(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
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.
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
cropweed
crowstepped
crowstepped
adj
(architecture) Having a crowstep.
dewdrop
dewdrop
noun
(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.
A droplet of water formed as dew.
The plant Dalibarda repens.
dewdropper
dewdrops
dewdrops
noun
plural of dewdrop
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
dispowder
disworkmanship
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
downpatrick
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
downtrampling
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawpoint
drawstop
dropflower
dropsywort
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
dropworm
dropworm
noun
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.
dropwort
dropwort
noun
A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
Any plant of genus Oxypolis.
dropworts
dropworts
noun
plural of dropwort
drownproofing
drownproofing
verb
present participle of drownproof
edwardsport
empowered
empowered
adj
(US) Acting with confidence.
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Having been given powers.
noun
One who is empowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
europeward
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gospelwards
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.
horsewhipped
horsewhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip
hydropower
hydropower
noun
hydroelectric power
hydropowers
impowered
impowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impower
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
leopardwood
leopardwood
noun
Flindersia maculosa, a tree in the citrus family.
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
misworshiped
moldwarp
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
overpowered
overpowered
adj
Overly powerful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpower
overweaponed
overweaponed
adj
Having too many weapons; overarmed.
overwhipped
overwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhip
overwiped
overwiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwipe
pantherwood
partridgewood
password
password
noun
(computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
verb
(computing, transitive) To protect with a password.
passwords
passwords
noun
plural of password
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of password
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pearwood
pearwood
noun
The wood of the pear tree.
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
pepperwood
pepperwood
noun
The California laurel.
pewholder
pewholder
noun
One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
phrenoward
piepowder
piepowder
noun
(Britain, law, historical) In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.
(obsolete) Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
pinrowed
podware
polarward
polarward
adj
In the direction of the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
adv
Toward the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
poleward
poleward
adj
Towards a (north or south) pole
adv
Towards a pole of a planet
polewards
polewards
adj
Towards a pole.
pondwort
pondwort
noun
A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).
A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
poorweed
porkwood
porkwood
noun
The wood of the spekboom tree (Portulacaria afra).
porkwoods
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
postward
postward
adv
Toward the winning post in a race.
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
povertyweed
powder
powder
noun
(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
(informal) Ellipsis of powder snow.; light, dry, fluffy snow.
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
Ellipsis of powder blue.; the colour powder blue.
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
verb
(intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
(intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
(intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
(obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
(transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
powderable
powderable
adj
That can be powdered.
powdered
powdered
adj
(obsolete) Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup)
which has been made into a powder
verb
simple past tense and past participle of powder
powderer
powderer
noun
Agent noun of powder; one who powders.
powderers
powderers
noun
plural of powderer
powderhorn
powderhorn
noun
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
powderies
powderiness
powderiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being powdery
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
powderize
powderize
verb
(intransitive) To be reduced to powder
(transitive) To reduce to powder
powderizer
powderizer
noun
A machine that powderizes.
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
powderly
powderman
powderman
noun
A man in charge of gunpowder.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
powders
powders
noun
plural of powder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of powder
powdery
powdery
adj
Of or pertaining to powder.
powdery drink
powdry
powdry
adj
Obsolete form of powdery.
powered
powered
adj
(of a device) Having its own source of power, or a named source.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of power
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pregwood
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
preshadow
preshowed
preshowed
verb
simple past tense of preshow
prewelcomed
prewonder
prewonderment
preworldliness
preworldly
preworldly
adj
(metaphysics) precosmic
prewound
prickwood
prickwood
noun
A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
princewood
princewood
noun
The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including those of species Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthus, and Exostema caribaeum.
proaward
propwood
prowarden
prowed
prowed
adj
Having a (specified kind of) prow.
prowessed
prowessed
adj
(poetic, rare) Distinguished by prowess.
prowled
prowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prowl
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
replowed
replowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of replow
repowder
repowered
repowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repower
rewardproof
rowdyproof
scorpionweed
scorpionweed
noun
Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
screwpod
serpentwood
serpentwood
noun
The tree Rauwolfia serpentina or its extracts, an important ingredient in Indian traditional medicine.
shadowgraph
shadowgraph
noun
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
verb
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shadowgraphs
shadowgraphs
noun
plural of shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowgraphy
noun
The creation of shadowgraph images.
The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form of entertainment.
shepherdstown
snowdrop
snowdrop
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).
Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
verb
(Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
snowdrops
snowdrops
noun
plural of snowdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snowdrop
spadework
spadework
noun
(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
Work done by digging with a spade.
sparrowcide
sparrowcide
noun
(countable) One who kills sparrows.
The killing of sparrows.
sparrowdom
sparrowdom
noun
The realm or sphere of sparrows.
spearwood
spearwood
noun
(Australia) The erect woody evergreen shrub Kunzea ericifolia, endemic to Western Australia.
(Australia) The eucalypt Eucalyptus doratoxylon.
(Australia) The flowering vine Pandorea doratoxylon.
(Australia) The shrub Acacia doratoxylon.
spellword
spellword
noun
A word that acts as a magic spell.
spiderflower
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
spiderwort
spiderwort
noun
A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
spiderworts
spiderworts
noun
plural of spiderwort
spindleworm
spindleworm
noun
(rare) The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of maize, sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.