARFINGER n. the keeper or owner of a wharf. |
| WHIGGAMORES | • Whiggamores n. Plural of Whiggamore. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |
| WHIGMALEERY | • WHIGMALEERY n. (Scots) a trinket or knickknack; a fantastic ornamentation; a whim, also WHIGMALEERIE. |
| WHOLEGRAINS | • wholegrains n. Plural of wholegrain. • WHOLEGRAINS n. the whole unprocessed grains of cereals such as wheat and maize. |