AUTOWINDERS | • autowinders n. Plural of autowinder. • AUTOWINDER n. a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure. |
BRAINWASHED | • brainwashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of brainwash. • BRAINWASH v. to indoctrinate. |
CORDWAINERS | • cordwainers n. Plural of cordwainer. • CORDWAINER n. (archaic) a shoemaker, also CORDINER. |
DEWATERINGS | • dewaterings n. Plural of dewatering. • DEWATERING n. the act of removing water from. |
DINNERWARES | • dinnerwares n. Plural of dinnerware. • DINNERWARE n. plates etc. used for dinner. |
FIREWARDENS | • firewardens n. Plural of firewarden. • FIREWARDEN n. an officer responsible for fire prevention and control in an area, esp. in a forest. |
LANDWAITERS | • landwaiters n. Plural of landwaiter. • LANDWAITER n. an officer of the custom house. |
RAWINSONDES | • rawinsondes n. Plural of rawinsonde. • RAWINSONDE n. an apparatus for taking upper-air wind velocity and direction. |
WANWORDIEST | • WANWORDY adj. (Scots) worthless, unworthy. |
WARDENSHIPS | • wardenships n. Plural of wardenship. • WARDENSHIP n. the office or jurisdiction of a warden. |
WARRANDICES | • warrandices n. Plural of warrandice. • WARRANDICE n. a guarantee; a clause in a deed by which the grantor binds himself or herself to make good to the grantee the right conveyed. |
WARRANTISED | • warrantised v. Simple past tense and past participle of warrantise. • WARRANTISE v. (archaic) to guarantee the security of (land) to a person, also WARRANTIZE. |
WHISKERANDO | • WHISKERANDO n. a whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic. |
WINDJAMMERS | • windjammers n. Plural of windjammer. • WINDJAMMER n. a large merchant sailing ship. |
WINDLESTRAE | • windlestrae n. (Scotland) Alternative form of windlestraw. • WINDLESTRAE n. (Scots) anything light or insubstantial; a feeble person, also WINDLESTRAW. |
WINDLESTRAW | • windlestraw n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Apera spica-venti. • WINDLESTRAW n. anything light or insubstantial; feeble person, also WINDLESTRAE. |
WINGSPREADS | • wingspreads n. Plural of wingspread. • WINGSPREAD n. the spread of the wings. |
WITHSTANDER | • withstander n. A person who withstands or resists; an opponent. • WITHSTANDER n. one who withstands. |