| BACKSWIMMER | • backswimmer n. Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs. • BACKSWIMMER n. one who swims on the back. |
| BOWDLERISMS | • bowdlerisms n. Plural of bowdlerism. • BOWDLERISM n. the censoring of a literary text. |
| BREWMASTERS | • brewmasters n. Plural of brewmaster. • BREWMASTER n. the supervisor of the brewing in a brewery. |
| CROSSBOWMEN | • crossbowmen n. Plural of crossbowman. • CROSSBOWMAN n. a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow. |
| DUMBWAITERS | • dumbwaiters n. Plural of dumbwaiter. • dumb-waiters n. Plural of dumb-waiter. • dumb␣waiters n. Plural of dumb waiter. |
| MARBLEWOODS | • MARBLEWOOD n. a Malaysian tree; the distinctively marked wood of this tree, having black bands on a lighter background. |
| MARROWBONES | • marrowbones n. Plural of marrowbone. • MARROWBONE n. a bone containing marrow; in plural, the knees. |
| MIDDLEBROWS | • middlebrows n. Plural of middlebrow. • MIDDLEBROW n. a person who is moderately but not highly cultivated. |
| MINDBLOWERS | • mindblowers n. Plural of mindblower. • MINDBLOWER n. something that blows the mind. |
| SNOWMOBILER | • snowmobiler n. A person who operates a snowmobile. • SNOWMOBILER n. one who travels by snowmobile. |
| THUMBSCREWS | • thumbscrews n. Plural of thumbscrew. • THUMBSCREW n. an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw. |
| TIMBERWORKS | • timberworks n. Plural of timberwork. • TIMBERWORK n. work made of timbers. |
| TRIBESWOMAN | • tribeswoman n. A female member of a tribe. • TRIBESWOMAN n. a female member of a tribe. |
| TRIBESWOMEN | • tribeswomen n. Plural of tribeswoman. • TRIBESWOMAN n. a female member of a tribe. |
| WAVENUMBERS | • wavenumbers n. Plural of wavenumber. • wave␣numbers n. Plural of wave number. |
| WHIMBERRIES | • whimberries n. Plural of whimberry. • WHIMBERRY n. the bilberry or whortleberry, so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze, also WHINBERRY. |