| BESWARMING | • beswarming v. Present participle of beswarm. • BESWARM v. to swarm all over. |
| EMBOWELING | • emboweling v. Present participle of embowel. • emboweling n. An act of disembowelment. • EMBOWEL v. to remove the entrails of, also DISEMBOWEL. |
| EMBOWERING | • embowering v. Present participle of embower. • EMBOWER v. to place in a bower; to shelter with trees, also IMBOWER. |
| EMBROWNING | • embrowning v. Present participle of embrown. • EMBROWN v. to make brown, also IMBROWN. |
| EMPOWERING | • empowering v. Present participle of empower. • empowering adj. That empowers; serving to empower. • EMPOWER v. to authorize, also IMPOWER. |
| GILDSWOMEN | • GILDSWOMAN n. a female member of a guild, also GUILDSWOMAN. |
| HIGHWAYMEN | • highwaymen n. Plural of highwayman. • HIGHWAYMAN n. a thief who robs travellers on a road. |
| IMBOWERING | • imbowering v. Present participle of imbower. • IMBOWER v. to give shelter, also EMBOWER. |
| IMPOWERING | • impowering v. Present participle of impower. • IMPOWER v. to authorize, also EMPOWER. |
| MAKEWEIGHT | • makeweight n. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. • makeweight n. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument. • MAKEWEIGHT n. a small quantity added to make up a certain weight e.g. an extra slice of bread; hence, an insignificant person or thing. |
| MISWEENING | • misweening v. Present participle of misween. • MISWEEN v. (Spenser) to judge wrongly. |
| MISWENDING | • miswending v. Present participle of miswend. • MISWEND v. (Spenser) to go wrong; to go astray. |
| NEWSMAKING | • newsmaking adj. Making news; important or newsworthy. • newsmaking n. The act or process of making news, of doing or saying something that is newsworthy. |
| OWRECOMING | • OWRECOME v. (Scots) to overcome. |
| PREWARMING | • prewarming v. Present participle of prewarm. • PREWARM v. to warm beforehand. |
| WAYMENTING | • waymenting v. Present participle of wayment. • waymenting n. (Obsolete) Lamentation. • WAYMENT v. (Spenser) to lament, grieve. |
| WHIGGAMORE | • Whiggamore n. (Derogatory, archaic) A Whig. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |
| WHIMPERING | • whimpering v. Present participle of whimper. • whimpering n. The sound of one who whimpers; a whimper; a feeble complaint. • WHIMPERING adj. crying with plaintive, broken sounds. |
| WINEMAKING | • winemaking n. The process of making wine. • WINEMAKING n. the production of wine. |
| WORKINGMEN | • workingmen n. Plural of workingman. • WORKINGMAN n. a labouring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labour. |