| 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. |
| DISBOWELLING | • disbowelling v. Present participle of disbowel. • DISBOWEL v. to remove the intestines of. |
| FISHWIFELIER | • FISHWIFELY adj. like a fishwife, vituperative. |
| GILLIFLOWERS | • gilliflowers n. Plural of gilliflower. • gilli-flowers n. Plural of gilli-flower. • GILLIFLOWER n. a carnation, also GELLIFLOWRE, GILLYFLOWER, GILLYVOR. |
| LIGHTWEIGHTS | • lightweights n. Plural of lightweight. • light-weights n. Plural of light-weight. • LIGHTWEIGHT n. a person of little account. |
| PINNYWINKLES | • pinnywinkles n. Alternative form of pilliwinks. • PINNYWINKLE n. an instrument of torture designed to crush fingers, also PILLIWINKS, PILNIEWINKS, PINNIEWINKLE. |
| SEMIWEEKLIES | • semiweeklies n. Plural of semiweekly. • semi-weeklies n. Plural of semi-weekly. • SEMIWEEKLY n. a periodical issued twice a week. |
| SEWABILITIES | • SEWABILITY n. the ability to be sewed. |
| TELEVIEWINGS | • TELEVIEWING n. the act of observing by means of television. |
| TIDDLEYWINKS | • tiddleywinks n. Plural of tiddleywink. • Tiddley␣Winks prop.n. Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks. • TIDDLEDYWINK n. a game in which one attempts to flip a small disc into a cup by pressing its edge with a bigger one, also TIDDLEYWINK, TIDDLYWINK. |
| TIGGYWINKLES | • TIGGYWINKLE n. (dialect) a hedgehog. |
| UNWIELDINESS | • unwieldiness n. The characteristic of being unwieldy. • UNWIELDINESS n. the state of being unwieldy. |
| VOWELISATION | • vowelisation n. Alternative spelling of vowelization. • VOWELISATION n. the process of vowelising, also VOWELIZATION. |
| WELWITSCHIAS | • welwitschias n. Plural of welwitschia. • WELWITSCHIA n. a plant of a SW African genus of one species, with one pair of leaves that grow indefinitely. |
| WHISPERINGLY | • whisperingly adv. In a whispering manner; quietly. • WHISPERING adv. speaking softly. |
| WHITELISTING | • whitelisting v. Present participle of whitelist. • WHITELIST v. to place a name, email address, Web site address, or program on a list of items that are deemed spam- or virus-free. |
| WIELDINESSES | • WIELDINESS n. manageability. |
| WIFELINESSES | • WIFELINESS n. the state of being wifely. |
| WINTERLINESS | • WINTERLINESS n. the state of being winterly. |
| WIREPULLINGS | • WIREPULLING n. the use of private or secret influence for one's own ends. |