(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
combwright
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
gentlewomanish
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
hemingway
hemingway
Proper noun
(1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
highwayman
highwayman
noun
(historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
highwaymen
highwaymen
noun
plural of highwayman
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
hwangmei
knownothingism
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
mcknightstown
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
millwright
millwright
noun
A person engaged in the erection of machinery.
A person who designed, erected and built mills and milling machinery.
millwrighting
millwrighting
noun
The work of a millwright, designing and constructing mills.
millwrights
millwrights
noun
plural of millwright
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
mugwumpish
mugwumpish
adj
(US, politics, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a mugwump.
overwhelming
overwhelming
adj
Extreme.
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
Very great or intense.
noun
A situation of being overwhelmed.
verb
present participle of overwhelm
overwhelmingly
overwhelmingly
adv
In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.
overwhelmingness
overwhelmingness
noun
The property of being overwhelming.
pumpwright
scrimshawing
scrimshawing
verb
present participle of scrimshaw
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
summerweight
summerweight
adj
(of clothing) Of relatively light weight, intended for use in warm summers.
timberwright
timberwright
noun
A worker in wood, especially timber or lumber.
tomahawking
tomahawking
verb
present participle of tomahawk
unwhimpering
unwhimperingly
waggonsmith
wagonsmith
wagonsmith
noun
A maker of wagons, wainwright.
walsingham
walsingham
Proper noun
A village in the English county of Norfolk
wampishing
wampishing
verb
present participle of wampish
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
watchmakings
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
weighbeam
weighbeam
noun
A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise.
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
weighman
weighman
noun
A person whose occupation is weighing goods.
weighmaster
weighmaster
noun
Somebody who professionally weighs goods, a weigher.
weighmen
weighmen
noun
plural of weighman
weighment
weighment
noun
(India) The weighing of goods.
weightometer
weightometer
noun
A device that continuously weighs material passing on a conveyor belt
whamming
whamming
verb
present participle of wham
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whelming
whelming
noun
Something that covers or submerges.
verb
present participle of whelm
whiggamore
whiggamore
Noun
A Whig.
whiggism
whiggism
noun
(historical) Principles, philosophy, methods of the Whigs.
whigham
whigmaleerie
whigmaleeries
whigmaleery
whigmeleerie
whimling
whimling
noun
(obsolete) One given to whims; a weak, childish person.
whimming
whimming
verb
present participle of whim
whimpering
whimpering
noun
The sound of one who whimpers; a whimper; a feeble complaint.
verb
present participle of whimper
whimperingly
whimperingly
adv
With a whimpering sound.
whipmaking
whipmaking
noun
The manufacture of whips.
whirlimagig
whirlimagig
noun
(informal) Anything that goes round and round.
whirlmagee
whirlygigum
whitingham
whomping
whomping
verb
present participle of whomp
whoremongering
whoremongering
noun
The behaviour of a whoremonger; lewd licentiousness; pimping.