(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
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
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.
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
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
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
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
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
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
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
mildewing
mildewing
verb
present participle of mildew
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.
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misgrew
misgrew
verb
simple past tense of misgrow
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
moingwena
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
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
nonwelcoming
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
prewarming
prewarming
verb
present participle of prewarm
prewelcoming
rewarming
rewarming
verb
present participle of rewarm
semiburrowing
semiburrowing
adj
(zoology) That sometimes burrows.
semiwaking
summerweight
summerweight
adj
(of clothing) Of relatively light weight, intended for use in warm summers.
swarmingness
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
swedenborgism
swimmingness
swimmingness
noun
The act or state of swimming; suffusion.
swingmen
swingmen
noun
plural of swingman
swingometer
swingometer
noun
(Britain) A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election.
timberwright
timberwright
noun
A worker in wood, especially timber or lumber.
twigsome
twigsome
adj
Full of twigs; twiggy.
twinemaking
twinemaking
noun
The manufacture of twine.
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
unmewing
unmewing
verb
present participle of unmew
unwelcoming
unwelcoming
adj
Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
unwhimpering
unwhimperingly
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
weedingtime
wegotism
wegotism
noun
(colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun we.
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.
weighmen
weighmen
noun
plural of weighman
weighment
weighment
noun
(India) The weighing of goods.
weightometer
weightometer
noun
A device that continuously weighs material passing on a conveyor belt
welcoming
welcoming
adj
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
noun
An act of giving welcome.
verb
present participle of welcome
welcomingly
welcomingly
adv
In a welcoming manner.
wellmaking
wellmaking
noun
The construction of wells (holes sunk into the ground for water, oil, etc.).
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whelming
whelming
noun
Something that covers or submerges.
verb
present participle of whelm
whiggamore
whiggamore
Noun
A Whig.
whigmaleerie
whigmaleeries
whigmaleery
whigmeleerie
whimpering
whimpering
noun
The sound of one who whimpers; a whimper; a feeble complaint.
verb
present participle of whimper
whimperingly
whimperingly
adv
With a whimpering sound.
whirlmagee
whoremongering
whoremongering
noun
The behaviour of a whoremonger; lewd licentiousness; pimping.
whoremonging
whoremonging
noun
Alternative form of whoremongering
wigmake
wigmaker
wigmaker
noun
A person who makes wigs.
wigmakers
wigmakers
noun
plural of wigmaker
wilmerding
wimlunge
winemaking
winemaking
noun
The process of making wine.
wingmen
wingmen
noun
plural of wingman
wingstem
wiremaking
wiremaking
noun
The manufacture of wire.
wiremonger
wiremonger
noun
A seller of wire.
witchmonger
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.