| 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. |
| 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. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| 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. |
| SHIRTWAISTED | • shirtwaisted adj. Wearing a shirtwaist. • SHIRTWAISTED adj. as in shirtwaisted dress, another name for shirtwaister. |
| 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. |
| UNWIELDINESS | • unwieldiness n. The characteristic of being unwieldy. • UNWIELDINESS n. the state of being unwieldy. |
| 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. |
| WIELDINESSES | • WIELDINESS n. manageability. |
| WIREDRAWINGS | • wiredrawings n. Plural of wiredrawing. • WIREDRAWING n. drawing wire by pulling through successively smaller holes in a hard steel die-block. |