| 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. |
| BOWDLERISM | • bowdlerism n. A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent. • BOWDLERISM n. the censoring of a literary text. |
| 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. |
| BROWNFIELD | • brownfield n. (Often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry… • brownfield adj. (Software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems. • Brownfield prop.n. A surname. |
| COWARDLIER | • cowardlier adj. Comparative form of cowardly: more cowardly. • COWARDLY adj. like a coward, lacking courage. |
| DEMIWORLDS | • DEMIWORLD n. the demimonde, a class of women on the fringes of respectable society supported by wealthy lovers. |
| DOWNHILLER | • downhiller n. Someone who is traveling downhill. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • downhiller n. (Skiing) A skier who participates in the downhill. • downhiller n. (Cycling) A cyclist who takes part in downhill races. |
| FIELDWORKS | • fieldworks n. Plural of fieldwork. • field␣works n. Plural of field work. • FIELDWORK n. work (scientific surveying, etc.) in the field, as opposed to in a laboratory, office, etc. |
| LIFEWORLDS | • lifeworlds n. Plural of lifeworld. • LIFEWORLD n. the way an individual experiences the world. |
| MIDDLEBROW | • middlebrow adj. (Derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between. • middlebrow n. A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between. • MIDDLEBROW n. a person who is moderately but not highly cultivated. |
| MINDBLOWER | • mindblower n. (Slang) Anything mind-blowing. • MINDBLOWER n. something that blows the mind. |
| OUTWHIRLED | • outwhirled v. Simple past tense and past participle of outwhirl. • OUTWHIRL v. to surpass in whirling. |
| POWDERLIKE | • powderlike adj. Resembling powder. • POWDERLIKE adj. like powder. |
| WILDFLOWER | • wildflower n. A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant. • wildflower n. A flower from such a plant. • wild␣flower n. Alternative form of wildflower. |
| WILDFOWLER | • wildfowler n. Someone who hunts wildfowl. • WILDFOWLER n. one who hunts wildfowl. |
| WINDFLOWER | • windflower n. An early spring flowering species of the family Ranunculaceae (Anemone nemorosa). • WINDFLOWER n. another name for anemone. |
| WITHHOLDER | • withholder n. Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds. • WITHHOLDER n. one who withholds. |
| WORLDLIEST | • worldliest adj. Superlative form of worldly: most worldly. • WORLDLY adj. pertaining to the world. |
| WORLDVIEWS | • worldviews n. Plural of worldview. • world-views n. Plural of world-view. • world␣views n. Plural of world view. |
| YELLOWBIRD | • yellowbird n. The yellow warbler. • yellowbird n. The American goldfinch. • yellow-bird n. Alternative spelling of yellowbird. |