| CATCHWEIGHT | • catchweight adv. (Horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped. • catchweight adj. (Sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap. • catchweight adj. Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping. |
| DISHWASHING | • dishwashing n. The act of cleaning the dishware. |
| HANDWROUGHT | • handwrought adj. Made by hand, handmade. • HANDWROUGHT adj. fashioned by hand or chiefly by hand processes. |
| HEAVYWEIGHT | • heavyweight n. A very large, heavy, or impressive person. • heavyweight n. (Uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds;… • heavyweight n. (Uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports. |
| HIGHBROWISM | • highbrowism n. Highbrow attitudes and policies generally. • HIGHBROWISM n. the state of being a highbrow. |
| HIGHWROUGHT | • highwrought adj. (Archaic) Highly excited; overwrought; worked up. • high-wrought adj. Made or constructed with exquisite skill. • high-wrought adj. In a state of agitation. |
| LAUGHWORTHY | • laughworthy adj. (Rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable. • LAUGHWORTHY adj. worthy of being laughed at. |
| LIGHTWEIGHT | • lightweight n. (Combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that… • lightweight n. (Rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class. • lightweight n. (Weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight… |
| ROUGHHEWING | • roughhewing v. Present participle of roughhew. • rough-hewing v. Present participle of rough-hew. • ROUGHHEW v. to shape roughly. |
| SHADOWGRAPH | • shadowgraph n. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. • shadowgraph n. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index. • shadowgraph v. (Transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. |
| SHIPWRIGHTS | • shipwrights n. Plural of shipwright. • SHIPWRIGHT n. a carpenter skilled in ship construction and repair. |
| SIGHTWORTHY | • sightworthy adj. Worth seeing, or visiting in order to see. • SIGHTWORTHY adj. worth looking at. |
| THOROUGHWAX | • thoroughwax n. An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves. • thoroughwax n. The thoroughwort. • THOROUGHWAX n. the plant hare's-ear, from the stem seeming to 'wax' (i.e. grow) through the leaves. |
| THOUGHTWAYS | • thoughtways n. Plural of thoughtway. • THOUGHTWAY n. a way of thinking that is characteristic of a particular group or culture. |
| THROUGHWAYS | • throughways n. Plural of throughway. • THROUGHWAY n. (US) a motorway, also THRUWAY. |
| WHEELWRIGHT | • wheelwright n. A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones. • Wheelwright prop.n. A comparatively rare English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made wooden wheels. • Wheelwright prop.n. A home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. |
| WHIPLASHING | • whiplashing v. Present participle of whiplash. • WHIPLASH v. to move like a whip. |
| WITHHOLDING | • withholding v. Present participle of withhold. • withholding n. The deduction of taxes from an employee’s salary. • withholding n. The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government. |