| AIRWORTHIEST | • airworthiest adj. Superlative form of airworthy: most airworthy. • AIRWORTHY adj. suitable for flying. |
| CHILDCROWING | • child-crowing n. (Medicine, archaic) A nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. • CHILDCROWING n. a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. |
| DISHALLOWING | • dishallowing v. Present participle of dishallow. • DISHALLOW v. to make unholy; to profane. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| DOWNSHIFTING | • downshifting v. Present participle of downshift. • downshifting n. A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance. • DOWNSHIFTING n. the act of selecting a lower gear. |
| FOREWEIGHING | • foreweighing v. Present participle of foreweigh. • FOREWEIGH v. (archaic) to estimate beforehand. |
| GHOSTWRITING | • ghostwriting v. Present participle of ghostwrite. • ghostwriting n. Writing for pay without the expectation of receiving credit by name. • ghost-writing v. Present participle of ghost-write. |
| HIGHBROWISMS | • highbrowisms n. Plural of highbrowism. • HIGHBROWISM n. the state of being a highbrow. |
| HOUSEWIFIEST | • HOUSEWIFEY adj. like a housewife, also HOUSEWIFELY. |
| OVERWEIGHING | • overweighing v. Present participle of overweigh. • OVERWEIGH v. to exceed in weight; to overbalance. |
| SHITTIMWOODS | • SHITTIMWOOD n. the wood of the shittah tree, believed to be a species of acacia, also SHITTIM. |
| SHOWBIZZIEST | • SHOWBIZZY adj. of or like showbiz, show business. |
| WASHINGTONIA | • washingtonia n. (Botany) Any fan palm of the genus Washingtonia. • WASHINGTONIA n. another name for the sequoia. |
| WHIPCORDIEST | • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |
| WHIPPOORWILL | • whippoorwill n. A nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus)… • whippoorwill n. The distinct call of the above bird. • whip-poor-will n. Alternative form of whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus). |
| WHITEBOYISMS | • WHITEBOYISM n. the principles of the Whiteboys, an association of Irish peasants. |
| WHODUNITRIES | • WHODUNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNNITRY. |
| WITHHOLDINGS | • withholdings n. Plural of withholding. |