(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
bellowsmaking
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
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.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gewrztraminer
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
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.
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
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
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
meadowing
mealywing
mealywing
noun
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).
measuringworm
meilewagon
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
moingwena
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
newfangledism
newmanising
newmanizing
newsmagazine
newsmagazine
noun
(broadcasting) A news show presenting feature-length stories on current events, rather than immediate reports.
A magazine that specializes in delivering news.
newsmagazines
newsmagazines
noun
plural of newsmagazine
overswarming
overswarming
verb
present participle of overswarm
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
prewarming
prewarming
verb
present participle of prewarm
rewarming
rewarming
verb
present participle of rewarm
semiwaking
swarmingness
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
twinemaking
twinemaking
noun
The manufacture of twine.
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
wafermaking
wagnerianism
wagnerism
wagnerism
Proper noun
The philosophical ideals put forward by
An attachment, sometimes fanatical, to the music of Wagner.
The use of the a form of labour union legislation.
waremaking
waremaking
noun
The manufacture of wares.
warmongering
warmongering
noun
bellicism; militarism
verb
present participle of warmonger
wateringman
watermarking
watermarking
verb
present participle of watermark
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
weaponmaking
weaponmaking
noun
The manufacture of weapons.
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
webmaking
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.
wellmaking
wellmaking
noun
The construction of wells (holes sunk into the ground for water, oil, etc.).
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whiggamore
whiggamore
Noun
A Whig.
whigmaleerie
whigmaleeries
whigmaleery
whirlmagee
wigmake
wigmaker
wigmaker
noun
A person who makes wigs.
wigmakers
wigmakers
noun
plural of wigmaker
winemaking
winemaking
noun
The process of making wine.
wiremaking
wiremaking
noun
The manufacture of wire.
witenagemot
witenagemot
noun
(history, countable) A specific session of such an assembly.
(history, usually uncountable, sometimes countable) Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.