| 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. |
| COWARDLINESS | • cowardliness n. The characteristic of being cowardly. • cowardliness n. A cowardly action. • COWARDLINESS n. the state of being cowardly. |
| DISALLOWANCE | • disallowance n. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. • disallowance n. (Law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower… • DISALLOWANCE n. the act of disallowing. |
| DISBOWELLING | • disbowelling v. Present participle of disbowel. • DISBOWEL v. to remove the intestines of. |
| DISENDOWMENT | • disendowment n. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. • DISENDOWMENT n. the act of disendowing. |
| 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. |
| DROWSINESSES | • drowsinesses n. Plural of drowsiness. • DROWSINESS n. the state of being drowsy. |
| MISKNOWLEDGE | • misknowledge n. Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding. • MISKNOWLEDGE n. erroneous knowledge. |
| THISTLEDOWNS | • thistledowns n. Plural of thistledown. • THISTLEDOWN n. the typically plumose pappus from the ripe flower head of a thistle. |
| TOWARDLINESS | • towardliness n. The state or quality of being towardly. • TOWARDLINESS n. the state of being towardly. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WOODSHEDDING | • woodshedding v. Present participle of woodshed. • WOODSHEDDING n. spontaneous or improvised barbershop singing. |