| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | • acknowledgments n. Plural of acknowledgment. • ACKNOWLEDGMENT n. the act of acknowledging, also ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. |
| DEADWEIGHTS | • deadweights n. Plural of deadweight. • dead␣weights n. Plural of dead weight. • DEADWEIGHT n. a weight esp. of a person that does not support itself. |
| DEWATERINGS | • dewaterings n. Plural of dewatering. • DEWATERING n. the act of removing water from. |
| DOGWATCHES | • dogwatches n. Plural of dogwatch. • dog-watches n. Plural of dog-watch. • dog␣watches n. Plural of dog watch. |
| DOWNREGULATIONS | • downregulations n. Plural of downregulation. • DOWNREGULATION n. the process of reducing or suppressing a response to a stimulus. |
| DOWNSTAGE | • downstage adv. Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage. • downstage adv. Towards a motion-picture or television camera. • downstage adj. At the front of a stage. |
| DOWNSTAGES | • downstages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downstage. • DOWNSTAGE n. the front of a stage. |
| DRAUGHTSWOMEN | • draughtswomen n. Plural of draughtswoman. • DRAUGHTSWOMAN n. a female draughtsman. |
| GOATWEEDS | • goatweeds n. Plural of goatweed. • GOATWEED n. an umbelliferous weed, long supposed to be good for gout, also GOUTWEED, GOUTWORT. |
| GROUNDWATERS | • groundwaters n. Plural of groundwater. • ground␣waters n. Plural of ground water. • GROUNDWATER n. water within the earth esp. that supplies wells and springs. |
| STEWARDING | • stewarding v. Present participle of steward. • STEWARD v. to act as a steward. |
| TANGLEWEEDS | • TANGLEWEED n. a coarse seaweed. |
| WADSETTING | • wadsetting v. Present participle of wadset. • wadsetting v. Present participle of wadsett. • WADSETT v. (Scots) to pawn or mortgage, also WADSET. |
| WATERBOARDINGS | • waterboardings n. Plural of waterboarding. • WATERBOARDING n. a form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning. |
| WATERDOGS | • waterdogs n. Plural of waterdog. • water␣dogs n. Plural of water dog. • WATERDOG n. a large salamander. |
| WATERFLOODINGS | • WATERFLOODING n. the practice, in oil, gas or petroleum production, of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc. towards the production wells. |