A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
catchweight
catchweight
adj
(sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.
Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping.
adv
(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
to ride catchweight
noun
(sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.
The weight of all the fish caught.
The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value.
changewater
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
cheektowaga
chiggerweed
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
englishtown
enwreathing
enwreathing
verb
present participle of enwreathe
evilwishing
featherwing
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
forewrought
forewrought
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of forework
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
hairweaving
hairweaving
noun
The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness.
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
headworking
heavyweight
heavyweight
adj
Being a leader in one's field.
Being relatively heavy.
Important or impressive.
Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
noun
(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
(uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
hingeflower
hornswaggle
hornswoggle
hornswoggle
noun
(slang) nonsense; humbug
verb
(transitive, slang) To deceive or trick.
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
intergrowth
intergrowth
noun
A growing together and through each other of two crystals.
inwreathing
inwreathing
verb
present participle of inwreathe
kweihwating
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
lightweight
lightweight
adj
(computing) Having a small footprint or performance impact
Having less than average weight
Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
Lacking in strength
noun
(by extension) A person with low endurance.
(combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
(rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
(weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
A political candidate with little chance of winning
One of little consequence or ability.
verb
(transitive) To reduce the amount or weight of.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightworker
novelwright
novelwright
noun
A writer of novels.
oswegatchie
outweighing
outweighing
verb
present participle of outweigh
overgrowths
overgrowths
noun
plural of overgrowth
overweighed
overweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweigh
overweights
overweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overweight
overwrought
overwrought
adj
Elaborate; overdone.
Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
paperweight
paperweight
noun
(slang) A useless piece of equipment.
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.
pennyweight
pennyweight
noun
A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
preweighing
prewhipping
prewhipping
verb
present participle of prewhip
reshowering
roughhewing
roughhewing
verb
present participle of roughhew
scenewright
scenewright
noun
A person who works in scenecraft.
shingletown
shinglewise
shinglewise
adv
Laid out in an overlapping arrangement like shingles.
shinglewood
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
snowshoeing
snowshoeing
noun
The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes.
verb
present participle of snowshoe
stageworthy
stageworthy
adj
(theater) Worthy, fit, or deserving of stage presentation; stageable.
stagewright
stagewright
noun
A playwright.
supergrowth
supergrowth
noun
(countable) A growth upon something else.
(uncountable) Very rapid growth.
thegnworthy
twinighters
twitcheling
undergrowth
undergrowth
noun
The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).
underweight
underweight
adj
(finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
noun
(countable) An underweight person.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
verb
(countable, finance)
(transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
(transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
unrightwise
unrightwise
adj
Obsolete form of unrighteous.
unshowering
unweighable
unweighable
adj
That cannot be weighed.
unweighting
unweighting
verb
present participle of unweight
unwithering
unwithering
adj
Not withering; staying fresh and whole.
unwreathing
unwreathing
verb
present participle of unwreath
present participle of unwreathe
versewright
versewright
noun
A poet.
waggishness
waggishness
noun
Waggish behaviour.
warehousing
warehousing
noun
The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
verb
present participle of warehouse
watchdogged
watchdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watchdog
wavelengths
wavelengths
noun
plural of wavelength
weatherings
weatherings
noun
plural of weathering
weighbridge
weighbridge
noun
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
weighership
weighership
noun
The role or status of a weigher.
weighmaster
weighmaster
noun
Somebody who professionally weighs goods, a weigher.
weightiness
weightiness
noun
The quality of being weighty.
westborough
whangdoodle
whangdoodle
noun
(obsolete) Term of disparagement
(often humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
(poker) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wheatgrower
wheatgrower
noun
A person or company that grows wheat.
wheedlingly
wheedlingly
adv
In a wheedling manner.
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
wheelwright
wheelwright
noun
A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
whigmaleery
whisperings
whisperings
noun
plural of whispering
whistlewing
whistlewing
noun
The American goldeneye.
whitewright
wholesaling
wholesaling
verb
present participle of wholesale
whoremonger
whoremonger
noun
(Britain, vulgar) A frequent customer of whores.
(Britain, vulgar) A procurer of whores; a pimp.
wiggishness
wiggishness
noun
The quality of being wiggish.
witchmonger
withergloom
witheringly
witheringly
adv
In a withering manner.
woebegonish
wreathingly
wreathingly
adv
So as to wreathe.
wrenchingly
wrenchingly
adv
In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
wrongheaded
wrongheaded
adj
Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.