(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
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
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
gentlewomanish
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
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
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
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
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
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.
summerweight
summerweight
adj
(of clothing) Of relatively light weight, intended for use in warm summers.
timberwright
timberwright
noun
A worker in wood, especially timber or lumber.
unwhimpering
unwhimperingly
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
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
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.