(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.
baldwinsville
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bassenthwaite
bellowsmaking
bretwaldaship
brilliantwise
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
cathedralwise
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
dawsoniaceous
disallowances
disallowances
noun
plural of disallowance
disanswerable
edwardsianism
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
gabrilowitsch
glassblowings
handsawfishes
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
mawkishnesses
mawkishnesses
noun
plural of mawkishness
measuringworm
mechanicstown
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
mountainwards
mountainwards
Adverb
Towards a mountain or mountains.
narrowingness
narrowingness
noun
(rare) The quality of becoming narrow.
newfangledism
newsmagazines
newsmagazines
noun
plural of newsmagazine
newspaperized
newspaperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaperize
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nonoutlawries
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
piecemealwise
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
praisworthily
quartersawing
quartersawing
verb
present participle of quartersaw
rewardingness
rewardingness
noun
Quality of being rewarding.
satterthwaite
schweizerkase
seaworthiness
seaworthiness
noun
(nautical) The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea.
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
stewartsville
straightwards
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
subheadwaiter
subwardenship
superhighways
superhighways
noun
plural of superhighway
swallowtailed
swallowtailed
adj
Having a forked tail like a swallow's.
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swedenborgian
swedenborgian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Noun
A religious follower of
sweepwashings
sweethearting
sweethearting
noun
(business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family
(dated) courting; lovemaking
swordsmanship
swordsmanship
noun
the skill of using a sword
tallowberries
tallowberries
noun
plural of tallowberry
tradesmanwise
unshowmanlike
unshowmanlike
adj
Not showmanlike.
unstewardlike
unwainscotted
unwainscotted
adj
Not wainscotted.
unwarlikeness
unwarlikeness
noun
The quality of being unwarlike.
unweariedness
unweariedness
noun
The quality of being unwearied.
unweatherwise
unweatherwise
adj
Not weather-wise.
unwhimsically
unwhisperable
unwhisperable
adj
Unable to be whispered; too sacred, terrible, etc. to be mentioned; unspeakable.
unwhitewashed
unwhitewashed
adj
Not having been whitewashed.
unwomanliness
unwomanliness
noun
The state or condition of being unwomanly.
vegetablewise
waistcoathole
waistcoatless
waistcoatless
Adjective
Without a waistcoat.
waldensianism
wallowishness
wanderingness
wanderingness
noun
The quality of wandering; tendency to wander.
wappenshawing
washingtonese
washingtonian
washingtonian
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to, the state of Washington or its culture.
Of, or pertaining to, Washington, D.C. or its culture.
Of, or pertaining to, the life, values, or presidential administration of
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Washington in the United States of America.
An inhabitant or a resident of Washington, D.C..
A member of the a 19th-century sobriety support group.
watercolorist
watercolorist
noun
(art) A painter who paints watercolors
weaponshowing
weariableness
wearisomeness
wearisomeness
noun
The quality or state of being wearisome; tiresomeness; tediousness.
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherliness
weatherliness
noun
(nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
weatherstrips
weatherstrips
noun
plural of weatherstrip
westralianism
whigmaleeries
whimsicalness
whimsicalness
noun
Whimsicality.
whiskerandoed
whitaturalist
widespreading
wieldableness
wilhelmshaven
williamsfield
williamsville
wineglassfuls
winnepesaukee
winnipesaukee
winnipesaukee
Proper noun
A large lake in New Hampshire, USA.
wiseacredness
wiseheartedly
withdrawnness
withdrawnness
noun
The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
witwatersrand
womanlikeness
womanlikeness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being womanlike; femininity.
womanlinesses
womanlinesses
noun
plural of womanliness
wonderlandish
wonderlandish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wonderland.
wordsworthian
wordsworthian
Noun
A scholar of the works of William Wordsworth (1770–1850)