| BEWILDERED | • bewildered adj. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. • bewildered v. Simple past tense and past participle of bewilder. • BEWILDER v. to confuse. |
| BOWDLERISE | • bowdlerise v. Alternative form of bowdlerize. • Bowdlerise v. Alternative form of bowdlerize. • BOWDLERISE v. to expurgate a book or writing, by removing whatever might be considered indelicate, esp. to do so unnecessarily, also BOWDLERIZE. |
| BOWDLERIZE | • bowdlerize v. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. • Bowdlerize v. Alternative form of bowdlerize. • BOWDLERIZE v. to purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material, also BOWDLERISE. |
| BRIDEWELLS | • bridewells n. Plural of bridewell. • BRIDEWELL n. a house of correction, a jail. |
| BRIDLEWISE | • bridlewise adj. (Of a horse) Responsive to the bridle. • BRIDLEWISE adj. of a horse, obedient to the pressure of the reins on the neck rather than to the bit. |
| DREAMWHILE | • DREAMWHILE n. the duration of a dream. |
| FIREWALLED | • firewalled v. Simple past tense and past participle of firewall. • FIREWALL v. to install software that protects a network against unauthorized users. |
| INDWELLERS | • indwellers n. Plural of indweller. • INDWELLER n. an inhabitant. |
| LADIESWEAR | • ladieswear n. Ladies’ clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context. • LADIESWEAR n. clothes for women. |
| MIDDLEWARE | • middleware n. (Computing) Software that functions at an intermediate layer between applications and operating system… • middleware n. (Computing) Networking software or hardware that is deployed in the middle of, as opposed to serviced… • MIDDLEWARE n. computer software that has an intermediary function between the various applications of a computer and its operating system. |
| POWDERLIKE | • powderlike adj. Resembling powder. • POWDERLIKE adj. like powder. |
| SILVERWEED | • silverweed n. Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath… • silverweed n. The plant Blutaparon vermiculare. • SILVERWEED n. a perennial rosaceous herb having the leaves silvery white beneath. |
| UNWIELDIER | • unwieldier adj. Comparative form of unwieldy: more unwieldy. • UNWIELDY adj. not wieldy. |
| WATERSLIDE | • waterslide n. Alternative form of water slide. • water␣slide n. A recreational slide with water flowing down it to reduce friction, sometimes involving the participant… |
| WEEDKILLER | • weedkiller n. A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc). • WEEDKILLER n. a chemical preparation or other substance for killing weeds. |
| WILDERMENT | • wilderment n. (Archaic) The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. • WILDERMENT n. the state of being bewildered. |
| WILDERNESS | • wilderness n. (Uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with… • wilderness n. (By extension). • wilderness n. (Countable, figuratively). |
| WIRELESSED | • wirelessed v. Simple past tense and past participle of wireless. • WIRELESS v. to communicate by radio. |