| CHAINWHEELS | • chainwheels n. Plural of chainwheel. • CHAINWHEEL n. a toothed wheel, as on a bicycle, which meshes with a chain. |
| DISHWASHING | • dishwashing n. The act of cleaning the dishware. |
| HAWKISHNESS | • hawkishness n. The characteristic of being hawkish. • HAWKISHNESS n. the state of being hawkish. |
| HAWTHORNIER | • HAWTHORNY adj. like hawthorn. |
| ROUGHHEWING | • roughhewing v. Present participle of roughhew. • rough-hewing v. Present participle of rough-hew. • ROUGHHEW v. to shape roughly. |
| SHOWMANSHIP | • showmanship n. The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence. • SHOWMANSHIP n. skilful display, or a talent for it. |
| THEREWITHIN | • therewithin adv. (Archaic) Within that. • THEREWITHIN interj. within that. |
| WHEYISHNESS | • wheyishness n. The quality of being wheyish. • WHEYISHNESS n. the state of being wheyish. |
| WHIPLASHING | • whiplashing v. Present participle of whiplash. • WHIPLASH v. to move like a whip. |
| WHITETHORNS | • whitethorns n. Plural of whitethorn. • WHITETHORN n. the hawthorn. |
| WHITISHNESS | • whitishness n. The quality of being whitish, somewhat white. • WHITISHNESS n. the state of being whitish. |
| WHORISHNESS | • whorishness n. The state or condition of being whorish. • WHORISHNESS n. the behaviour of a whore. |
| WISHTONWISH | • wishtonwish n. (US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog. • WISHTONWISH n. (Native American) the whippoorwill. |
| WITHERSHINS | • withershins adv. Alternative form of widdershins (“anticlockwise”). • WITHERSHINS adv. in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction; counterclockwise, also WIDDERSHINS, WIDERSHINS. |
| 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. |