| ANSWERABLE | • answerable adj. Required to justify one’s actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible. • answerable adj. (Of a question) Able to be answered. • answerable adj. (Archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to). |
| BESHREWING | • beshrewing v. Present participle of beshrew. • BESHREW v. (archaic) to wish evil on, to curse. |
| BESTREWING | • bestrewing v. Present participle of bestrew. • BESTREW v. to strew, scatter. |
| BEWEARYING | • BEWEARY v. to make weary. |
| BOWERWOMEN | • bowerwomen n. Plural of bowerwoman. • BOWERWOMAN n. (archaic) a chamber-woman, a lady's maid. |
| BROWBEATEN | • browbeaten v. Past participle of browbeat. • browbeaten adj. Intimidated or subjugated. • brow-beaten v. Past participle of brow-beat. |
| EMBOWERING | • embowering v. Present participle of embower. • EMBOWER v. to place in a bower; to shelter with trees, also IMBOWER. |
| EYEBROWING | • eyebrowing v. Present participle of eyebrow. • eyebrowing n. (Textiles) The buildup of waste fibers on a spinning frame. • EYEBROW v. to provide with artificial eyebrows. |
| NEWSBREAKS | • newsbreaks n. Plural of newsbreak. • NEWSBREAK n. a newsworthy event. |
| RENEWABLES | • renewables n. Plural of renewable. • RENEWABLE n. a renewable resource. |
| SCREWBEANS | • screwbeans n. Plural of screwbean. • SCREWBEAN n. a leguminous shrub or small tree of the southwestern US. |
| UNWEARABLE | • unwearable adj. Not able to be worn. • unwearable n. Something, such as clothing, that cannot be worn. • UNWEARABLE n. something that is not wearable. |
| WAMBENGERS | • wambengers n. Plural of wambenger. • WAMBENGER n. (Native Australian) a small Australian marsupial, aka tuan or phascogale. |
| WATERBORNE | • waterborne adj. Transported or transmitted by water. • waterborne adj. Floating on the water; afloat. • water-borne adj. Alternative spelling of waterborne. |
| WAVENUMBER | • wavenumber n. (Mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength. • wave␣number n. Alternative spelling of wavenumber. |
| WINEBIBBER | • winebibber n. (Archaic, poetic) A habitual (or heavy) drinker of alcohol, especially wine, an excessive wine-drinker; a drunkard. • WINEBIBBER n. a person who drinks a great deal of wine. |