(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
budweis
budweiser
budwig
bullwhipped
bullwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullwhip
cowbind
cowbind
noun
The white bryony, Bryonia alba.
cowbinds
cowbird
cowbird
noun
Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.
cowbirds
cowbirds
noun
plural of cowbird
cushewbird
dembowski
dewberries
dewberries
noun
plural of dewberry
disallowable
disallowable
adj
Able to be disallowed.
Not allowable; not to be suffered or permitted; which should not be allowed.
disallowableness
disanswerable
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disbowel
disbowel
verb
(rare) To disembowel.
disboweled
disboweling
disbowelled
disbowelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbowel
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
disbowels
disbowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbowel
disembowel
disembowel
verb
(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
disemboweled
disemboweled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
disembower
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
dombrowski
doublewidth
drawability
drawability
noun
The quality or degree of being drawable.
drawboring
drawboring
verb
present participle of drawbore
drawbridge
drawbridge
noun
A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
drawbridges
drawbridges
noun
plural of drawbridge
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dwaible
dwaibly
fiddlebow
gablewindowed
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
glowbird
highbrowed
highbrowed
adj
(of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
imbowered
imbowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbower
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
inbowed
jewbird
jimberjawed
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kowbird
lawabidingness
ludwigsburg
middlebrow
middlebrow
adj
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middlebrows
middlebrows
noun
plural of middlebrow
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
misbestowed
misbestowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misbestow
noibwood
noibwood
noun
The hardwood of Handroanthus serratifolius.
rabbitweed
rabbitweed
noun
The plant Gutierrezia sarothrae.
rabbitwood
rabbitwood
noun
Pyrularia pubera, a shrub in the sandalwood family.
rainbowweed
ribbonweed
ribbonweed
noun
Ribbonleaf pondweed, Potamogeton epihydrus
Species of Posidonia
Species of Vallisneria
Stuckenia pectinata (Potamogeton pectinatus)
Zostera capricorni
ribbonwood
ribbonwood
noun
Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico. Also called redshanks
Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus.
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
shallowbrained
showbird
slowbellied
snowbird
snowbird
noun
(slang) A cocaine user.
A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
snowbirds
snowbirds
noun
plural of snowbird
snowboarding
snowboarding
noun
The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
verb
present participle of snowboard
snowbridge
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
subheadwaiter
subtwined
subwardenship
swaddlebill
swagbellied
swagbellied
adj
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swedenborgian
swedenborgian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Noun
A religious follower of
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
swedenborgism
swindleable
swindleable
adj
(rare) Able to be swindled.
swinebread
swinebread
noun
The truffle.
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
switchblades
switchblades
noun
plural of switchblade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switchblade
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switchboards
switchboards
noun
plural of switchboard
swordbill
swordbill
noun
A hummingbird, Docimastes ensiferus, with a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
thimbleweed
thimbleweed
noun
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone virginiana
Rudbeckia laciniata
thimbleweeds
thimbleweeds
noun
plural of thimbleweed
timberwood
trowbridge
trowbridge
Proper noun
the county town of Wiltshire, England.
twibilled
twitterboned
unbewailed
unbewailed
adj
Not bewailed.
unbewilder
unbewilder
verb
(transitive) To free from bewilderment; to enlighten or unconfuse.
unbewildered
unbewildered
adj
Not bewildered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbewilder
unbewilderedly
unbewildering
unbewildering
adj
Not bewildering.
verb
present participle of unbewilder
unbewilderingly
unbewilled
unbewitched
unbewitched
adj
Not bewitched.
unbowdlerized
unbowdlerized
adj
Not bowdlerized.
underbillow
unimbowed
unimbowered
unimbrowned
unindwellable
unwieldable
unwieldable
adj
Not wieldable.
unwindable
unwindable
adj
Able to be unwound.
Not windable.
unwithdrawable
unwithdrawable
adj
Not withdrawable.
waistband
waistband
noun
A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.
waistbands
waistbands
noun
plural of waistband
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
wallbird
wallbird
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Norfolk, Suffolk) A bird, the spotted flycatcher.
warbird
warbird
noun
An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately.
Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc.
wattlebird
wattlebird
noun
Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.
wattlebirds
wattlebirds
noun
plural of wattlebird
waxbird
waxbird
noun
(rare) A bird, the waxwing (Bombycilla spp.).
waybird
wazirabad
weakbrained
weakbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of weak-brained
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weaverbird
weaverbird
noun
Ploceidae, the family most commonly known by this name
The family Estrildidae, better known as estrildid finches or weaver finches
weaverbirds
weaverbirds
noun
plural of weaverbird
wedbedrip
wedgebill
wedgebill
noun
Two Australian birds, Psophodes cristatus and Psophodes occidentalis that have wedge-shaped bills.
weetbird
weighbridge
weighbridge
noun
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
weisbrodt
weldability
weldability
noun
The ability of a metal or other material to be welded under specified conditions
wetbird
wetbird
noun
(UK, dialect) The chaffinch.
whalebird
whalebird
noun
(Australia) The sooty tern
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels, especially Pachyptila turtur (the blue petrel) and Pachyptila desolata.