| 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. |
| CHILDCROWING | • child-crowing n. (Medicine, archaic) A nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. • CHILDCROWING n. a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. |
| CROWDFUNDING | • crowdfunding n. (Finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet. • CROWDFUNDING n. the practice of soliciting financial contributions from a large number of people especially from the online community. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SNOWBOARDING | • snowboarding n. The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard. • snowboarding v. Present participle of snowboard. • SNOWBOARDING n. the sport of using a snowboard. |
| UNDERWORKING | • underworking v. Present participle of underwork. • underworking n. Lower or underlying workings. • UNDERWORK v. to work insufficiently hard. |
| 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. |
| WINDPROOFING | • windproofing v. Present participle of windproof. • WINDPROOF v. to make a fabric etc. proof against the wind. |
| WOODCARVINGS | • woodcarvings n. Plural of woodcarving. • wood␣carvings n. Plural of wood carving. • WOODCARVING n. the art of carving in wood. |
| WOODWORKINGS | • woodworkings n. Plural of woodworking. • WOODWORKING n. the process of working wood into a useful or desired form. |