| BOWDLERISING | • bowdlerising v. Present participle of bowdlerise. • BOWDLERISE v. to expurgate a book or writing, by removing whatever might be considered indelicate, esp. to do so unnecessarily, also BOWDLERIZE. |
| BOWDLERIZING | • bowdlerizing v. Present participle of bowdlerize. • Bowdlerizing v. Present participle of Bowdlerize. • BOWDLERIZE v. to purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material, also BOWDLERISE. |
| 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. |
| CURLIEWURLIE | • CURLIEWURLIE n. (Scots) a twisted or curled pattern. |
| FISHWIFELIER | • FISHWIFELY adj. like a fishwife, vituperative. |
| GILLIFLOWERS | • gilliflowers n. Plural of gilliflower. • gilli-flowers n. Plural of gilli-flower. • GILLIFLOWER n. a carnation, also GELLIFLOWRE, GILLYFLOWER, GILLYVOR. |
| INTERFLOWING | • interflowing v. Present participle of interflow. • INTERFLOW v. to flow in. |
| PLAYWRITINGS | • playwritings n. Plural of playwriting. • PLAYWRITING n. the writing of plays. |
| POWERLIFTING | • powerlifting n. (Sports) A strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift… • powerlifting n. (Disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress. • POWERLIFTING n. the sport of weightlifting. |
| RENEWABILITY | • renewability n. The property of being renewable. • RENEWABILITY n. the state of being renewable. |
| TWITTERINGLY | • twitteringly adv. With a twittering sound. • TWITTERINGLY adv. TWITTERING. |
| WEIGHTLIFTER | • weightlifter n. (Weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts. • weightlifter n. A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance… • weight␣lifter n. Alternative spelling of weightlifter. |
| WHIGMALEERIE | • WHIGMALEERIE n. (Scots) a trinket or knickknack; a fantastic ornamentation; a whim, also WHIGMALEERY. |
| WHIMPERINGLY | • whimperingly adv. With a whimpering sound. • WHIMPERINGLY adv. WHIMPERING. |
| 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). |
| WHISPERINGLY | • whisperingly adv. In a whispering manner; quietly. • WHISPERING adv. speaking softly. |
| WINTERKILLED | • winterkilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of winterkill. • winter-killed adj. (US) Of crops, having been killed by winter weather. • WINTERKILL v. to kill by exposure to cold. |
| WINTERLINESS | • WINTERLINESS n. the state of being winterly. |
| WIREPULLINGS | • WIREPULLING n. the use of private or secret influence for one's own ends. |