AUTOWINDERS | • autowinders n. Plural of autowinder. • AUTOWINDER n. a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure. |
BOWSTRINGED | • bowstringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of bowstring. • bowstringed adj. Supplied or fitted with a bowstring. • BOWSTRING v. to strangle with a bowstring. |
DEWATERINGS | • dewaterings n. Plural of dewatering. • DEWATERING n. the act of removing water from. |
DOWNSHIFTER | • downshifter n. A person who makes a transition to a less pressured or demanding career or lifestyle. • downshifter n. (Engineering) A process, algorithm, etc. that shifts something to a lower level or frequency. • DOWNSHIFTER n. one who reduces his or her working hours. |
LANDWAITERS | • landwaiters n. Plural of landwaiter. • LANDWAITER n. an officer of the custom house. |
STEMWINDERS | • stemwinders n. Plural of stemwinder. • stem-winders n. Plural of stem-winder. • STEMWINDER n. a keyless pocket watch. |
UNDERWRITES | • underwrites v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underwrite. • UNDERWRITE v. to write under or at the end of something else. |
WANWORDIEST | • WANWORDY adj. (Scots) worthless, unworthy. |
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. |
WESTERNISED | • westernised v. Simple past tense and past participle of westernise. • WESTERNISE v. to make western, also WESTERNIZE. |
WESTERNIZED | • westernized v. Simple past tense and past participle of westernize. • westernized adj. Having been made culturally Western. • WESTERNIZE v. to make western, also WESTERNISE. |
WILDERMENTS | • wilderments n. Plural of wilderment. • WILDERMENT n. the state of being bewildered. |
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. |
WINTERFEEDS | • winterfeeds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of winterfeed. • WINTERFEED v. to feed livestock in winter when the grazing is not rich enough. |
WINTERTIDES | • wintertides n. Plural of wintertide. • WINTERTIDE n. (archaic) the time when it is winter. |
WITHSTANDER | • withstander n. A person who withstands or resists; an opponent. • WITHSTANDER n. one who withstands. |