| PAPERWHITE | • paperwhite n. A bulbous perennial, Narcissus papyraceus, native to the Mediterranean region, with fragrant bunches of white flowers. • paperwhite n. A perennial ornamental plant, Narcissus tazetta. |
| PITCHWOMAN | • pitchwoman n. A female pitchman; a saleswoman. • PITCHWOMAN n. a (female) street or market trader. |
| PITCHWOMEN | • pitchwomen n. Plural of pitchwoman. • PITCHWOMAN n. a (female) street or market trader. |
| PLAYWRIGHT | • playwright n. A writer and creator of theatrical plays. • PLAYWRIGHT n. a person who writes plays. |
| PLOWWRIGHT | • plowwright n. A person who builds and repairs plows. • PLOWWRIGHT n. one who makes ploughs, also PLOUGHWRIGHT. |
| PRINTWHEEL | • printwheel n. In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against… • PRINTWHEEL n. another name for daisywheel, a kind of printer. |
| SHIPWRIGHT | • shipwright n. A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones. • SHIPWRIGHT n. a carpenter skilled in ship construction and repair. |
| THWARTSHIP | • THWARTSHIP adv. across the ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIPS. |
| UPTHROWING | • upthrowing v. Present participle of upthrow. • UPTHROW v. to throw upward. |
| WHIPPETING | • WHIPPETING n. the sport of racing whippets. |
| WHIPSTAFFS | • whipstaffs n. Plural of whipstaff. • WHIPSTAFF n. a vertical lever controlling ship's rudder. |
| WHIPSTALLS | • whipstalls n. Plural of whipstall. • WHIPSTALL v. of an airplane, to stall causing the nose to whip forward and down. |
| WHIPSTITCH | • whipstitch n. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge. • whipstitch n. (Derogatory, archaic) A tailor. • whipstitch n. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition. |
| WHIPSTOCKS | • whipstocks n. Plural of whipstock. • WHIPSTOCK n. the rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened. |
| WHIPTAILED | • WHIPTAILED adj. having a long slender tail. |
| WHITEDAMPS | • WHITEDAMP n. a mixture of poisonous gases, esp. carbon monoxide, in a mine. |
| WIREPHOTOS | • wirephotos n. Plural of wirephoto. • WIREPHOTO n. a photograph sent over a wire circuit by electrical means. |
| WRITERSHIP | • writership n. (Now historical) The position or office of a writer in the East India Company. • writership n. The job of a writer or clerk; clerkship. • WRITERSHIP n. the office of a writer. |