| 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. |
| BOWDLERIZING | • bowdlerizing v. Present participle of bowdlerize. • Bowdlerizing v. Present participle of Bowdlerize. • BOWDLERIZE v. to purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material, also BOWDLERISE. |
| BREADWINNING | • breadwinning n. The earning of a household’s primary income. • BREADWINNING n. the act of earning a living. |
| DOWNLIGHTERS | • downlighters n. Plural of downlighter. • DOWNLIGHTER n. a downward directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling. |
| DOWNTRENDING | • downtrending v. Present participle of downtrend. • DOWNTREND v. to tend in a downward direction. |
| DRAWLINGNESS | • drawlingness n. A drawling quality of the voice. • DRAWLINGNESS n. the state of being drawling. |
| FORWANDERING | • forwandering v. Present participle of forwander. • FORWANDER v. (archaic) to wander away; to go astray. |
| GUNPOWDERIER | • GUNPOWDERY adj. like gunpowder. |
| HANDWRINGERS | • handwringers n. Plural of handwringer. • HANDWRINGER n. one who wrings his hands. |
| INTERWINDING | • interwinding v. Present participle of interwind. • INTERWIND v. to wind in among. |
| OVERCROWDING | • overcrowding v. Present participle of overcrowd. • overcrowding n. The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate. • OVERCROWDING n. the act of crowding to excess. |
| UNDERDRAWING | • underdrawing n. (Art) A sketch done on the ground of a painting before paint is applied. • UNDERDRAWING n. the act of underdrawing. |
| UNDERWEIGHTS | • underweights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underweight. • UNDERWEIGHT n. weight below normal, average, or requisite weight. |
| UNDERWIRINGS | • UNDERWIRING n. support with wire underneath. |
| UNDERWORKING | • underworking v. Present participle of underwork. • underworking n. Lower or underlying workings. • UNDERWORK v. to work insufficiently hard. |
| UNDERWRITING | • underwriting v. Present participle of underwrite. • underwriting n. The act of something being underwritten financially. • UNDERWRITING n. the act of underwriting. |
| WAKEBOARDING | • wakeboarding n. (Sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable. • WAKEBOARDING n. a sport similar to waterskiing in which the participant is towed behind a motorboat while riding on a board like a short surfboard. |
| WALDGRAVINES | • WALDGRAVINE n. (German) the wife of a waldgrave. |
| WIREDRAWINGS | • wiredrawings n. Plural of wiredrawing. • WIREDRAWING n. drawing wire by pulling through successively smaller holes in a hard steel die-block. |