GOPHERWOODS | • GOPHERWOOD n. another name for yellowwood. |
GRANDNEPHEW | • grandnephew n. A grandson of one’s sibling; a son of one’s nephew or niece. (Brother’s grandson: fraternal grandnephew… • GRANDNEPHEW n. a grandson of one's brother or sister. |
PAPERWEIGHT | • paperweight n. A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. • paperweight n. Any object used for this purpose. • paperweight n. (Slang) A useless piece of equipment. |
PENNYWEIGHT | • pennyweight n. A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or 1⁄20 of a troy ounce. • PENNYWEIGHT n. an old unit of weight, the twentieth part of an ounce. |
PINWHEELING | • pinwheeling v. Present participle of pinwheel. • PINWHEEL v. to rotate like a child's toy windmill. |
PLAYWRIGHTS | • playwrights n. Plural of playwright. • PLAYWRIGHT n. a person who writes plays. |
PLOWWRIGHTS | • plowwrights n. Plural of plowwright. • PLOWWRIGHT n. one who makes ploughs, also PLOUGHWRIGHT. |
PREWEIGHING | • PREWEIGH v. to weigh beforehand. |
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. |
SHIPWRIGHTS | • shipwrights n. Plural of shipwright. • SHIPWRIGHT n. a carpenter skilled in ship construction and repair. |
SHOWJUMPING | • showjumping n. (Sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of… • show␣jumping n. An equestrian event in which a rider’s horse is jumped over an array of obstacles. • SHOWJUMPING n. a competition in which a succession of riders on horseback have to jump a series of obstacles of different kinds. |
SNOWPLOUGHS | • snowploughs n. Plural of snowplough. • snow␣ploughs n. Plural of snow plough. • SNOWPLOUGH n. an implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc. |
SPANGHEWING | • spanghewing v. Present participle of spanghew. • SPANGHEW v. (dialect) to fling into the air. |
SUPERGROWTH | • supergrowth n. (Countable) A growth upon something else. • supergrowth n. (Uncountable) Very rapid growth. • SUPERGROWTH n. exceptional growth. |
WATCHSPRING | • watchspring n. The mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece). • WATCHSPRING n. the spring of a watch. |
WHIMPERINGS | • whimperings n. Plural of whimpering. • WHIMPERING n. the act of whimpering. |
WHIPLASHING | • whiplashing v. Present participle of whiplash. • WHIPLASH v. to move like a whip. |
WHIPPETINGS | • WHIPPETING n. the sport of racing whippets. |
WHISPERINGS | • whisperings n. Plural of whispering. • WHISPERING n. the act of whispering. |
WORSHIPPING | • worshipping v. (Britain) present participle of worship. • worshipping n. An act of worship. • WORSHIP v. to honour as a divine being. |