(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
beworming
bigwiggism
bigwiggism
noun
Alternative form of bigwigism
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
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
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
downcoming
downcoming
adj
Moving downwards.
verb
present participle of downcome
downtrampling
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
emboweling
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowing
embowing
verb
present participle of embow
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
figworm
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
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
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
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
impawning
impawning
verb
present participle of impawn
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
inswarming
knownothingism
kowagmiut
kuskwogmiut
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
lingtowman
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
marrowing
mawing
mawkingly
maywings
mcknightstown
meadowing
mealywing
mealywing
noun
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).
measuringworm
meilewagon
mellowing
mellowing
noun
The process of making or becoming mellow.
verb
present participle of mellow
meowing
meowing
noun
The act of uttering a meow.
verb
present participle of meow
merrywing
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
mewing
mewing
noun
The act of one who mews (in any sense).
The act of producing a mew sound.
verb
present participle of mew
mewling
mewling
noun
A sound that mewls.
verb
present participle of mewl
miaowing
miaowing
noun
Alternative form of meowing
verb
present participle of miaow
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
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
midwifing
midwifing
verb
(rare) present participle of midwife
midwiving
midwiving
verb
present participle of midwife
mildewing
mildewing
verb
present participle of mildew
milkwagon
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
minesweeping
minesweeping
noun
(nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
(slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misawarding
misawarding
verb
present participle of misaward
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misdrawing
misdrawing
noun
An inaccurate drawing.
verb
present participle of misdraw
misgrew
misgrew
verb
simple past tense of misgrow
misgrow
misgrow
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To grow incorrectly or amiss.
misgrowing
misgrowing
verb
present participle of misgrow
misgrown
misgrown
adj
Grown out of shape; misshapen.
verb
past participle of misgrow.
misgrows
misgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgrow
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misknowing
misknowing
verb
present participle of misknow
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswiring
miswiring
noun
incorrect wiring
miswording
miswording
noun
An instance of incorrect wording.
verb
present participle of misword
miswriting
miswriting
noun
(countable) A miswritten word.
verb
present participle of miswrite
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
moingwena
moonwalking
moonwalking
verb
present participle of moonwalk
morningward
morningward
adv
(poetic) Toward morning.
morrowing
morrowing
verb
present participle of morrow
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
mowing
mowing
noun
Land from which grass is cut.
The activity by which something is mown.
verb
present participle of mow
mowings
mowings
noun
plural of mowing
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
mugwumpish
mugwumpish
adj
(US, politics, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a mugwump.
mugwumpism
mugwumpism
Noun
The acts and views of the mugwumps.
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multiviewing
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
newsmongering
newsmongering
noun
sensationalistic, gossipy journalism
nimwegen
nonswimming
nonswimming
adj
Not of or pertaining to swimming.
nonwelcoming
outswimming
outswimming
verb
present participle of outswim
overswarming
overswarming
verb
present participle of overswarm
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
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.
pigmew
pilgrimwise
plowmaking
prewarming
prewarming
verb
present participle of prewarm
prewelcoming
pumpwright
rewarming
rewarming
verb
present participle of rewarm
ringworm
ringworm
noun
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.