A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Any object used for this purpose.
paperweights
paperweights
noun
plural of paperweight
partridgewood
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pennyweight
pennyweight
noun
A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pennyweights
pennyweights
noun
plural of pennyweight
penwright
periwigpated
pettigrew
pettigrew
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
photoplaywright
photoplaywright
noun
(dated) A screenwriter for movies.
pigweabbits
pitwright
playwright
playwright
noun
A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
playwrighting
playwrighting
noun
Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
playwrightry
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
playwriting
playwriting
noun
(authorship) The writing of plays.
playwritings
playwritings
noun
plural of playwriting
ploughwright
ploughwright
noun
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of plowwright
plowgate
plowgate
noun
Alternative form of ploughgate
plowgraith
plowlight
plowrightia
plowwright
plowwright
noun
a person who builds and repairs plows.
polyglotwise
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
potwalling
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pregrowth
pregrowth
adj
Prior to growth
noun
A period before growth begins
preoverthrowing
presweetening
presweetening
verb
present participle of presweeten
prewritings
prewritings
noun
plural of prewriting
pseudosweating
pumpwright
scriptwriting
scriptwriting
noun
The writing of scripts, usually for film or television.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shipwright
shipwright
noun
A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
shipwrightery
shipwrightery
noun
The work of a shipwright.
shipwrightry
shipwrightry
noun
Alternative form of shipwrightery
shipwrights
shipwrights
noun
plural of shipwright
showstopping
showstopping
adj
(software engineering, of bugs) Critical; major.
Characteristic of a showstopper; breathtaking.
spaewright
sparrowtongue
speedwriting
sportswriting
sportswriting
noun
Writing about sports.
springtown
springwater
springwater
noun
Water originating from a spring.
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.
springwaters
springwaters
noun
plural of springwater
springwort
springwort
noun
The plant St John's wort.
spurgewort
spurgewort
noun
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
superacknowledgment
supergrowth
supergrowth
noun
(countable) A growth upon something else.
(uncountable) Very rapid growth.
supergrowths
supergrowths
noun
plural of supergrowth
superwrought
sweptwing
sweptwing
adj
(of an aircraft) Having sweptback wings.
teletypewriting
teletypewriting
noun
The use of a teletypewriter.
topworking
topworking
verb
present participle of topwork
typewriting
typewriting
noun
The act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
The material produced by a typewriter; typescript.
verb
present participle of typewrite
typewritings
typewritings
noun
plural of typewriting
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upgrowths
upgrowths
noun
plural of upgrowth
upthrowing
upthrowing
verb
present participle of upthrow
upwafting
upwafting
verb
present participle of upwaft
upwrought
upwrought
adj
wrought-up
walpurgisnacht
walpurgisnacht
Noun
Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
walpurgite
walpurgite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated arsenate/oxide of bismuth and uranium.
waspnesting
waterproofing
waterproofing
noun
A waterproof material.
The treatment of something to make it waterproof.
verb
present participle of waterproof
waterproofings
waterproofings
noun
plural of waterproofing
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
weatherstripping
weatherstripping
noun
The act of sealing an opening with weatherstrip.
a piece of weatherstrip material
verb
present participle of weatherstrip
weepingwater
whipgraft
whipgraft
noun
Alternative form of whip graft
whipstitching
whipstitching
verb
present participle of whipstitch
whitecapping
whitecapping
noun
(US, historical) The vigilante actions carried out by whitecaps.
wicketkeeping
wicketkeeping
noun
(cricket) The role of the wicketkeeper.
wingpost
wingtip
wingtip
noun
(US) A brogue (shoe)
A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe
The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.