(dated, possibly obsolete) Furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
browbound
browbound
adj
crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
brushwood
brushwood
noun
Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
Small trees and shrubs.
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
budworm
budworm
noun
Any of various moth caterpillars.
budworms
budworms
noun
plural of budworm
budworth
burnwood
burrowed
burrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burrow
burroweed
buzzword
buzzword
noun
(derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
buzzwords
buzzwords
noun
plural of buzzword
cloudward
cloudward
adj
Synonym of upward
adv
Alternative form of cloudwards
cloudwards
cloudwards
adv
Towards the clouds; upwards
cochurchwarden
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
counterword
counterword
noun
A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.
counterworld
counterworld
noun
A world or realm that opposes or subverts the norms of another world or realm.
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
crudwort
cudwort
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
curdwort
cussword
cussword
noun
Alternative form of cuss word
cusswords
cusswords
noun
plural of cussword
doubleword
doubleword
noun
(computing) An area of storage double the size of the word in a particular system; in 32-bit architecture, this is equal to four bytes.
doublewords
doublewords
noun
plural of doubleword
downcourt
downcourt
adv
(basketball) Toward one's team's offensive basket
downcurve
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downpouring
downpouring
noun
The act of something being poured down.
verb
present participle of downpour
downpours
downpours
noun
plural of downpour
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
downthrust
downturn
downturn
noun
A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
verb
To decline
To turn downwards
downturned
downturned
adj
turned downwards
downturns
downturns
noun
plural of downturn
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawout
drumwood
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
durwood
equatorward
equatorward
adj
toward the equator
equatorwards
equatorwards
adv
Towards the equator.
europeward
fruitwood
fruitwood
noun
In orchard culture, the woody growth of the scion of any grafted fruit tree above the graft, as opposed to the rootstock, which is the part of the plant below the graft.
Particular branches or twigs in particular positions, or of particular types or ages, that may be expected to bear fruit in most types of orchard trees, since fruit is not borne randomly all over the tree.
The wood of any fruit tree, particularly hardwood from species such as pear and cherry, that is valued for furniture, woodcuts and other applications.
fullword
fullwords
furbelowed
furbelowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbelow
furrowed
furrowed
adj
Marked with furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furrow
gourdworm
gourdworm
noun
(obsolete) A fluke or trematode worm, especially the liver fluke.
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
groundflower
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundswells
groundswells
noun
plural of groundswell
groundwall
groundwall
noun
A wall as foundation; a foundation.
groundward
groundward
adv
Towards the ground.
groundwards
groundwards
adv
Towards the ground; groundward.
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
groundwave
groundwave
noun
(radio) A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
groundway
groundway
noun
(shipbuilding) In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
groundwood
groundwood
noun
(paper industry) Wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.
groundwoods
groundwoods
noun
plural of groundwood
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
grouseward
grousewards
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
harbourward
harbourward
adj
Alternative form of harborward
heartwounding
houseward
houseward
adv
Towards a house.
hundredwork
interwound
interwound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwind
kurthwood
laundryowner
laundryowner
noun
The owner of a laundry.
laundrywoman
laundrywoman
noun
A woman employed to wash clothes.
laundrywomen
laundrywomen
noun
plural of laundrywoman
laurelwood
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
meadowbur
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
moundwork
mountainward
mountainward
adv
Towards a mountain or mountains.
mountainwards
mountainwards
Adverb
Towards a mountain or mountains.
mudwort
mudwort
noun
Limosella aquatica, a small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores.
muldrow
multitowered
multitowered
adj
Having more than one tower.
multiword
multiword
adj
Alternative form of multi-word
multiwords
newfoundlander
newfoundlander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
newground
outcrawled
outcrawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcrawl
outcrowd
outcrowd
verb
(transitive) To crowd out.
outcrowding
outcrowding
verb
present participle of outcrowd
outcrowed
outcrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcrow
outdraw
outdraw
verb
(Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
To attract a larger crowd than.
To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
To extract or draw out.
outdrawing
outdrawing
verb
present participle of outdraw
outdrawn
outdrawn
adj
drawn out
extracted
outdraws
outdraws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdraw
outdrew
outdrew
verb
simple past tense of outdraw
outdweller
outdweller
noun
One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere.
outfrowned
outfrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfrown
outrowed
outrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrow
outtowered
outtowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtower
outwander
outwarbled
outwarbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwarble
outward
outward
adj
(obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
Tending to the exterior or outside.
outer; located towards the outside
visible, noticeable
adv
(obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
Towards the outside; away from the centre.
noun
A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
verb
(obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
outwardly
outwardly
adv
Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
Toward the outside
outwardmost
outwardmost
adj
Farthest outward.
outwardness
outwardness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being outward.
(uncountable) The quality of being outward.
outwards
outwards
adv
(obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
outwardsoutwarred
outwarred
outwarred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwar
outwearied
outwearied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweary
outwhirled
outwhirled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwhirl
outword
outworked
outworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwork
outworld
outworld
noun
(science fiction, often attributive) A planet that is remote from the homeworld of a civilization.
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
outwrestled
outwrestled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrestle
outwriggled
outwriggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwriggle
overwound
overwound
adj
(figuratively, uncommon) Nervous, tense, jumpy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwind
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
prewound
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
rewound
rewound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewind
roughdraw
roughhewed
roughhewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughhew
roundwise
roundwood
roundwood
noun
Timber as it is cut from the tree, including the bark and without any processing or shaping into planks.
roundworm
roundworm
noun
An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.
roundworms
roundworms
noun
plural of roundworm
rubdown
rubdown
noun
(typography, attributive) Synonym of dry transfer
A quick, energetic massage.
rubdowns
rubdowns
noun
plural of rubdown
rundown
rundown
adj
Alternative form of run-down
noun
(baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
(chiefly with definite article "the") A rough outline of a topic or situation.
(gambling) A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.
A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
A reduction, e.g. of an activity, or in the size of something, such as a fleet.