GAPEWORM | • gapeworm n. A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes. • GAPEWORM n. a worm that causes a disease of young birds. |
GAPEWORMS | • gapeworms n. Plural of gapeworm. • GAPEWORM n. a worm that causes a disease of young birds. |
EMPOWERING | • empowering v. Present participle of empower. • empowering adj. That empowers; serving to empower. • EMPOWER v. to authorize, also IMPOWER. |
IMPOWERING | • impowering v. Present participle of impower. • IMPOWER v. to authorize, also EMPOWER. |
MUGWUMPERY | • mugwumpery n. (US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps. • MUGWUMPERY n. the acts and views of a mugwump, a bolter from the Republican party in 1884; a political independent. |
PREWARMING | • prewarming v. Present participle of prewarm. • PREWARM v. to warm beforehand. |
WAMPUMPEAG | • wampumpeag n. (Obsolete) Wampum. • WAMPUMPEAG n. (Native American) beads made from shells, used as money etc., also WAMPUM. |
WHIMPERING | • whimpering v. Present participle of whimper. • whimpering n. The sound of one who whimpers; a whimper; a feeble complaint. • WHIMPERING adj. crying with plaintive, broken sounds. |
WAMPUMPEAGS | • WAMPUMPEAG n. (Native American) beads made from shells, used as money etc., also WAMPUM. |
WHIMPERINGS | • whimperings n. Plural of whimpering. • WHIMPERING n. the act of whimpering. |
MINESWEEPING | • minesweeping n. (Nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines. • minesweeping n. (Slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other… • MINESWEEPING n. searching for mines. |
MUGWUMPERIES | • MUGWUMPERY n. the acts and views of a mugwump, a bolter from the Republican party in 1884; a political independent. |
WHIMPERINGLY | • whimperingly adv. With a whimpering sound. • WHIMPERINGLY adv. WHIMPERING. |
DISEMPOWERING | • disempowering v. Present participle of disempower. • DISEMPOWER v. to deprive of power; to divest of strength. |
MINESWEEPINGS | • minesweepings n. Plural of minesweeping. • MINESWEEPING n. searching for mines. |