| FATWAHING | • fatwahing v. Present participle of fatwah. • FATWAH v. (Arabic) to threaten death by religious decree, also FATWA, FETWA. |
| ANTIWHALING | • antiwhaling adj. Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales. • ANTIWHALING adj. opposed to whaling. |
| STRAIGHTWAY | • straightway n. A straight section of a racetrack. • straightway adv. (Dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately). • straightway adv. (Nonstandard) Directly. |
| TOMAHAWKING | • tomahawking v. Present participle of tomahawk. • TOMAHAWK v. (Native American) to strike with a short axe. |
| WATCHMAKING | • watchmaking n. The making (and repairing) of watches. • WATCHMAKING n. the profession of making watches. |
| BANTAMWEIGHT | • bantamweight n. (Boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight… • bantamweight n. A boxer or other competitor of this weight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
| HEARTWARMING | • heartwarming adj. Alternative form of heart-warming. • heart-warming adj. Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy. • HEARTWARMING adj. inspiring sympathetic feeling. |
| STRAIGHTAWAY | • straightaway n. A straight section of a racetrack. • straightaway adv. Alternative form of straight away (“at once; immediately”). • straightaway adj. Extending into the distance in a straight line. |
| STRAIGHTWAYS | • straightways n. Plural of straightway. • straightways adv. Synonym of straightway. • STRAIGHTWAYS adv. (archaic) in a direct course, also STRAIGHTWAY. |
| WASHINGTONIA | • washingtonia n. (Botany) Any fan palm of the genus Washingtonia. • WASHINGTONIA n. another name for the sequoia. |
| WATCHMAKINGS | • WATCHMAKING n. the profession of making watches. |
| WHEREAGAINST | • whereagainst adv. (Archaic) Against what; against which. • WHEREAGAINST adv. (archaic) against which. |
| BANTAMWEIGHTS | • bantamweights n. Plural of bantamweight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | • nightwatchman n. Someone who guards a premises at night. • nightwatchman n. (Cricket) A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day’s play… • night-watchman n. Alternative spelling of night watchman. |
| SHADOWCASTING | • shadowcasting n. (Computer graphics) The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model. • shadowcasting n. (Microscopy) A technique in which an incident ray at a small angle to the horizontal casts a shadow… • shadowcasting n. The live amateur performance of a film by a group of people at the same time as watching the film. |
| STRAIGHTAWAYS | • straightaways n. Plural of straightaway. • STRAIGHTAWAY n. five cards in sequence irrespective of suit. |
| WASHINGTONIAS | • washingtonias n. Plural of washingtonia. • WASHINGTONIA n. another name for the sequoia. |
| SHADOWCASTINGS | • SHADOWCASTING n. in microscopy, casting shadows of projecting parts of a specimen by exposing to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal. |
| STRAIGHTFORWARD | • straightforward adj. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating. • straightforward adj. Easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty. • straightforward adj. (Figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere. |
| WEATHERBOARDING | • weatherboarding n. (Architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards. • WEATHERBOARD v. to fit such a board. |