(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
combwright
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downtrampling
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
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
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
knownothingism
kowagmiut
kuskwogmiut
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
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
mcknightstown
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
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
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
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswriting
miswriting
noun
(countable) A miswritten word.
verb
present participle of miswrite
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
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
outswimming
outswimming
verb
present participle of outswim
pumpwright
summerweight
summerweight
adj
(of clothing) Of relatively light weight, intended for use in warm summers.
swingometer
swingometer
noun
(Britain) A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election.
tallowmaking
tallowmaking
noun
The manufacture of tallow.
timberwright
timberwright
noun
A worker in wood, especially timber or lumber.
tomahawking
tomahawking
verb
present participle of tomahawk
tomorrowing
twigsome
twigsome
adj
Full of twigs; twiggy.
twinemaking
twinemaking
noun
The manufacture of twine.
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
waggonsmith
wagonsmith
wagonsmith
noun
A maker of wagons, wainwright.
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
watchmakings
wateringman
watermarking
watermarking
verb
present participle of watermark
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
weedingtime
wegotism
wegotism
noun
(colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun we.
weighmaster
weighmaster
noun
Somebody who professionally weighs goods, a weigher.
weighment
weighment
noun
(India) The weighing of goods.
weightometer
weightometer
noun
A device that continuously weighs material passing on a conveyor belt
whitingham
wightman
wilmington
wilmington
Proper noun
a city in Delaware, USA
a city in North Carolina, USA
a city in Ohio, USA
wilmingtonian
wingstem
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.