(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
hatchway
hatchway
noun
A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door.
hatchwayman
hatchways
hatchways
noun
plural of hatchway
hickorywithe
hickway
hickway
noun
Alternative form of hickwall
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
knackaway
knockaway
krawczyk
lackwittedly
launchways
launchways
noun
plural of launchway
matholwych
mccowyn
mcsherrystown
mcveytown
microbrewery
microbrewery
noun
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.
ninnywatch
oceanways
oceanways
noun
plural of oceanway
overcrowdedly
overcrowdedly
adv
In an overcrowded manner.
paceway
paceway
noun
A racetrack for horses.
packway
packway
noun
A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
paddywack
paddywack
noun
Alternative form of paddywhack
paddywacked
paddywacking
paddywatch
paddywhack
paddywhack
noun
(dated) A blow; a slap.
(dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
(slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds).
verb
(dated, transitive) To slap.
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
pickaway
pickwickianly
piscataway
raceway
raceway
noun
A place where races are held; a racetrack.
An easily-accessible conduit or tray for organizing runs of data or power cabling.
The canal for the current that drives a water wheel.
raceways
raceways
noun
plural of raceway
rackway
raywick
respectworthy
respectworthy
adj
Worthy of or deserving respect; respectable.
rockaway
rockaway
noun
(dated, uncommon) A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather.
(dated, uncommon) A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
rockaways
rockaways
noun
plural of rockaway
ryswick
scalawaggery
scalawaggery
noun
The behaviour of a rascal.
scalawaggy
scallawaggery
scallawaggery
noun
Alternative form of scalawaggery
scallawaggy
scallywag
scallywag
noun
(derogatory, dated, chiefly UK) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
(informal, chiefly UK) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
scarecrowy
scatteraway
schwyz
schwyz
Proper noun
A town in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Schwyz.
A canton of Switzerland.
scourway
scowlingly
scowlingly
adv
With a scowl.
scrawly
scrawly
adj
Written in the manner of a scrawl, written sloppily and in haste, hard to read.
scrawnily
scrawnily
adv
In a scrawny manner.
scrawny
scrawny
adj
Thin, malnourished and weak.
screwfly
screwy
screwy
adj
(archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
(archaic) Worthless.
(archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
scurvyweed
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
sewickley
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
slaunchways
sluiceway
sluiceway
noun
a man-made channel designed to redirect excess water
speechway
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
swatchway
swatchway
noun
(nautical) A twisting channel amongst sandbanks that is only navigable at high water
swayback
swayback
noun
An animal with such excessive sagging.
An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
swaybacked
swaybacked
adj
(figuratively) Old.
Having a sagged back.
Having sagged or hollow surface.
swaybacks
swaybacks
noun
plural of swayback
switchy
switchy
adj
(colloquial) Having a whisking or wagging motion.
(colloquial, BDSM) Inclined to switch between sadistic and masochistic roles.
switchyard
switchyard
noun
Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
switchyards
switchyards
noun
plural of switchyard
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
trackway
trackway
noun
A set of footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, such as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheeled vehicles.
trafficway
trafficway
noun
A highway intended for use by motorized traffic
truckway
truckway
noun
A special road for the exclusive use of trucks.
twitchety
twitchety
adj
nervous; fidgety
twitchily
twitchily
adv
In a twitchy way.
twitchingly
twitchingly
adv
In a twitching manner.
twitchy
twitchy
adj
(figuratively) irritable, cranky
susceptible to twitching a lot.
unbewitchingly
uneschewably
unscowlingly
unwatchfully
unwatchfully
adv
In an unwatchful manner.
unwelcomely
unwelcomely
adv
In an unwelcome manner.
unwhimsically
unwickedly
unwincingly
unwincingly
adv
Without wincing.
vanwyck
wackily
wackily
adv
In a way or to an extent that is wacky
wacky
wacky
adj
Zany; eccentric.
noun
Alternative form of wacke
walbrzych
walycoat
wanchancy
wanchancy
adj
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Unlucky; unchancy.
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Wicked.
wardency
wardency
noun
The office / position of a warden
warlockry
warlockry
noun
Wizardry; witchcraft.
wartyback
wartyback
noun
Synonym of pimpleback (mussel)
watchcry
watcheye
watcheyes
watchfully
watchfully
adv
In a watchful manner.
watchingly
watchingly
adv
While watching; with watchful attention.
watchmanly
watchmanly
adj
Befitting a watchman.
watercycle
waxchandlery
wayback
wayback
adv
(poetic, nonstandard) Alternative form of way back
noun
(dated, informal) An area in the body of a car behind the rear seat, such as the back of a station wagon, storage well in a VW bug, etc.
A very remote time or place.
An uneducated person from a remote area.
waycross
weathercocky
weathercocky
adj
Synonym of weathercockish
welcomely
welcomely
adv
In a welcome manner.
welcomingly
welcomingly
welcomingly
adv
In a welcoming manner.
welcy
whacky
whacky
adj
Alternative spelling of wacky
whatchy
wheyface
wheyface
noun
One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
wheyfaced
wheyfaces
wheyfaces
noun
plural of wheyface
whichway
whichways
whichways
adv
(US) every which way
whiggarchy
whimsicality
whimsicality
noun
(countable) something whimsical; a caprice.
(uncountable) the state of being whimsical.
whimsically
whimsically
adv
in a whimsical manner
whipcordy
whipcordy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
whiteclay
wickedly
wickedly
adv
(US, slang) very
In a wicked manner.
wickerby
wicky
wicky
noun
Alternative form of wicken (“European rowan tree”)
The sheep laurel.
wickyup
wickyups
wickyups
noun
plural of wickyup
wicopy
wicopy
noun
(US, Canada) Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).
wilycoat
wincey
wincey
noun
linsey-woolsey
winceyette
winceyette
noun
(Britain) A soft cotton flannelette material with a raised brushed surface (a nap), on both sides.
winceys
winceys
noun
plural of wincey
wincingly
wincingly
adv
"It doesn't hurt a bit," he said wincingly.
In such a way as to cause wincing.
While wincing.
wisacky
wisecrackery
wisecrackery
noun
wisecracks generally
witchedly
witchercully
witchery
witchery
noun
(countable) An act of witchcraft.
(uncountable) Witchcraft.
(uncountable, figuratively) Allure, charm, magic.
witchetty
witchetty
noun
Alternative spelling of witchety
witchingly
witchingly
adv
(poetic) So as to bewitch or enchant.
witchy
witchy
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike.
The children are scared to go near the witchy old woman's house at night.
woodcrafty
woodcrafty
adj
Skilled in woodcraft.
wrecky
wrecky
adj
Damaged, run-down.
wrenchingly
wrenchingly
adv
In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
wretchedly
wretchedly
adv
In a wretched manner.
wretchlessly
wretchlessly
adv
(obsolete) In a wretchless manner.
wrycht
wryneck
wryneck
noun
(medicine, dated) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis.
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
wrynecked
wrynecked
adj
Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.