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.
dishwiper
dishwiper
noun
(slang, chiefly New England) A dish towel.
disperiwig
dispowder
disworkmanship
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
downpours
downpours
noun
plural of downpour
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawspan
drawspan
noun
(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
drawstop
dropsywort
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
dropworts
dropworts
noun
plural of dropwort
edwardsport
gospelwards
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
horsewhipped
horsewhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip
hydropowers
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
misworshiped
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
newspapered
newspapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaper
newspaperized
newspaperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaperize
paderewski
palacewards
palacewards
adv
Towards a palace.
parishwide
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
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
polewards
polewards
adj
Towards a pole.
porkwoods
postward
postward
adv
Toward the winning post in a race.
powderers
powderers
noun
plural of powderer
powderies
powderiness
powderiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being powdery
powders
powders
noun
plural of powder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of powder
predawns
predawns
noun
plural of predawn
preshadow
preshowed
preshowed
verb
simple past tense of preshow
presweetened
presweetened
adj
sweetened in advance
prewashed
prewashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prewash
preworldliness
prowessed
prowessed
adj
(poetic, rare) Distinguished by prowess.
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
pyramidwise
pyramidwise
adj
In the form of a pyramid.
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
shipward
shipward
adv
toward a ship
shipwards
shipwards
adv
Towards a ship.
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
sideswiper
sideswiper
noun
A type of telegraph key, similar to a straight (pump) key, but whose keying action is in a side-to-side, rather than an up-and-down, motion.
One who sideswipes.
sideswipers
sideswipers
noun
plural of sideswiper
sidewiper
sleepward
sleepward
adv
toward sleep
slipperweed
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
spaceward
spaceward
adv
towards outer space
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.
speedwriting
spellword
spellword
noun
A word that acts as a magic spell.
spiderflower
spiderweb
spiderweb
noun
(figurative) Something that resembles a spider's web in being mesh-like, entrapping, or fragile.
The net-like construct of a spider containing sticky strands to catch prey.
verb
(transitive) To connect or cover as if with spiderwebs.
spiderwebbed
spiderwebbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spiderweb
spiderwebbing
spiderwebbing
verb
present participle of spiderweb
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.
spireward
spireward
adv
Toward a spire.
spiritweed
spiritweed
noun
The perennial herb Eryngium foetidum.
spiritwood
spotwelder
sprawled
sprawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprawl
springwood
springwood
noun
The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour.
springwoods
springwoods
noun
plural of springwood
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
stewardship
stewardship
noun
Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.
The act of caring for or improving with time.
The rank or office of a steward.
stewardships
stewardships
noun
plural of stewardship
subwardenship
sulphurweed
superacknowledgment
superaward
supercrowned
superendow
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superpowered
superpowered
adj
Equipped with superpowers.
Possessing powers that are super.
Very highly powered.
superreward
superreward
noun
A relatively great or excessive reward.
superworldliness
superworldly
supperward
supperwards
supperwards
adv
Towards supper.
supraworld
sweepboard
sweepforward
swindlership
swindlership
noun
(rare) The state of being a swindler.
swineherdship
swineherdship
noun
The role or status of swineherd.
swordmanship
swordmanship
noun
Alternative form of swordsmanship
swordplay
swordplay
noun
fighting with a sword
swordplayer
swordplayer
noun
One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
swordplayers
swordplayers
noun
plural of swordplayer
swordproof
swordproof
adj
Resistant to blows of a sword.
swordslipper
swordsmanship
swordsmanship
noun
the skill of using a sword
tidewaitership
tidewaitership
noun
The state or business of a tide waiter (customs inspector).
understewardship
understewardship
noun
The role or status of understeward.
underswamp
undersweep
undersweep
noun
A dance move where one leg is swept horizontally under the other.
An insufficient return eye movement during reading.
undersweeping
underswept
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unwhispered
unwhispered
adj
Not whispered.
unworshiped
unworshiped
adj
(US) Alternative form of unworshipped
unworshipped
unworshipped
adj
Not worshipped.
upstreamward
upwardness
upwardness
noun
Quality of being or going upward.
upwardnesses
upwardnesses
noun
plural of upwardness
upwards
upwards
adv
Backwards in time, into the past.
To a higher figure or amount.
To or into later life.
Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
wardenship
wardenship
noun
the state of being a warden
wardenships
wardenships
noun
plural of wardenship
wardership
wardership
noun
The role or status of warder.
wardship
wardship
noun
(chiefly law) The state of being a ward of someone.
(historical) In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.
wardships
wardships
noun
plural of wardship
weatherstripped
weatherstripped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weatherstrip
weedsport
whipcords
whipcords
noun
plural of whipcord
whispered
whispered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whisper
whisperhood
whisperhood
noun
(rare) The state of being a whisper; the initial condition of a rumour (a mere whisper or insinuation)
widespread
widespread
adj
Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.