The larva of any of the Spodoptera and Mythimna genera of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.
armyworms
armyworms
noun
plural of armyworm
arrowy
arrowy
adj
Consisting of arrows.
Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example swift or slender or straight
avowry
avowry
noun
(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
aworry
aylsworth
barleymow
barrytown
beworry
beworry
verb
(transitive) To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass.
(transitive) To worry about.
beworrying
beworrying
verb
present participle of beworry
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
bloodworthy
blowspray
bodywear
bodywear
noun
Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
bodywork
bodywork
noun
A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
The repair of a such body.
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
bowerly
bowermay
bowery
bowery
adj
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
noun
(archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
boweryish
bowldery
bowldery
adj
Archaic form of bouldery.
bowsery
bowyer
bowyer
noun
(archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer.
A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
bowyers
bowyers
noun
plural of bowyer
boyertown
brailowsky
bribeworthy
broadway
broadway
noun
(poker slang) A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em.
An esplanade.
broadwayite
broadways
broadways
noun
plural of broadway
brockway
bronwyn
bronwyn
Proper noun
name; an Anglicized form of Bronwen.
brownley
brownly
brownly
adv
With a brown colour.
browny
browny
adj
Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
browsability
browsability
noun
The quality or state of being browsable.
bryantown
busywork
busywork
noun
Alternative spelling of busy work
busyworks
byeworker
byeworkman
byrdstown
byrewoman
bywoner
bywoner
noun
(South Africa) A poor tenant farmer who labours for the owner and does some farming of his own.
byword
byword
noun
A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
A nickname or epithet.
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
bywords
bywords
noun
plural of byword
bywork
bywork
noun
Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.
byworks
byworks
noun
plural of bywork
careywood
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
cassowary
cassowary
noun
A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.
catercornerways
chariotway
chariotway
noun
A road for chariots.
chowry
chowry
noun
A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
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
clownery
clownery
noun
The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
cobwebbery
cobwebbery
noun
(chiefly figuratively) A mass of cobwebs; anything that obscures the vision or is elaborate yet flimsy.
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
copywriters
copywriters
noun
plural of copywriter
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
corkscrewy
corkscrewy
adj
Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape
cornerways
cornerways
Adverb
Diagonally.
cotterway
countersway
countersway
noun
(obsolete) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
countrywoman
countrywoman
noun
A female compatriot
A woman who lives in the country or has retained country ways.
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
cowardly
cowardly
adj
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
adv
(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
cowardy
cowardy
adj
(Britain) Cowardly.
cowberry
cowberry
noun
A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
The berry of this shrub.
cowbyre
cowdrey
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
cowry
cowry
noun
Alternative spelling of cowrie.
cowyard
cowyard
noun
An enclosure for cows close by the farm.
crashworthy
crashworthy
adj
(of a social event) Worthy of being gatecrashed.
(of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
crawleyroot
creditworthy
creditworthy
adj
(finance) Deemed likely to repay debts.
(finance) Having an acceptable credit rating.
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crossway
crossway
noun
(archaic) A crossroad.
crossways
crossways
adv
transversely; crosswise
noun
plural of crossway
crowberry
crowberry
noun
A fruit of this plant.
Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
crowdedly
crowdedly
adv
In a crowded manner.
crowdy
crowdy
adj
(nonstandard) crowded
noun
(Scotland) A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water.
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
crowley
crowshay
crystalwort
crystalwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Riccia.
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
daywork
daywork
noun
(obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
(obsolete) The work done in a day; a day's work.
Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
dayworker
dayworker
noun
An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
dearworthily
dewyrose
donkeywork
donkeywork
noun
Alternative form of donkey work
donkeyworks
doorway
doorway
noun
The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
doorways
doorways
noun
plural of doorway
dowery
dowery
noun
Alternative form of dowry
downcry
downcrying
downheartedly
downheartedly
adv
In a downhearted manner
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downwardly
downwardly
adv
In a downward direction
dowry
dowry
noun
(less common) Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
(obsolete) Dower.
A natural gift or talent.
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
verb
To bestow a dowry upon.
drawboy
drawboy
noun
(weaving) A boy who operates the harness cords of a handloom.
Part of a power loom that performs the same function.
dropsywort
drowningly
drowsily
drowsily
adv
In a drowsy manner.
drowsy
drowsy
adj
Boring.
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
Dull; stupid.
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
dryworker
earlywood
earlywood
noun
wood formed in a tree relatively early in the season
enworthy
evenworthy
everyhow
everyhow
adv
(archaic) however, by whatever means.
everywoman
everywoman
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
eyebrow
eyebrow
noun
(construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
verb
(intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
(transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.
eyebrows
eyebrows
noun
plural of eyebrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eyebrow
eyewort
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
floorway
floorway
noun
An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
flowerfly
flowerfly
noun
Alternative spelling of flower-fly
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
flowery
flowery
adj
(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
flyflower
flywort
footweary
forebackwardly
forehatchway
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
forwardly
forwardly
adv
In a forward manner
forweary
forweary
adj
(obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.
(transitive, obsolete) To weary utterly; tire out.