(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
bandworm
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
bestrewment
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
beworming
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birnamwood
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brynmawr
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
byeworkman
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowerment
embowerment
noun
An enclosure like a bower.
The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess).
embrawn
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
embrowned
embrowned
adj
Made brown; browned.
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrown
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
herbwoman
herbwoman
noun
A woman who sells herbs.
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrown
imbrown
verb
Archaic spelling of embrown.
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
imbrowns
imbrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrown
jobbernowlism
marrowbone
marrowbone
noun
(humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.
A bone containing edible marrow.
marrowbones
marrowbones
noun
plural of marrowbone
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
mowburn
mowburn
noun
(agriculture, obsolete) Damage caused to hay in this manner.
verb
(agriculture, obsolete, transitive) To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
mrbrown
mrsbrown
rombowline
rombowline
noun
(nautical) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear.
rumbowline
rumbowline
noun
Alternative form of rombowline
rumbowling
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
scrubwomen
scrubwomen
noun
plural of scrubwoman
semiburrowing
semiburrowing
adj
(zoology) That sometimes burrows.
snowmobiler
snowmobiler
noun
A person who operates a snowmobile.
snowmobilers
snowmobilers
noun
plural of snowmobiler
stowbordman
stowbordmen
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
swedenborgism
tribeswoman
tribeswoman
noun
A female member of a tribe.
tribeswomen
tribeswomen
noun
plural of tribeswoman
unblameworthiness
unblameworthy
unblameworthy
Adjective
Not blameworthy.
unembowered
unembowered
adj
Not embowered.
unimbowered
unimbrowned
unwarmable
unwarmable
adj
Impossible to warm.
wavenumber
wavenumber
noun
(mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.