| ACKNOWLEDGER | • acknowledger n. One who acknowledges. • ACKNOWLEDGER n. one who acknowledges. |
| 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. |
| CANDLEPOWERS | • candlepowers n. Plural of candlepower. • candle␣powers n. Plural of candle power. • CANDLEPOWER n. an old unit of luminosity. |
| COUNTERWORLD | • counterworld n. A world or realm that opposes or subverts the norms of another world or realm. • COUNTERWORLD n. a world imagined in contrast to our own. |
| 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. |
| GROUNDSWELLS | • groundswells n. Plural of groundswell. • ground␣swells n. Plural of ground swell. • GROUNDSWELL n. a broad, deep undulation of the ocean caused by a distant gale or earthquake. |
| HORNSWOGGLED | • hornswoggled v. Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle. • HORNSWOGGLE v. (slang) to cheat or trick; bamboozle. |
| LAUNDRYWOMEN | • laundrywomen n. Plural of laundrywoman. • LAUNDRYWOMAN n. a woman who washes clothes for a living. |
| NEEDLEWORKER | • needleworker n. One who carries out needlework. • NEEDLEWORKER n. one who practises needlework. |
| NETHERWORLDS | • netherworlds n. Plural of netherworld. • nether␣worlds n. Plural of nether world (alternative spelling of netherworlds). • NETHERWORLD n. the world of the dead; Hades; the lower depths of society. |
| NONLANDOWNER | • nonlandowner n. One who is not a landowner. • NONLANDOWNER n. one who is not a landowner. |
| STRANDWOLVES | • strandwolves n. Plural of strandwolf. • STRANDWOLF n. the brown hyena that scavenges the shores in Africa. |
| 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. |
| WORDLESSNESS | • wordlessness n. The state of being wordless, speechlessness. • WORDLESSNESS n. the state of being wordless. |