(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
backwinded
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
cakewalked
cakewalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cakewalk
cakewalker
cakewalker
noun
A performer of the cakewalk dance.
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
cankerweed
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
caseworker
caseworker
noun
a social worker
cementwork
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chimalakwe
cockcrower
cocklewife
cofferwork
cofferwork
noun
(masonry) rubblework faced with stone
corkscrews
corkscrews
noun
plural of corkscrew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corkscrew
corkscrewy
corkscrewy
adj
Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
cwikielnik
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
ficklewise
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jackscrews
jackscrews
noun
plural of jackscrew
laceworker
laceworker
noun
Synonym of lacemaker
lackawaxen
lackwitted
lackwitted
adj
foolish; stupid
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mankiewicz
mickiewicz
packwaller
packwaukee
pawneerock
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
pickleweed
pickleweed
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Batis (family Bataceae).
Any flowering plant of the genus Salicornia (family Amaranthaceae).
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
princewick
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
scharwenka
scowbanker
screenwork
screenwork
noun
(architecture) Work in the form of a screen.
Work done for film or television, such as directing.
screwstock
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shipwrecks
shipwrecks
noun
plural of shipwreck
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
sickleweed
sickleweed
noun
An herb of the carrot family, Falcaria vulgaris.
sicklewise
sicklewise
adv
In the manner of a sickle.
sicklewort
sicklewort
noun
A plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods.
The heal-all (Prunella vulgaris).
skewbacked
sneckdrawn
spacewalks
spacewalks
noun
plural of spacewalk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spacewalk
stickwater
stickwater
noun
A solution of proteins and other bio-nutrients obtained as a coproduct in the processing of animal by-products; typically produced at a slaughterhouse, or at rendering facilities which processes fishmeal or meat and bone meal. Stickwater is furthermore processed and added to animal feeds as a source of nutrients.
stockowner
swannecked
swaybacked
swaybacked
adj
(figuratively) Old.
Having a sagged back.
Having sagged or hollow surface.
switchlike
switchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a switch (control that can be turned on and off).
tickleweed
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England
unthwacked
unwickedly
warwickite
warwickite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron magnesium titanium borate mineral occurring as brown to black prismatic orthorhombic crystals.
watchmaker
watchmaker
noun
A person who repairs (and originally made) watches.
waterbucks
waterbucks
noun
plural of waterbuck
welldecked
wenlockian
whickering
whickering
noun
The act of producing a whicker.
verb
present participle of whicker
whipsocket
whitterick
whitterick
noun
Alternative form of whitret
wickedlike
wickedness
wickedness
noun
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
wickenburg
wickerware
wickerware
noun
Articles made from wicker.
wickerwork
wickerwork
noun
A thing or things made of wicker.
wicketkeep
wicketkeep
verb
(cricket) To act as a wicketkeeper.
wicketwork
windsucker
windsucker
noun
(derogatory) A term of abuse.
A horse with the habit of windsucking.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
wisecracks
wisecracks
noun
plural of wisecrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wisecrack
woodhacker
woodhacker
Noun
The yaffle
woodlocked
woodpecker
woodpecker
noun
(military slang) Type 92 heavy machine gun
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
woonsocket
writheneck
writheneck
noun
wryneck
yellowback
yellowback
noun
A cheap sensational novel.
yellowcake
yellowcake
noun
A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.