| BOWDLERISING | • bowdlerising v. Present participle of bowdlerise. • BOWDLERISE v. to expurgate a book or writing, by removing whatever might be considered indelicate, esp. to do so unnecessarily, also BOWDLERIZE. |
| BOWDLERIZING | • bowdlerizing v. Present participle of bowdlerize. • Bowdlerizing v. Present participle of Bowdlerize. • BOWDLERIZE v. to purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material, also BOWDLERISE. |
| BREADWINNING | • breadwinning n. The earning of a household’s primary income. • BREADWINNING n. the act of earning a living. |
| DISBOWELLING | • disbowelling v. Present participle of disbowel. • DISBOWEL v. to remove the intestines of. |
| DISENTWINING | • disentwining v. Present participle of disentwine. • DISENTWINE v. to free from being entwined or twisted. |
| INDUSTRYWIDE | • industrywide adj. Extending throughout a particular industry. • industrywide adv. Extending throughout a particular industry. • INDUSTRYWIDE adj. throughout industry. |
| INTERTWISTED | • intertwisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of intertwist. • INTERTWIST v. to twist together one with another. |
| INTERWINDING | • interwinding v. Present participle of interwind. • INTERWIND v. to wind in among. |
| KIDDIEWINKIE | • kiddiewinkie n. (Informal) A child. • KIDDIEWINKIE n. (facetious) a child, also KIDDIEWINK, KIDDYWINK. |
| NIMBLEWITTED | • nimble-witted adj. Quick-witted. • NIMBLEWITTED adj. alert, intelligent. |
| PROVINCEWIDE | • provincewide adj. Throughout a province. • PROVINCEWIDE adj. extending throughout a province. |
| TIDDLEDYWINK | • tiddledywink n. Alternative form of tiddlywink. • TIDDLEDYWINK n. a game in which one attempts to flip a small disc into a cup by pressing its edge with a bigger one, also TIDDLEYWINK, TIDDLYWINK. |
| TIDDLEYWINKS | • tiddleywinks n. Plural of tiddleywink. • Tiddley␣Winks prop.n. Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks. • TIDDLEDYWINK n. a game in which one attempts to flip a small disc into a cup by pressing its edge with a bigger one, also TIDDLEYWINK, TIDDLYWINK. |
| UNDERWIRINGS | • UNDERWIRING n. support with wire underneath. |
| UNDERWRITING | • underwriting v. Present participle of underwrite. • underwriting n. The act of something being underwritten financially. • UNDERWRITING n. the act of underwriting. |
| UNWIELDINESS | • unwieldiness n. The characteristic of being unwieldy. • UNWIELDINESS n. the state of being unwieldy. |
| WHODUNITRIES | • WHODUNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNNITRY. |
| WIELDINESSES | • WIELDINESS n. manageability. |
| WINTERKILLED | • winterkilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of winterkill. • winter-killed adj. (US) Of crops, having been killed by winter weather. • WINTERKILL v. to kill by exposure to cold. |
| WIREDRAWINGS | • wiredrawings n. Plural of wiredrawing. • WIREDRAWING n. drawing wire by pulling through successively smaller holes in a hard steel die-block. |