(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
becrawls
becrawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrawl
bescrawl
bescrawl
verb
(transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.
blowcase
bucksaws
bucksaws
noun
plural of bucksaw
buckwash
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
canewise
cantwise
capewise
capewise
adv
In the manner of a cape.
carassow
carassow
noun
Archaic form of curassow.
caraways
caraways
noun
plural of caraway
caseweed
caseweed
noun
The plant shepherd's purse
casewood
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
cashtown
casstown
castaway
castaway
adj
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
Shipwrecked.
noun
(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
A discarded person or thing.
An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
catawbas
catawbas
noun
plural of catawba
catspaws
catspaws
noun
plural of catspaw
catwalks
catwalks
noun
plural of catwalk
causeway
causeway
noun
A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles. Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To pave, to cobble.
choctaws
clawless
clawless
adj
Having no claws.
clawsick
coldslaw
coldslaw
noun
Archaic form of coleslaw.
coleslaw
coleslaw
noun
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowgrass
cowhages
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowshard
cowsharn
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxwains
crabwise
crabwise
adj
(figuratively) Incidental.
In the manner of a crab; sideways.
crawdads
crawdads
noun
plural of crawdad
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crawlers
crawlers
noun
plural of crawler
crenshaw
crossway
crossway
noun
(archaic) A crossroad.
crowbars
crowbars
noun
plural of crowbar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowbar
crowshay
cumshaws
cumshaws
noun
plural of cumshaw
curassow
curassow
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
cutaways
cutaways
noun
plural of cutaway
dewclaws
dewclaws
noun
plural of dewclaw
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
earscrew
eschewal
eschewal
noun
The act of eschewing
facewise
facewise
adv
By means of or in terms of the face.
hacksaws
hacksaws
noun
plural of hacksaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hacksaw
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
newscast
newscast
noun
(broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.
verb
(transitive) To broadcast the news.
raceways
raceways
noun
plural of raceway
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
sawbucks
sawbucks
noun
plural of sawbuck
scabwort
scabwort
noun
The plant elecampane.
scalawag
scalawag
noun
(derogatory) A rascal.
(derogatory, US, archaic or historical) Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.
(derogatory, archaic) A scrawny cow.
scawtite
scawtite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
schwaben
schwartz
schwejda
scofflaw
scofflaw
noun
(US) One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
scourway
scowbank
scrawled
scrawled
adj
Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrawl
scrawler
scrawler
noun
One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.
screwage
screwman
screwman
noun
A laborer who uses screws to make adjustments
scuddawn
showance
showcase
showcase
noun
A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.
verb
To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
skewback
skewback
noun
(architecture) The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.
slowback
slowback
noun
(archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
snowcaps
snowcaps
noun
plural of snowcap
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
stickjaw
stickjaw
noun
Food that is difficult to chew or swallow, such as toffee or pudding.
swacking
swacking
adj
(slang) Huge; whopping.
Characteristic of a swack.
verb
present participle of swack
swanneck
swanwick
swanwick
Proper noun
A village in Hampshire, England
A village in Derbyshire, England
swastica
swatchel
swatchel
noun
(dated) swazzle
swatcher
swatches
swatches
noun
plural of swatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swatch
swayback
swayback
noun
An animal with such excessive sagging.
An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
szechwan
wacadash
wacadash
noun
Obsolete form of wakizashi (“Japanese short sword”).
wachuset
wackiest
wackiest
adj
superlative form of wacky: most wacky
waesucks
wainscot
wainscot
noun
(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
Any of various noctuid moths.
verb
To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
wanchese
wardcors
warlocks
warlocks
noun
plural of warlock
watchers
watchers
noun
plural of watcher
waycross
welsbach
wetbacks
wetbacks
noun
plural of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States
whackers
whackers
noun
plural of whacker
wickapes
wildcats
wildcats
noun
plural of wildcat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wildcat
wiseacre
wiseacre
noun
(obsolete) A learned or wise man.
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
verb
To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.
woolsack
woolsack
noun
A bag or bale of wool.
A seat made of wool; (specifically) the traditional seat of the British Lord Chancellor (since 2006 of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords); hence (by metonymy) the post of Lord-Chancellor.
Synonym of corestone
wormcast
wormcast
noun
A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.