| 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. |
| CANDLEPOWERS | • candlepowers n. Plural of candlepower. • candle␣powers n. Plural of candle power. • CANDLEPOWER n. an old unit of luminosity. |
| 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. |
| DRAWLINGNESS | • drawlingness n. A drawling quality of the voice. • DRAWLINGNESS n. the state of being drawling. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WALDGRAVINES | • WALDGRAVINE n. (German) the wife of a waldgrave. |
| WALDSTERBENS | • WALDSTERBEN n. (German) disease and death in forest trees and vegetation as a result of atmospheric pollution. |
| WILDERNESSES | • wildernesses n. Plural of wilderness. • wildernesses n. Plural of wildernesse. • WILDERNESS n. a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings. |
| WINDLESTRAES | • windlestraes n. Plural of windlestrae. • WINDLESTRAE n. (Scots) anything light or insubstantial; a feeble person, also WINDLESTRAW. |
| WINDLESTRAWS | • windlestraws n. Plural of windlestraw. • WINDLESTRAW n. anything light or insubstantial; feeble person, also WINDLESTRAE. |
| WORDLESSNESS | • wordlessness n. The state of being wordless, speechlessness. • WORDLESSNESS n. the state of being wordless. |