An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
airworthiest
airworthiest
adj
superlative form of airworthy: most airworthy
airworthiness
airworthiness
noun
The state of being airworthy.
anchorwise
arrowsmith
arrowsmith
noun
A smith who made the iron tips for arrows
bachelorwise
bachelorwise
adv
In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beworship
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
bobwhites
bobwhites
noun
plural of bobwhite
bodhisattwa
boweryish
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brownishness
brownishness
noun
The quality of being brownish.
brownshirt
brownshirt
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt
brownshirts
brownshirts
noun
plural of brownshirt
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
choirwise
choirwise
adv
in the manner of a choir; antiphonally
chowries
chowries
noun
plural of chowry
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
chowtimes
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clownishly
clownishly
adv
In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
clownishness
clownishness
noun
the state of being clownish
clownishnesses
clownishnesses
noun
plural of clownishness
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
coachwise
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
cowardish
cowardish
adj
(obsolete) cowardly
cowfish
cowfish
noun
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
cowfishes
cowfishes
noun
plural of cowfish
cowhides
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
cowish
cowish
adj
timorous; fearful; cowardly
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Lomatium cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon, USA.
cowishness
crashworthiness
crashworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being crashworthy.
cushionflower
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
dishallow
dishallow
verb
(transitive) To make unholy; to profane.
dishtowel
dishtowel
noun
A cloth or towel used to dry dishes.
dishtowels
dishtowels
noun
plural of dishtowel
disshadow
disworkmanship
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
disworth
dowdyish
dowdyish
adj
Like a dowdy; frumpy.
dowitchers
dowitchers
noun
plural of dowitcher
downhillers
downhillers
noun
plural of downhiller
downhills
downhills
noun
plural of downhill
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downshifts
downshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downshift
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drowsihead
drowsihead
noun
(obsolete) drowsiness
drowsihood
echowise
eisenhower
englishtown
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
fellowheirship
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
fishertown
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
fishwood
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
gabrilowitsch
gentlewomanish
ghostwrite
ghostwrite
verb
(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
(authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwriters
ghostwriters
noun
plural of ghostwriter
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
ghostwriting
ghostwriting
noun
Writing for pay without the expectation of receiving credit by name.
verb
present participle of ghostwrite
ghostwritten
ghostwritten
adj
Written by a ghostwriter.
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
hairworms
hairworms
noun
plural of hairworm
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
harristown
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
headlongwise
heroworshipper
herskowitz
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
highbrows
highbrows
noun
plural of highbrow
hightstown
hinshelwood
hoistaway
hoistaway
noun
A kind of mechanical lift, or elevator.
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
hollingsworth
hollywoodish
hollywoodish
Adjective
Resembling some aspect of Hollywood; Hollywoodesque.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hoodwinks
hoodwinks
noun
plural of hoodwink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink
hoodwise
hookedwise
hookswinging
hookwise
hornswoggling
hornswoggling
verb
present participle of hornswoggle
horsedrawing
horsewhip
horsewhip
noun
A whip for use on horses.
verb
(transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
horsewhipped
horsewhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip
horsewhipper
horsewhipper
noun
One who horsewhips.
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
horsewhips
horsewhips
noun
plural of horsewhip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horsewhip
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
hostlerwife
houghsinew
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
housewife
housewife
noun
(plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
(plural "housewives", obsolete) A worthless woman; a hussy.
verb
Alternative form of housewive
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
housewiferies
housewiferies
noun
plural of housewifery
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewifeship
housewifeship
noun
The management of a household; housewifery.
The role or status of a housewife.
housewifish
housewifish
adj
Housewifely.
housewive
housewive
verb
(transitive, especially of women) To manage with skill and economy.
housewives
housewives
noun
plural of housewife
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).