| 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. |
| PANTYWAISTS | • pantywaists n. Plural of pantywaist. • PANTYWAIST n. an effeminate or cowardly man. |
| PRAISEWORTHIEST | • praiseworthiest adj. Superlative form of praiseworthy: most praiseworthy. • PRAISEWORTHY adj. worthy of praise. |
| SCRIPTWRITERS | • scriptwriters n. Plural of scriptwriter. • SCRIPTWRITER n. a person who writes scripts, as for screenplays. |
| SCRIPTWRITINGS | • SCRIPTWRITING n. the writing of scripts. |
| SPATTERWORKS | • SPATTERWORK n. reproduction of designs by covering the surface with the pattern and spattering colour on the parts exposed. |
| SPORTSWRITER | • sportswriter n. Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports). • sports␣writer n. Someone who writes about sports-related topics professionally. • SPORTSWRITER n. a person who writes about sports esp. for a newspaper. |
| SPORTSWRITERS | • sportswriters n. Plural of sportswriter. • sports␣writers n. Plural of sports writer. • SPORTSWRITER n. a person who writes about sports esp. for a newspaper. |
| SPORTSWRITING | • sportswriting n. Writing about sports. • SPORTSWRITING n. journalism on sports subjects. |
| SPORTSWRITINGS | • SPORTSWRITING n. journalism on sports subjects. |
| STEWPOTS | • stewpots n. Plural of stewpot. • STEWPOT n. a pot for cooking stew. |
| STOPWATCHES | • stopwatches n. Plural of stopwatch. • STOPWATCH n. an accurate watch readily started and stopped, used in timing a race, etc. |
| STRAPWORTS | • strapworts n. Plural of strapwort. • STRAPWORT n. a seaside plant of the pink family. |
| SUPERTWIST | • supertwist n. A supercoil of DNA. • supertwist n. A supertwisted liquid crystal display. • SUPERTWIST n. a technique of twisting light rays, used to improve the quality of LCD's. |
| SUPERTWISTS | • supertwists n. Plural of supertwist. • SUPERTWIST n. a technique of twisting light rays, used to improve the quality of LCD's. |
| SWEATPANTS | • sweatpants n. (US) Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc. • sweat␣pants n. Alternative spelling of sweatpants. • SWEATPANTS n. trousers of (usually thick) cotton material, with drawstring or elasticated waist and cuffs, as worn by athletes when warming up or after exercise. |
| THWARTSHIPS | • thwartships adv. Alternative form of athwartships. • THWARTSHIPS adv. across the ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIP. |
| WATCHSTRAPS | • watchstraps n. Plural of watchstrap. • watch␣straps n. Plural of watch strap. • WATCHSTRAP n. the strap of a watch. |
| WATERSPOUTS | • waterspouts n. Plural of waterspout. • water␣spouts n. Plural of water spout. • WATERSPOUT n. a disturbance at sea like a very small tornado, a revolving column of cloud, mist or spray. |
| WHIPSTITCHES | • whipstitches n. Plural of whipstitch. • whip␣stitches n. Plural of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH n. a small overcasting stitch. |