| HIGHBROWISM | • highbrowism n. Highbrow attitudes and policies generally. • HIGHBROWISM n. the state of being a highbrow. |
| MICROSWITCH | • microswitch n. An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator. • MICROSWITCH n. a very small switch that is sensitive to minute motions and is used esp. in automatic devices. |
| MICROWAVING | • microwaving v. Present participle of microwave. • MICROWAVE v. to cook by microwave. |
| MICROWRITER | • microwriter n. A hand-held wordprocessor with a chording keyboard. • MICROWRITER n. a handheld five- or six-key device by means of which text can be generated on a printer or VDU. |
| MIDWIFERIES | • midwiferies n. Plural of midwifery. • MIDWIFERY n. the occupation of a midwife. |
| MILLWRIGHTS | • millwrights n. Plural of millwright. • MILLWRIGHT n. a person whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting up their machinery. |
| MISAWARDING | • misawarding v. Present participle of misaward. • MISAWARD v. to award wrongly. |
| MISDRAWINGS | • misdrawings n. Plural of misdrawing. • MISDRAWING n. the act of misdrawing. |
| MISTHROWING | • misthrowing v. Present participle of misthrow. • MISTHROW v. to throw errantly. |
| MISWORDINGS | • miswordings n. Plural of miswording. • MISWORDING n. a wrong wording. |
| MISWORSHIPS | • misworships v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misworship. • MISWORSHIP v. to worship in a false way. |
| WHIMBERRIES | • whimberries n. Plural of whimberry. • WHIMBERRY n. the bilberry or whortleberry, so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze, also WHINBERRY. |
| WHIMPERINGS | • whimperings n. Plural of whimpering. • WHIMPERING n. the act of whimpering. |
| WINTERTIMES | • wintertimes n. Plural of wintertime. • winter␣times n. Plural of winter time. • WINTERTIME n. the time during which it is winter. |
| WISENHEIMER | • wisenheimer n. (Chiefly US, informal, mildly humorous) A self-assertive and arrogant person; a know-it-all or smart aleck. • WISENHEIMER n. a smart aleck, also WEISENHEIMER. |