(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
answered
answered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of answer
archswindler
attiwendaronk
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
awkwardness
awkwardness
noun
The quality of an embarrassing situation.
The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
awkwardnesses
awkwardnesses
noun
plural of awkwardness
awonder
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
beardstown
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedrown
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
benward
berwind
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bewildering
bewildering
adj
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
noun
gerund of bewilder: bewilderment.
verb
present participle of bewilder
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewonder
bewonder
verb
(archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
bowermaiden
bowldering
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
brandwein
brandywine
brandywine
noun
(archaic) brandy
brawned
brawned
adj
(obsolete) brawny; strong; muscular
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawn
brawnedness
brawnedness
noun
The state or quality of being brawned.
breadwinner
breadwinner
noun
The primary income-earner in a household.
breadwinners
breadwinners
noun
plural of breadwinner
breadwinning
breadwinning
noun
The earning of a household's primary income.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
bridewain
bridewain
noun
(historical, archaic or dialectal) A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
browden
browned
browned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brown
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brownsdale
brownweed
burntweed
burnweed
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.
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.
cochurchwarden
cordewane
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
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.
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
crowdedness
crowdedness
noun
The state or quality of being crowded.
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
crunchweed
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
daneflower
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darwen
darwen
Proper noun
a market town in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England.
darwinite
darwinize
darwinize
Verb
To cause to conform to Darwinism.
dawnstreak
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
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
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
delawarean
delawarean
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to, Delaware or its culture.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Delaware in the United States of America.
demiwivern
derwent
derwent
Proper noun
a river in Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.
a river in North Yorkshire, England, which also forms the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire before joining the River Ouse.
a river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Workington.
a river forming the border between County Durham and Northumberland, before entering Tyneside and joining the River Tyne.
a river in Tasmania, Australia, which flows into the Tasman Sea near Hobart.
a hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
a community in Thames Centre municipality, Ontario, Canada.
an unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, USA.
derwentwater
derwin
derwon
dewatering
dewatering
noun
An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
verb
present participle of dewater
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
dinnerware
dinnerware
noun
The dishes used for serving dinner.
dinnerwares
dinnerwares
noun
plural of dinnerware
disanswerable
discrowned
discrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discrown
discrownment
disendower
disendower
noun
One who disendows.
disendowers
disendowers
noun
plural of disendower
disintertwine
diswarren
diswarren
verb
(transitive) To deprive (land) of the character of a warren.
diswarrened
diswarrened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diswarren
diswarrening
diswarrening
verb
present participle of diswarren
donkeywork
donkeywork
noun
Alternative form of donkey work
donkeyworks
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeard
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.
downcried
downcurve
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
downer
downer
noun
(slang) A drug that has depressant qualities.
(slang) A negative drug trip.
(slang) Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
A livestock animal that has collapsed.
downers
downers
noun
plural of downer
downgrade
downgrade
noun
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
(computing) To revert software back to an older version.
(meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
(transitive) To disparage.
To place lower in position.
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
downgraded
downgraded
adj
Whose rating, status etc has been reduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downgrade
downgrades
downgrades
noun
plural of downgrade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downgrade