| ANSWERPHONE | • answerphone n. (Britain, New Zealand) A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages… • answer␣phone n. Alternative form of answerphone. • ANSWERPHONE n. a device that automatically answers incoming telephone calls, also ANSAPHONE. |
| BEPOWDERING | • bepowdering v. Present participle of bepowder. • BEPOWDER v. to powder over. |
| CANDLEPOWER | • candlepower n. (Dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas. • candle␣power n. Alternative spelling of candlepower. • CANDLEPOWER n. an old unit of luminosity. |
| CROWNPIECES | • crownpieces n. Plural of crownpiece. • CROWNPIECE n. the strap of a bridle that goes over a horse's head behind the ears. |
| EMPOWERMENT | • empowerment n. The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group. • empowerment n. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power. • empowerment n. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically). |
| NEWSPERSONS | • newspersons n. Plural of newsperson. • NEWSPERSON n. a reporter. |
| OUTSWEEPING | • outsweeping v. Present participle of outsweep. • OUTSWEEP v. to surpass in sweeping. |
| PERSONPOWER | • personpower n. Manpower; workforce. • person-power n. Alternative spelling of personpower. • PERSONPOWER n. manpower, applying to either sex. |
| POLICEWOMEN | • policewomen n. Plural of policewoman. • POLICEWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a police force. |
| SPLEENWORTS | • spleenworts n. Plural of spleenwort. • SPLEENWORT n. any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen. |
| SPOKESWOMEN | • spokeswomen n. Plural of spokeswoman. • SPOKESWOMAN n. a woman who speaks as the representative of another or others often in a professional capacity. |
| SPONGEWARES | • spongewares n. Plural of spongeware. • SPONGEWARE n. pottery on which patterns etc. are applied using a sponge. |
| STEEPEDOWNE | • STEEPEDOWNE adj. (Shakespeare) precipitous, also STEEPDOWNE, STEEPEUP, STEEPUP. |
| SUPERWEAPON | • superweapon n. An extremely powerful weapon. • SUPERWEAPON n. an exceptionally effective weapon. |
| TOWNSPEOPLE | • townspeople n. Plural of townsperson. • TOWNSPEOPLE n. the inhabitants of a town or city. |
| WEAPONEERED | • weaponeered v. Simple past tense and past participle of weaponeer. • WEAPONEER v. to design weapons, especially nuclear weapons. |