| AIRWORTHIEST | • airworthiest adj. Superlative form of airworthy: most airworthy. • AIRWORTHY adj. suitable for flying. |
| CONTRARIWISE | • contrariwise adv. (Literary) in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction. • contrariwise adv. (Literary) on the other hand. • CONTRARIWISE adj. on the contrary. |
| HOUSEWIFIEST | • HOUSEWIFEY adj. like a housewife, also HOUSEWIFELY. |
| INTERFLOWING | • interflowing v. Present participle of interflow. • INTERFLOW v. to flow in. |
| INTERGROWING | • intergrowing v. Present participle of intergrow. • INTERGROW v. to grow into or among each other. |
| INTERWORKING | • interworking n. Interoperability. • INTERWORKING n. the act of working together. |
| MICROWRITERS | • microwriters n. Plural of microwriter. • MICROWRITER n. a handheld five- or six-key device by means of which text can be generated on a printer or VDU. |
| MISBESTOWING | • misbestowing v. Present participle of misbestow. • MISBESTOW v. to bestow improperly. |
| POWERLIFTING | • powerlifting n. (Sports) A strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift… • powerlifting n. (Disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress. • POWERLIFTING n. the sport of weightlifting. |
| SHOWBIZZIEST | • SHOWBIZZY adj. of or like showbiz, show business. |
| VOWELISATION | • vowelisation n. Alternative spelling of vowelization. • VOWELISATION n. the process of vowelising, also VOWELIZATION. |
| VOWELIZATION | • vowelization n. (Linguistics) In Arabic and Hebrew - supplying the vowels (diacritics), normally not written to show… • VOWELIZATION n. the process of vowelizing, also VOWELISATION. |
| WELLINGTONIA | • wellingtonia n. (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California. • wellingtonia n. Wellingtonia arnottiana, now Meliosma arnottiana. • WELLINGTONIA n. a tree of the genus Sequoia. |
| WHIPCORDIEST | • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |
| WHITEBOYISMS | • WHITEBOYISM n. the principles of the Whiteboys, an association of Irish peasants. |
| WHODUNITRIES | • WHODUNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNNITRY. |
| ZWITTERIONIC | • zwitterionic adj. Of or pertaining to a zwitterion. • ZWITTERIONIC adj. of or like a zwitterion, an ion carrying both a positive and negative charge. |