(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
candlestickward
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
franklintown
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
killwort
killwort
noun
The plant Chelidonium majus.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
kilowatts
kilowatts
noun
plural of kilowatt
klingerstown
knowability
knowability
noun
The quality or state of being knowable.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kollwitz
kotwali
kotwali
noun
(India) A police station.
kwakiutl
lackwit
lackwit
adj
Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.
noun
A witless person; a fool.
lackwitted
lackwitted
adj
foolish; stupid
lackwittedly
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lefkowitz
listwork
lutoslawski
malinowskite
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
milkwort
milkwort
noun
Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.
milkworts
milkworts
noun
plural of milkwort
nightwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwalking
nightwalking
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
plaitwork
sawdustlike
sawdustlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sawdust.
sicklewort
sicklewort
noun
A plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods.
The heal-all (Prunella vulgaris).
slackwitted
slackwittedness
slitwork
steelworking
steelworking
noun
The act of working steel, the creation of steelwork or steelwares
strawberrylike
strawberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).
strawlike
strawlike
adj
Resembling straw.
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
sweetlike
swiftlike
swiftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swift (the bird).
switchlike
switchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a switch (control that can be turned on and off).
tallowlike
tallowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of tallow.
tallowmaking
tallowmaking
noun
The manufacture of tallow.
thankworthily
thewlike
thrawartlike
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
tickleweed
tiddledywinks
tiddledywinks
noun
Alternative form of tiddlywinks
plural of tiddledywink
tiddleywink
tiddleywink
noun
Alternative form of tiddlywink
tiddlywink
tiddlywink
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) An alcoholic drink.
(dialectal, slang) An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.
(games) A game played using dominoes.
(tiddlywinks) A small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks; (by extension) a similar disc or counter used in other games.
verb
Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
To play tiddlywinks.
tiddlywinker
tiddlywinker
noun
(tiddlywinks) A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
tiddlywinking
tiddlywinks
tiddlywinks
noun
(figuratively) Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.
plural of tiddlywink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tiddlywink
tilework
tilework
noun
The arrangement of tiles on a surface.
tileworks
tileworks
noun
A factory that manufactures tiles.
tinselwork
tiskilwa
towerlike
towerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tower.
towlike
towlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of tow; towy.
townlike
townlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a town.
trelliswork
trelliswork
noun
A trellis or trellis-like structure.
trellisworks
trellisworks
noun
plural of trelliswork
trianglework
triweeklies
triweeklies
noun
plural of triweekly
triweekliess
triweekly
triweekly
adj
Occurring once every three weeks.
Occurring three times per week.
Published three times a week.
noun
A publication published three times a week.
twankingly
twiglike
twiglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a twig; thin and brittle.
twilightlike
twilightlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of twilight.
twinelike
twinelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of twine.
twinkle
twinkle
noun
(childish) The female genitalia.
(colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
a flitting movement
a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
a sparkle or glimmer of light
verb
(chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight
(of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
to bat, blink or wink the eyes
to flit to and fro
twinkled
twinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twinkle
twinkledum
twinkleproof
twinkler
twinkler
noun
(colloquial) An eye.
One who, or that which, twinkles or winks.
twinklers
twinklers
noun
plural of twinkler
twinkles
twinkles
noun
plural of twinkle
twinkless
twinkling
twinkling
adj
Sparkling intermittently.
noun
A shining with fast intermittent light.
A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
verb
present participle and gerund of twinkle
twinklingly
twinklingly
adv
In a twinkling way.
twinkly
twinkly
adj
happy and cheerful
that twinkles
twinlike
twinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a twin or twins.
twitlark
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
unknowability
unknowability
noun
The quality or state of being unknowable.
unstewardlike
untownlike
untownlike
adj
Not townlike.
untwinkled
untwinkling
untwinkling
adj
Not twinkling.
unwaterlike
unwaterlike
adj
Not waterlike.
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
waiterlike
waiterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
walkerite
walkingstick
walkingstick
noun
Alternative form of walking stick
walkist
walkist
noun
(dated) A competitive walker; one taking part in the sport of pedestrianism.
waltzlike
waltzlike
adj
Resembling a waltz.
wantonlike
wartlike
wartlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wart.
waterblink
waterlike
waterlike
adj
Resembling water.
watkinsville
weakliest
weakliest
adj
superlative form of weakly: most weakly
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
weltpolitik
weltpolitik
Proper noun
The aggressive foreign policy of Kaiser of Germany beginning in 1891.
whatlike
whatlike
det
(Scotland, archaic) what kind of
wheatlike
wheatlike
adj
Resembling wheat or some aspect of it.
whelkiest
whilkut
whipstalk
whipstalk
noun
Alternative form of whipstock
whistlelike
whistlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whistle (musical instrument).
Resembling or characteristic of a whistle (shrill high-pitched sound).
whistlike
whistlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the game of whist.
whitelike
whitelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of white people.
whitlock
wilkeite
wilkeite
noun
(mineralogy, dated) fluorellestadite
wilterdink
winklet
winklot
winterkill
winterkill
noun
The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population.
verb
(intransitive) To die from the above effects of winter conditions.
(transitive) To kill by the conditions of winter, especially the effect of the cold, freezing.
winterkilled
winterkilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of winterkill
winterkilling
winterkilling
verb
present participle of winterkill
winterkills
winterkills
noun
plural of winterkill
winterlike
winterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.
witchlike
witchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a witch.
workability
workability
noun
The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.
workbrittle
wotlink
wraithlike
wraithlike
adj
Resembling a wraith; ghostly.
wrathlike
wrathlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of wrath.
wreathlike
wreathlike
adj
Resembling a wreath.
wrestlerlike
wrestlerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wrestler.
wrinklet
wrinklet
noun
A little wrinkle.
wrinkliest
wrinkliest
adj
superlative form of wrinkly: most wrinkly
wristlock
wristlock
noun
(combat sport) A wrestling hold in which the opponent is immobilized by having their wrist tightly held.