(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
archworkmaster
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
borowolframic
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
caseworms
caseworms
noun
plural of caseworm
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
cementwork
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
charwoman
charwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
churrworm
clamworm
clamworm
noun
Alternative form of clam worm
clamworms
clamworms
noun
plural of clamworm
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
codworm
codworm
noun
Synonym of caddisworm
The marine parasitic worm Lernaeocera branchialis
combflower
combwright
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterwarmth
countrywoman
countrywoman
noun
A female compatriot
A woman who lives in the country or has retained country ways.
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
cowgram
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crawlsome
crawlsome
adj
Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
cromwell
cromwell
Proper noun
from any of several placenames.
Oliver Cromwell, English military leader, politician, and dictator, or his son Richard Cromwell.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
currantworm
cutworm
cutworm
noun
The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
cutworms
cutworms
noun
plural of cutworm
democraw
discrownment
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
eaceworm
eaceworm
noun
(dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.
encrownment
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
inchworms
inchworms
noun
plural of inchworm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inchworm
lowerclassman
lowerclassman
noun
(US) Synonym of underclassman
lowerclassmen
lowerclassmen
noun
plural of lowerclassman
mauricetown
mcsherrystown
mcwhorter
microbrewer
microbrewer
noun
The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
microbrewers
microbrewers
noun
plural of microbrewer
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.
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
microswitch
microswitch
noun
An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.
microwatt
microwatt
noun
One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a watt, abbreviated as μW.
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
microwave
microwave
noun
An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
Ellipsis of microwave oven..
verb
(transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
(transitive, slang) To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.
microwaves
microwaves
noun
plural of microwave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microwave
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
microweber
microweber
noun
A unit equal to one millionth of a weber.
microword
microwords
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
morrowspeech
muckworm
muckworm
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
muckworms
muckworms
noun
plural of muckworm
newcomer
newcomer
noun
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
newcomers
newcomers
noun
plural of newcomer
newcomerstown
owercome
owrecome
phosphowolframic
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prewelcome
prewelcomed
prewelcoming
ranchwoman
ranchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a ranchman.
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rewelcome
rewelcome
verb
(transitive) To welcome again.
screwworm
screwworm
noun
The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screwworm). The larvae are parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals, unlike most maggots, which eat only dead flesh.
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
scrubwomen
scrubwomen
noun
plural of scrubwoman
servicewoman
servicewoman
noun
A woman who serves in the armed forces.
servicewomen
servicewomen
noun
plural of servicewoman
sulfowolframic
sulphowolframic
superacknowledgment
swashbucklerdom
thermoswitch
thermoswitch
noun
(biochemistry) A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
trencherwoman
weathercockism
welcomer
welcomer
adj
comparative form of welcome: more welcome
noun
Something or someone that greets or is present for the arrival of something.
Something which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers.
welcomers
welcomers
noun
plural of welcomer
wiseacredom
wiseacredom
noun
The realm or sphere of wiseacres.
witchbroom
witchmonger
wolframic
wolframic
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to wolfram.
woodcraftsman
woodcraftsman
noun
Alternative form of woodcraftman
woodmancraft
woodmancraft
noun
Synonym of woodcraft (“skills related to a woodland habitat”)
wordcraftsman
wormcast
wormcast
noun
A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.