(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
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
changewater
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.
counterthwarting
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
enwreathing
enwreathing
verb
present participle of enwreathe
featherwing
feuchtwanger
fliegerabwehrkanone
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanish
glenshaw
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.)
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
gruhenwald
gunwhale
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
hairweaving
hairweaving
noun
The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness.
handsewing
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.
handwringers
handwringers
noun
plural of handwringer
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
headlongwise
headworking
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
heartwounding
heehawing
heehawing
verb
present participle of heehaw
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
hingeways
hornswaggle
horsedrawing
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
interwreathing
interwreathing
verb
present participle of interwreathe
inwreathing
inwreathing
verb
present participle of inwreathe
kweihwating
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lengthways
lengthways
adj
lengthwise
ludwigshafen
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
neowashingtonia
newchwang
nganhwei
nightcrawler
nightcrawler
noun
(chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nightwake
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwear
nightwear
noun
Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas
nonwatertight
nonwatertight
adj
Not watertight.
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
overwatching
overwatching
verb
present participle of overwatch
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
rewashing
rewashing
verb
present participle of rewash
sapphirewing
skowhegan
skowhegan
Proper noun
a town in Maine, USA
spanghew
spanghew
verb
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause to fly in the air.
‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’
stonewashing
stonewashing
verb
present participle of stonewash
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
sweepwashings
sweethearting
sweethearting
noun
(business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family
(dated) courting; lovemaking
thousandweight
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unweighability
unweighable
unweighable
adj
That cannot be weighed.
unweighableness
unwreathing
unwreathing
verb
present participle of unwreath
present participle of unwreathe
waggishness
waggishness
noun
Waggish behaviour.
wahlenbergia
wanghee
wanghee
noun
A walking cane made from such bamboo.
Bamboo species of the genus Phyllostachys, especially Phyllostachys nigra.
wappenschawing
wappenshawing
warehousing
warehousing
noun
The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
verb
present participle of warehouse
washingtonese
washingtonville
watertightness
watertightness
noun
(rare) The condition of being watertight
wavelength
wavelength
noun
(figurative) A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.
(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
wavelengths
wavelengths
noun
plural of wavelength
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
wealthmonger
wealthmonger
noun
(derogatory) A rich person.
weaponshowing
weapschawing
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weathering
weathering
noun
(architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
(geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
(obsolete) Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
verb
present participle of weather
weatherings
weatherings
noun
plural of weathering
weatherizing
weatherizing
noun
A protective coating, or layer of insulation, as on a house or car.
verb
present participle of weatherize
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
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
weathertightness
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
weighman
weighman
noun
A person whose occupation is weighing goods.
weltanschauung
weltanschauung
noun
A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview.
weltanschauungen
weltanschauungen
noun
plural of weltanschauung
whangable
whangarei
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.
whanged
whanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whang
whangee
whangee
noun
A cane made from whangee wood.
Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.
whangees
whangees
noun
plural of whangee
whangers
whangers
noun
plural of whanger
whanghee
whanghee
noun
Alternative form of whangee
wharfinger
wharfinger
noun
(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
whealing
wheelabrating
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whitecapping
whitecapping
noun
(US, historical) The vigilante actions carried out by whitecaps.
whitewashing
whitewashing
noun
(derogatory) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white (Caucasian), for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.
(figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.
The application of whitewash.
verb
present participle of whitewash
wholesaling
wholesaling
verb
present participle of wholesale
willinghearted
winghanded
withdrawingness
withdrawingness
noun
The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back.
withstandingness
withstandingness
noun
(rare) Ability to withstand or resist.
woolgathering
woolgathering
noun
Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
woolgatherings
woolgatherings
noun
plural of woolgathering
woolshearing
woolshearing
noun
The shearing of animals to obtain wool.
wranglership
wranglership
noun
The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.
wreathing
wreathing
adj
Having a pattern that wreathes.
noun
The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.
verb
present participle of wreath
present participle of wreathe
wreathingly
wreathingly
adv
So as to wreathe.
wreathmaking
wreathmaking
noun
The construction of wreaths of flowers.
wronghead
wronghead
noun
A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
wrongheaded
wrongheaded
adj
Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.