| BIRDWATCHING | • birdwatching n. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment. • birdwatching n. (Slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches. • bird␣watching n. Alternative spelling of birdwatching. |
| CHILDCROWING | • child-crowing n. (Medicine, archaic) A nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. • CHILDCROWING n. a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. |
| DISHALLOWING | • dishallowing v. Present participle of dishallow. • DISHALLOW v. to make unholy; to profane. |
| DISHWASHINGS | • dishwashings n. Plural of dishwashing. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| DOWNSHIFTING | • downshifting v. Present participle of downshift. • downshifting n. A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance. • DOWNSHIFTING n. the act of selecting a lower gear. |
| HANDWRITINGS | • handwritings n. Plural of handwriting. • HANDWRITING n. writing, script; one's style of writing. |
| MIDDLEWEIGHT | • middleweight n. (Uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super… • middleweight n. (Countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc. • middleweight n. (Countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior. |
| SHIRTWAISTED | • shirtwaisted adj. Wearing a shirtwaist. • SHIRTWAISTED adj. as in shirtwaisted dress, another name for shirtwaister. |
| SHITTIMWOODS | • SHITTIMWOOD n. the wood of the shittah tree, believed to be a species of acacia, also SHITTIM. |
| WEIGHBRIDGES | • weighbridges n. Plural of weighbridge. • WEIGHBRIDGE n. a machine for weighing vehicles with their loads. |
| WHIPCORDIEST | • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |
| WHIPSTITCHED | • whipstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch. • whip␣stitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH v. to sew with a whipstitch. |
| WHODUNITRIES | • WHODUNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNNITRY. |
| WITHHOLDINGS | • withholdings n. Plural of withholding. |
| WITHSTANDING | • withstanding v. Present participle of withstand. • WITHSTAND v. to resist. |