Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
charmwise
chmielewski
chowtimes
churchwardenism
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
combwise
combwise
adv
In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.
cometwise
cometwise
adj
In the manner of a comet.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
discrownment
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
inchworms
inchworms
noun
plural of inchworm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inchworm
kimmswick
lawrenciums
mackinaws
mackinaws
noun
plural of mackinaw
mcewensville
mcknightstown
mcwilliams
mechanicstown
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
microbrewers
microbrewers
noun
plural of microbrewer
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
microswitch
microswitch
noun
An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.
microwaves
microwaves
noun
plural of microwave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microwave
microwords
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
midwatches
midwatches
noun
plural of midwatch
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misallowance
misallowance
noun
A bad or wrong allowance; something allotted in error.
moiseiwitsch
oswiecim
phosphowolframic
pickwickianism
piecemealwise
schwarmerei
schwarmereis
screwmatics
screwmatics
noun
(Britain, colloquial, dated) Rheumatism.
scrimshaw
scrimshaw
noun
(countable) A small ornamental handicraft created by carving or engraving bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials, formerly produced by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages.
(uncountable) The manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials, formerly by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages.
verb
(intransitive) To make a handicraft of scrimshaw.
To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs.
To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials.
To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials.
scrimshawed
scrimshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrimshaw
scrimshawing
scrimshawing
verb
present participle of scrimshaw
scrimshaws
scrimshaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrimshaw
servicewoman
servicewoman
noun
A woman who serves in the armed forces.
servicewomen
servicewomen
noun
plural of servicewoman
shrewmmice
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
smithwick
sulfowolframic
sulphowolframic
switchman
switchman
noun
A person who operates railway switches which route trains onto rail tracks.
A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.
switchmen
switchmen
noun
plural of switchman
thermoswitch
thermoswitch
noun
(biochemistry) A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
unwhimsical
unwhimsical
Adjective
Not whimsical.
unwhimsically
unwhimsicalness
watchmakings
watchmanship
watchmanship
noun
The state or business of a watchman.
weathercockism
whimsic
whimsical
whimsical
adj
Given to whimsy.
whimsicalities
whimsicalities
noun
plural of whimsicality
whimsicality
whimsicality
noun
(countable) something whimsical; a caprice.
(uncountable) the state of being whimsical.
whimsically
whimsically
adv
in a whimsical manner
whimsicalness
whimsicalness
noun
Whimsicality.
williamsoniaceae
wilscam
wiseacredom
wiseacredom
noun
The realm or sphere of wiseacres.
wiseacreism
wiseacreism
noun
The behaviour or utterance of a wiseacre; know-it-allism.