AFTERGROWTH | • aftergrowth n. A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting. • aftergrowth n. (Figuratively) Any abstraction of the above. • AFTERGROWTH n. a later growth, an aftermath. |
DOWNDRAUGHT | • downdraught n. Alternative spelling of downdraft. • DOWNDRAUGHT n. a downward movement of air, also DOWNDRAFT. |
GROATSWORTH | • groatsworth n. (Historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel. • GROATSWORTH n. (obsolete) the value of a groat. |
HANDWROUGHT | • handwrought adj. Made by hand, handmade. • HANDWROUGHT adj. fashioned by hand or chiefly by hand processes. |
HARDWORKING | • hardworking adj. Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly. • hard-working adj. Alternative form of hardworking. • HARDWORKING adj. industrious, diligent. |
HARROWINGLY | • harrowingly adv. In a way or to an extent that is harrowing. • HARROWING adv. acutely distressing. |
LAUGHWORTHY | • laughworthy adj. (Rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable. • LAUGHWORTHY adj. worthy of being laughed at. |
SHADOWGRAPH | • shadowgraph n. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. • shadowgraph n. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index. • shadowgraph v. (Transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. |
SHORTWAVING | • SHORTWAVE v. to broadcast on shortwave. |
THOROUGHWAX | • thoroughwax n. An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves. • thoroughwax n. The thoroughwort. • THOROUGHWAX n. the plant hare's-ear, from the stem seeming to 'wax' (i.e. grow) through the leaves. |
THROUGHWAYS | • throughways n. Plural of throughway. • THROUGHWAY n. (US) a motorway, also THRUWAY. |
WAGONWRIGHT | • wagonwright n. A builder of wagons. • WAGONWRIGHT n. one who makes wagons. |
WAREHOUSING | • warehousing n. The act of storing goods in a warehouse. • warehousing v. Present participle of warehouse. • WAREHOUSING n. storage in a warehouse. |
WEIGHBOARDS | • weighboards n. Plural of weighboard. • WEIGHBOARD n. a thin geological seam separating larger strata, also WAYBOARD. |
WHIGGAMORES | • Whiggamores n. Plural of Whiggamore. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |
WHOLEGRAINS | • wholegrains n. Plural of wholegrain. • WHOLEGRAINS n. the whole unprocessed grains of cereals such as wheat and maize. |
WOOLGATHERS | • woolgathers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of woolgather. |
WRONGHEADED | • wrongheaded adj. Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement. • wrong-headed adj. Alternative form of wrongheaded. • WRONGHEADED adj. stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles. |