| BATFOWLING | • batfowling n. A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch… • bat-fowling n. The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon… • BATFOWLING n. catching birds at night by confusing them with light. |
| BILGEWATER | • bilgewater n. (Nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship. • bilgewater n. (Slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. • BILGEWATER n. the water that collects in a ship's bilge. |
| BILLOWIEST | • billowiest adj. Superlative form of billowy: most billowy. • BILLOWY adj. swelling. |
| NIMBLEWITS | • NIMBLEWIT n. an alert and clever person. |
| OUTBAWLING | • outbawling v. Present participle of outbawl. • OUTBAWL v. to surpass in bawling. |
| REWRITABLE | • rewritable adj. Able to be rewritten, or written again. • REWRITABLE adj. (of a CD, flash drive, etc.) able to record information over the top of existing information, also REWRITEABLE. |
| SEWABILITY | • sewability n. The quality of being sewable. • SEWABILITY n. the ability to be sewed. |
| SWITCHABLE | • switchable adj. Capable of being switched. • SWITCHABLE adj. that can be switched. |
| THIMBLEWIT | • THIMBLEWIT n. a silly or dimwitted person; a dunce. |
| UNWRITABLE | • unwritable adj. Not writable. |
| WAISTBELTS | • waistbelts n. Plural of waistbelt. • WAISTBELT n. a belt worn round the waist e.g. for carrying money. |
| WATTLEBIRD | • wattlebird n. Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. • wattlebird n. Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand. • WATTLEBIRD n. any one of several species of the honey eater bird. |
| WHIRLABOUT | • whirlabout n. A fairground carousel. • WHIRLABOUT n. anything that whirls around; a whirligig. |
| WHIRLBLAST | • whirlblast n. (Archaic, poetic) A whirlwind. • WHIRLBLAST n. a whirling blast of wind. |
| WILDEBEEST | • wildebeest n. (Zoology) The gnu. • WILDEBEEST n. another name for the gnu. |
| WINDBLASTS | • windblasts n. Plural of windblast. • WINDBLAST n. a blast of wind. |
| WITBLITSES | • WITBLITS n. (South African) a strong home-distilled alcoholic spirit. |