| ATHWARTSHIPS | • athwartships adv. (Nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel. • ATHWARTSHIPS adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIP, THWARTSHIP. |
| PAPERWEIGHTS | • paperweights n. Plural of paperweight. • PAPERWEIGHT n. a usually small heavy object used to hold down loose papers. |
| PARATANIWHAS | • PARATANIWHA n. (Maori) a New Zealand plant with pink and red serrated leaves. |
| PENNYWEIGHTS | • pennyweights n. Plural of pennyweight. • PENNYWEIGHT n. an old unit of weight, the twentieth part of an ounce. |
| PENNYWHISTLE | • pennywhistle n. (Music) A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range… • penny␣whistle n. A tin whistle. • PENNYWHISTLE n. a cheap toy whistle originally sold for a penny. |
| PRAISEWORTHY | • praiseworthy adj. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise. • praise-worthy adj. Archaic form of praiseworthy. • PRAISEWORTHY adj. worthy of praise. |
| SHOWSTOPPING | • showstopping adj. Characteristic of a showstopper; breathtaking. • showstopping adj. (Software engineering, of bugs) Critical; major. • show-stopping adj. Alternative form of showstopping. |
| SPEECHWRITER | • speechwriter n. Someone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession. • SPEECHWRITER n. a person who writes speeches (as for a politician). |
| STEWARDSHIPS | • stewardships n. Plural of stewardship. • STEWARDSHIP n. the office, duties, and obligations of a steward. |
| WATCHSPRINGS | • watchsprings n. Plural of watchspring. • WATCHSPRING n. the spring of a watch. |
| WATERMANSHIP | • watermanship n. Skill in propelling oneself through the water, whether by swimming or boating. • WATERMANSHIP n. the business, skill, or art of a waterman. |
| WHIPCORDIEST | • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |
| WHIPPLETREES | • whippletrees n. Plural of whippletree. • whipple-trees n. Plural of whipple-tree. • whipple␣trees n. Plural of whipple tree. |
| WHIPSTALLING | • whipstalling v. Present participle of whipstall. • WHIPSTALL v. of an airplane, to stall causing the nose to whip forward and down. |
| WHIPSTITCHED | • whipstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch. • whip␣stitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH v. to sew with a whipstitch. |
| WHIPSTITCHES | • whipstitches n. Plural of whipstitch. • whip␣stitches n. Plural of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH n. a small overcasting stitch. |