| HIGHBROWISM | • highbrowism n. Highbrow attitudes and policies generally. • HIGHBROWISM n. the state of being a highbrow. |
| HOMEWORKING | • homeworking n. Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office. • home␣working n. Alternative form of homeworking. • HOMEWORKING n. working from home. |
| MAKEWEIGHTS | • makeweights n. Plural of makeweight. • MAKEWEIGHT n. a small quantity added to make up a certain weight e.g. an extra slice of bread; hence, an insignificant person or thing. |
| MILLWRIGHTS | • millwrights n. Plural of millwright. • MILLWRIGHT n. a person whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting up their machinery. |
| MISTHROWING | • misthrowing v. Present participle of misthrow. • MISTHROW v. to throw errantly. |
| SHOWJUMPING | • showjumping n. (Sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of… • show␣jumping n. An equestrian event in which a rider’s horse is jumped over an array of obstacles. • SHOWJUMPING n. a competition in which a succession of riders on horseback have to jump a series of obstacles of different kinds. |
| SHOWROOMING | • showrooming v. Present participle of showroom. • showrooming n. Gerund of showroom; inspecting merchandise in a physical store, then purchasing the identical product… • SHOWROOMING n. the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor. |
| TOMAHAWKING | • tomahawking v. Present participle of tomahawk. • TOMAHAWK v. (Native American) to strike with a short axe. |
| WATCHMAKING | • watchmaking n. The making (and repairing) of watches. • WATCHMAKING n. the profession of making watches. |
| WHIGGAMORES | • Whiggamores n. Plural of Whiggamore. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |
| WHIGMALEERY | • WHIGMALEERY n. (Scots) a trinket or knickknack; a fantastic ornamentation; a whim, also WHIGMALEERIE. |
| WHIMPERINGS | • whimperings n. Plural of whimpering. • WHIMPERING n. the act of whimpering. |
| WHOREMONGER | • whoremonger n. (Britain, vulgar) A frequent customer of whores. • whoremonger n. (Britain, vulgar) A procurer of whores; a pimp. • WHOREMONGER n. a man consorting with whores or given to lechery. |