| 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. |
| CREDITWORTHY | • creditworthy adj. (Finance) Deemed likely to repay debts. • creditworthy adj. (Finance) Having an acceptable credit rating. • credit-worthy adj. Alternative spelling of creditworthy. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| DOWNLIGHTERS | • downlighters n. Plural of downlighter. • DOWNLIGHTER n. a downward directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling. |
| DOWNSHIFTERS | • downshifters n. Plural of downshifter. • DOWNSHIFTER n. one who reduces his or her working hours. |
| HORSEWHIPPED | • horsewhipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip. • HORSEWHIP v. to beat with a horsewhip. |
| OVERWEIGHTED | • overweighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overweight. • OVERWEIGHT v. to give too much weight or consideration to. |
| OVERWITHHELD | • overwithheld v. Simple past tense and past participle of overwithhold. • OVERWITHHOLD v. to withhold excessively. |
| OVERWITHHOLD | • overwithhold v. (Finance) To withhold an excess amount of tax for an employee etc., the excess being refunded at a later stage. • OVERWITHHOLD v. to withhold excessively. |
| ROADWORTHIER | • ROADWORTHY adj. able to be used on a road. |
| ROADWORTHIES | • ROADWORTHY n. in South Africa, a certificate for a roadworthy vehicle. |
| SWITCHBOARDS | • switchboards n. Plural of switchboard. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
| UNWORSHIPPED | • unworshipped adj. Not worshipped. • UNWORSHIPPED adj. not worshipped. |
| WHIPCORDIEST | • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |
| WHISKERANDOS | • WHISKERANDO n. a whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic. |
| WHODUNITRIES | • WHODUNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNNITRY. |
| WIDOWERHOODS | • widowerhoods n. Plural of widowerhood. • WIDOWERHOOD n. the fact or state of being a widower. |
| WITHOUTDOORS | • withoutdoors adv. (Archaic) outdoors. • WITHOUTDOORS adv. outdoors. |
| WORDSMITHERY | • wordsmithery n. The work of a wordsmith; skilful use of words. • WORDSMITHERY n. the craft of the wordsmith. |