| BEDWARMERS | • bedwarmers n. Plural of bedwarmer. • BEDWARMER n. a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed. |
| BOWDLERISM | • bowdlerism n. A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent. • BOWDLERISM n. the censoring of a literary text. |
| DEMIWORLDS | • DEMIWORLD n. the demimonde, a class of women on the fringes of respectable society supported by wealthy lovers. |
| DISEMPOWER | • disempower v. To strip power from (someone or some group), as… • DISEMPOWER v. to deprive of power; to divest of strength. |
| DOWNCOMERS | • downcomers n. Plural of downcomer. • DOWNCOMER n. a pipe that connects a cistern to a toilet pan. |
| DOWNSTREAM | • downstream adj. Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid. • downstream adj. (Metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something… • downstream adv. Following the path of a river or stream. |
| MIDWESTERN | • midwestern adj. Alternative letter-case form of Midwestern. • midwestern adj. Of or pertaining to any region identified as midwest. • Midwestern adj. (US) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Midwest. |
| MIDWINTERS | • midwinters n. Plural of midwinter. • MIDWINTER n. the middle of winter. |
| MISAWARDED | • misawarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of misaward. • MISAWARD v. to award wrongly. |
| MISWANDRED | • MISWANDRED adj. (Spenser) strayed, gone astray. |
| RANDOMWISE | • randomwise adv. (Rare) randomly. • randomwise adj. (Rare) random. • RANDOMWISE adv. in a random fashion. |
| SEMIDWARFS | • semidwarfs n. Plural of semidwarf. • SEMIDWARF n. a plant that is half dwarf. |
| SMARTWEEDS | • smartweeds n. Plural of smartweed. • SMARTWEED n. an acrid plant which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender. |
| STEMWINDER | • stemwinder n. Alternative spelling of stem-winder. • stem-winder n. A watch that is wound up by turning a small knob (at the stem). • stem-winder n. (US) A rousing speech, especially by a politician. |
| SUMMERWOOD | • summerwood n. The wood in a tree’s growth ring formed later in the growing season, when growth is less rapid. • SUMMERWOOD n. wood with smaller and thicker-walled cells than springwood. |
| SWIMFEEDER | • SWIMFEEDER n. a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface. |
| TRANSMEWED | • transmewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of transmew. • TRANSMEW v. (Spenser) to transmute, change to another form or substance, also TRANSMOVE. |