| COWARDSHIPS | • COWARDSHIP n. (Shakespeare) cowardice. |
| DISWORSHIPS | • disworships v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disworship. • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| DOWNHILLERS | • downhillers n. Plural of downhiller. • DOWNHILLER n. one who skis downhill. |
| DOWNSHIFTER | • downshifter n. A person who makes a transition to a less pressured or demanding career or lifestyle. • downshifter n. (Engineering) A process, algorithm, etc. that shifts something to a lower level or frequency. • DOWNSHIFTER n. one who reduces his or her working hours. |
| DROWSIHEADS | • DROWSIHEAD n. (Spenser) drowsiness, also DROWSIHED. |
| HOODWINKERS | • hoodwinkers n. Plural of hoodwinker. • HOODWINKER n. one who hoodwinks. |
| SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
| SWORDFISHES | • swordfishes n. Plural of swordfish. • swordfishes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swordfish. • SWORDFISH n. a large fish with upper jaw compressed and prolonged as a stabbing weapon. |
| WAITERHOODS | • WAITERHOOD n. the state of being a waiter. |
| WEIGHBOARDS | • weighboards n. Plural of weighboard. • WEIGHBOARD n. a thin geological seam separating larger strata, also WAYBOARD. |
| WHISKERANDO | • WHISKERANDO n. a whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic. |
| WHITEBOARDS | • whiteboards n. Plural of whiteboard. • WHITEBOARD n. a board, used for teaching or presentation purposes, similar to a blackboard but with a white plastic surface for writing on using felt-tipped pens. |
| WITHHOLDERS | • withholders n. Plural of withholder. • WITHHOLDER n. one who withholds. |
| WITHINDOORS | • withindoors adv. Alternative form of within-doors. • within-doors adv. (Dated) indoors. • WITHINDOORS adv. indoors. |
| WOODSHRIKES | • woodshrikes n. Plural of woodshrike. • WOODSHRIKE n. a species of shrike, with black-and-white plumage but a red-brown crown, also WOODCHAT. |
| WORDISHNESS | • wordishness n. (Uncountable) The state of being wordish. • WORDISHNESS n. verbosity. |