| CHAINWHEEL | • chainwheel n. Synonym of chainring (“bicycle part”). • CHAINWHEEL n. a toothed wheel, as on a bicycle, which meshes with a chain. |
| ENWHEELING | • enwheeling v. Present participle of enwheel. • ENWHEEL v. (Shakespeare) to encircle. |
| HANDWHEELS | • handwheels n. Plural of handwheel. • HANDWHEEL n. any wheel worked by hand; esp. one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted. |
| LENGTHWISE | • lengthwise adj. In the long direction of an oblong object. • lengthwise adv. In the long direction of an oblong object. • LENGTHWISE adv. in the direction of the length, also LENGTHWAYS. |
| LEPRECHAWN | • LEPRECHAWN n. (Irish) a small supernatural creature in Irish folklore, also LEPRECHAUN. |
| MEANWHILES | • meanwhiles n. Plural of meanwhile. • MEANWHILE n. a period of time while something else is going on. |
| NOSEWHEELS | • nosewheels n. Plural of nosewheel. • NOSEWHEEL n. the single wheel at the front of an aircraft. |
| PINWHEELED | • pinwheeled v. Simple past tense and past participle of pinwheel. • PINWHEEL v. to rotate like a child's toy windmill. |
| PRINTWHEEL | • printwheel n. In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against… • PRINTWHEEL n. another name for daisywheel, a kind of printer. |
| UNCHEWABLE | • unchewable adj. That cannot be chewed. • unchewable n. Something that cannot be chewed. • UNCHEWABLE adj. not chewable. |
| UNDERWHELM | • underwhelm v. To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly. • UNDERWHELM v. to fail to impress. |
| WAVELENGTH | • wavelength n. (Physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough… • wavelength n. (Figurative) A person’s attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person’s. • WAVELENGTH n. the distance in the line of advance of a wave from any one point to the next point of corresponding phase. |
| WHALEBONES | • whalebones n. Plural of whalebone. • WHALEBONE n. a light flexible substance consisting of the baleen plates of whales. |
| WHEEDLINGS | • wheedlings n. Plural of wheedling. • WHEEDLING n. the act of wheedling. |
| WHEELSPINS | • wheelspins n. Plural of wheelspin. • WHEELSPIN n. the rotation of a wheel when it is not achieving any grip or traction on a surface. |
| WHEEZINGLY | • wheezingly adv. With a wheezing sound. • WHEEZING adv. breathing with a hissing sound. |
| WHEREUNTIL | • whereuntil adv. (Archaic) Until what; until which. • WHEREUNTIL adv. to what. |