| FORESHOWING | • foreshowing v. Present participle of foreshow. • foreshowing n. The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication. • FORESHOW v. to predict, also FORESHEW. |
| GOOGLEWHACK | • googlewhack n. A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words. • GOOGLEWHACK n. an Internet search that produces one hit only. |
| GOPHERWOODS | • GOPHERWOOD n. another name for yellowwood. |
| GROATSWORTH | • groatsworth n. (Historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel. • GROATSWORTH n. (obsolete) the value of a groat. |
| 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. |
| HOODWINKING | • hoodwinking v. Present participle of hoodwink. • hoodwinking n. An act of deception. • hood-winking v. Present participle of hood-wink. |
| HORNSWOGGLE | • hornswoggle v. (Transitive, slang) To deceive or trick. • hornswoggle n. (Slang) nonsense; humbug. • HORNSWOGGLE v. (slang) to cheat or trick; bamboozle. |
| OUTTHROWING | • outthrowing v. Present participle of outthrow. • OUTTHROW v. to throw farther than. |
| OUTWORTHING | • outworthing v. Present participle of outworth. • OUTWORTH v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in worth. |
| OVERGROWTHS | • overgrowths n. Plural of overgrowth. • OVERGROWTH n. excessive growth. |
| OVERWROUGHT | • overwrought adj. Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy. • overwrought adj. Elaborate; overdone. • OVERWORK v. to cause to work too hard. |
| SHOWBOATING | • showboating v. Present participle of showboat. • SHOWBOAT v. to show off. |
| SHOWGROUNDS | • showgrounds n. Plural of showground. • SHOWGROUND n. a plot of land on which an outdoor show is held. |
| 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. |
| SNOWPLOUGHS | • snowploughs n. Plural of snowplough. • snow␣ploughs n. Plural of snow plough. • SNOWPLOUGH n. an implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc. |
| SNOWSHOEING | • snowshoeing v. Present participle of snowshoe. • snowshoeing n. The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes. • SNOWSHOEING n. travel by snowshoe. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WOOLGATHERS | • woolgathers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of woolgather. |