Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
baldcrown
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
cancerweed
cancerweed
noun
Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
candlestickward
candlewaster
candlewaster
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cankerweed
cedartown
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
centerward
centerward
adv
Toward the center.
channelwards
channelwards
adv
Towards a channel.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
childcrowing
chowderheadedness
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
churchwarden
churchwarden
noun
(Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
(UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe.
(US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.
churchwardenism
churchwardenize
churchwardens
churchwardens
noun
plural of churchwarden
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
citronwood
citronwood
noun
The wood of the citron tree (Citrus medica).
cochurchwarden
cordewane
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cordwainer
cordwainer
noun
(countable) A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.
(countable) A shoemaker.
(countable) A worker in cordwain.
A leather from Córdoba.
cordwainers
cordwainers
noun
plural of cordwainer
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
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.
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
cowardness
cowardness
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cowardice
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crosswind
crosswind
noun
A wind blowing across a line of travel.
crowdedness
crowdedness
noun
The state or quality of being crowded.
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
crowned
crowned
adj
(obsolete) Great, supreme; completed; excessive.
(often in combinations) Having a particular crown (top part of the head)
Wearing a crown.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crown
crownland
crownland
noun
(historical) In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
crunchweed
darwinical
darwinically
darwinistic
darwinistic
Adjective
Relating to Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
decrown
decrown
verb
(transitive) To deprive of a crown; to discrown.
(transitive) To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
(transitive, dentistry) To decoronate (a tooth).
decrowned
decrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrown
decrowning
decrowning
verb
present participle of decrown
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
discrowned
discrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discrown
discrowning
discrowning
verb
present participle of discrown
discrownment
discrowns
discrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discrown
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.
downcourt
downcourt
adv
(basketball) Toward one's team's offensive basket
downcried
downcry
downcrying
downcurve
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
downpatrick
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
drawcansir
drawcansir
noun
(now rare) A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.
fredericktown
frenchweed
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
landwrack
landwreck
mcandrews
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
neckward
norridgewock
oceanward
oceanward
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
adv
Toward the ocean.
oceanwards
oceanwards
adv
oceanward
outcrowding
outcrowding
verb
present participle of outcrowd
overcrowdedness
overcrowdedness
noun
The property of being overcrowded.
overcrowding
overcrowding
noun
The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate.
verb
present participle of overcrowd
pedricktown
pincerweed
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
princewood
princewood
noun
The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including those of species Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthus, and Exostema caribaeum.
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
recrowned
recrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recrown
runchweed
schwendenerian
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
scorpionweed
scorpionweed
noun
Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
scotlandwards
scowdering
scowdering
adj
(archaic) Burning.
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
sneckdrawing
sneckdrawn
snickdraw
snickdrawing
superacknowledgment
supercrowned
thenceforward
thenceforward
adv
from then on; from that time on
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thencefoward
thenceward
trenchward
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
uncrowded
uncrowded
adj
Not crowded
uncrowned
uncrowned
adj
Deprived of the monarchy.
Not crowned; not yet crowned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrown
undercrawl
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
underwaistcoat
underwatch
underwatcher
underwitch
unscrawled
unscrawled
adj
Not having been scrawled upon.
Not scrawled.
unscrewed
unscrewed
adj
Not having been screwed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unscrew
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unwrecked
unwrecked
adj
Not wrecked.
unwrenched
unwrenched
adj
That has not been wrenched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwrench
unwretched
unwretched
adj
Not wretched.
wardency
wardency
noun
The office / position of a warden
warrandice
warrandice
noun
(law) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property
waxchandler
waxchandlery
whenceforward
whenceforward
adv
(formal or literary) From which point onwards (in time or space).