| DOWNPLAYING | • downplaying v. Present participle of downplay. • downplaying n. The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| OWERLOUPING | • OWERLOUP v. (Scots) to leap over, also OVERLEAP. |
| PINWHEELING | • pinwheeling v. Present participle of pinwheel. • PINWHEEL v. to rotate like a child's toy windmill. |
| PLAYWRIGHTS | • playwrights n. Plural of playwright. • PLAYWRIGHT n. a person who writes plays. |
| PLAYWRITING | • playwriting n. (Authorship) The writing of plays. • PLAYWRITING n. the writing of plays. |
| PLOWWRIGHTS | • plowwrights n. Plural of plowwright. • PLOWWRIGHT n. one who makes ploughs, also PLOUGHWRIGHT. |
| POWELLISING | • powellising v. Present participle of powellise. • POWELLISE v. to season and preserve timbers by soaking them in a saccharine solution, also POWELLIZE. |
| POWELLIZING | • powellizing v. Present participle of powellize. • POWELLIZE v. to season and preserve timbers by soaking them in a saccharine solution, also POWELLISE. |
| ROPEWALKING | • ropewalking n. Tightrope walking. |
| SNOWPLOWING | • snowplowing v. Present participle of snowplow. • snow␣plowing v. Present participle of snow plow. • SNOWPLOW v. to execute a type of skiing maneuver. |
| UPFOLLOWING | • UPFOLLOW v. (Keats) to follow. |
| WELLSPRINGS | • wellsprings n. Plural of wellspring. • WELLSPRING n. a fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. |
| WHIPLASHING | • whiplashing v. Present participle of whiplash. • WHIPLASH v. to move like a whip. |
| WIREPULLING | • wirepulling v. Present participle of wirepull. • WIREPULLING n. the use of private or secret influence for one's own ends. |