| CLOWNISH | • clownish adj. Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous. • clownish adj. (Now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic. • clownish adj. (Now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse. |
| DOWNHILL | • downhill adv. Down a slope. • downhill adv. (By extension) Deteriorating, getting worse. • downhill adj. Located down a slope or hill. |
| GLUHWEIN | • gluhwein n. A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices. • GLUHWEIN n. (German) a hot sweetened spiced red wine. |
| HOWLINGS | • howlings n. Plural of howling. • HOWLING n. the act of howling. |
| NEWISHLY | • newishly adv. (Rare) In a way that is somewhat new. • NEWISH adv. somewhat new. |
| PINWHEEL | • pinwheel n. An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind… • pinwheel n. A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel. • pinwheel n. A cogged (toothed) gear. |
| SHAWLING | • shawling v. Present participle of shawl. • shawling n. An act of wrapping in a shawl. • SHAWLING n. the wearing of a shawl. |
| WANTHILL | • WANTHILL n. (dialect) a mole. |
| WELCHING | • welching v. Present participle of welch. • WELCH v. to fail to pay a debt, also WELSH. |
| WELSHING | • welshing v. Present participle of welsh. • WELSH v. to fail to pay a debt, also WELCH. |
| WHALINGS | • whalings n. Plural of whaling. • WHALING n. the business of catching whales. |
| WHEELING | • wheeling v. Present participle of wheel. • wheeling n. The motion of something that wheels. • wheeling n. The act of moving or conveying on wheels. |
| WHELMING | • whelming v. Present participle of whelm. • whelming n. Something that covers or submerges. • WHELM v. (archaic) to cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect. |
| WHELPING | • whelping v. Present participle of whelp. • WHELP v. to give birth. |
| WHIRLING | • whirling v. Present participle of whirl. • whirling n. The action of the verb to whirl. • whirling adj. That whirls or whirl. |
| WHITLING | • whitling n. (UK, dialect) A young full trout during its second season. • WHITLING n. a young bull trout. |
| WHOLPHIN | • wholphin n. The fertile hybrid produced by cross-breeding a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (mother), and… • WHOLPHIN n. a hybrid of a whale and a dolphin. |
| WHORLING | • whorling v. Present participle of whorl. • WHORL v. to move in a twisted or convoluted fashion. |