| 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. |
| COWARDLINESS | • cowardliness n. The characteristic of being cowardly. • cowardliness n. A cowardly action. • COWARDLINESS n. the state of being cowardly. |
| 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. |
| DOWNSTAIRSES | • DOWNSTAIRS n. a lower storey, also DOWNSTAIR. |
| DOWNTRENDING | • downtrending v. Present participle of downtrend. • DOWNTREND v. to tend in a downward direction. |
| DROWSINESSES | • drowsinesses n. Plural of drowsiness. • DROWSINESS n. the state of being drowsy. |
| FORWANDERING | • forwandering v. Present participle of forwander. • FORWANDER v. (archaic) to wander away; to go astray. |
| GUNPOWDERIER | • GUNPOWDERY adj. like gunpowder. |
| 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. |
| OVERWINTERED | • overwintered v. Simple past tense and past participle of overwinter. • OVERWINTER v. to last through or pass the winter. |
| PROVINCEWIDE | • provincewide adj. Throughout a province. • PROVINCEWIDE adj. extending throughout a province. |
| TOWARDLINESS | • towardliness n. The state or quality of being towardly. • TOWARDLINESS n. the state of being towardly. |
| UNDERWORKING | • underworking v. Present participle of underwork. • underworking n. Lower or underlying workings. • UNDERWORK v. to work insufficiently hard. |
| UNWORLDLIEST | • unworldliest adj. Superlative form of unworldly: most unworldly. • UNWORLDLY adj. not belonging to this world. |
| UNWORSHIPPED | • unworshipped adj. Not worshipped. • UNWORSHIPPED adj. not worshipped. |
| 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. |
| 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. |