The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
againward
againward
adv
(obsolete) Back again.
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
beworming
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
An instance of something being borrowed.
verb
(slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting.
present participle of borrow
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
bridgeway
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
buglewort
burrawang
burrawang
noun
(Australia) Any of various cycads in the genus Macrozamia.
burrowing
burrowing
noun
The act or result of making a burrow.
verb
present participle of burrow
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
coughwort
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
crownling
curfewing
currawang
currawang
noun
Alternative form of currawong (“Australian bird”)
currawong
currawong
noun
Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia.
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
downgrade
downgrade
noun
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
(computing) To revert software back to an older version.
(meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
(transitive) To disparage.
To place lower in position.
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
downrange
downrange
adj
In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
drawglove
drawtongs
drownding
drownding
verb
present participle of drownd
drownings
drownings
noun
plural of drowning
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
earwigged
earwigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earwig
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edgewater
edgeworth
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farrowing
farrowing
adj
Producing a litter of piglets
noun
The act of producing a litter of pigs
verb
present participle of farrow
fevertwig
flowerage
flowerage
noun
State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
fogertown
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
frewsburg
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
furrowing
furrowing
noun
A furrowed pattern.
verb
present participle of furrow
gagwriter
gagwriter
noun
One who writes jokes.
gallycrow
gallycrow
noun
Alternative spelling of gallicrow
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
garewaite
garewaite
noun
(mineralogy) An ultrabasic rock consisting mostly of olivine and augite.
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gatewards
gateworks
gearwheel
gearwheel
noun
Alternative spelling of gear wheel
gipsywort
glareworm
glassware
glassware
noun
Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
glendower
glidewort
glowering
glowering
noun
The act of giving a glower.
verb
present participle of glower
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
goldwater
goodwater
gourdworm
gourdworm
noun
(obsolete) A fluke or trematode worm, especially the liver fluke.
gracewood
grainways
grandview
granttown
grapeview
grapewise
grapewise
adv
In terms of grapes.
In the manner of a grape or grapes.
grapewort
grassweed
grassweed
noun
Any weed that is a grass.
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
grassworm
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graveward
graveward
adv
Toward the grave.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greenaway
greenlawn
greentown
greenview
greenwald
greenware
greenware
noun
(ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
(ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
greenweed
greenweed
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Genista, related to broom
greenwell
greenwich
greenwich
Proper noun
A town on the south bank of the River Thames in London through which the prime meridian passes.
A London Borough within Greater London.
greenwing
greenwing
noun
A common and widespread duck in North America, Anas carolinensis or Anas crecca carolinensis
greenwood
greenwood
noun
A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
greenwort
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
grewsomer
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
grillwork
grillwork
noun
The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
grotewohl
groundway
groundway
noun
(shipbuilding) In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
grovetown
growingly
growingly
adv
To a growing or increasing degree
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growthful
growthful
adj
Causing growth.
Having the capacity to grow.
grubworms
grubworms
noun
plural of grubworm
grunewald
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
gulfwards
gumchewer
gumflower
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
gyrowheel
harrowing
harrowing
adj
Causing pain or distress.
noun
(Christianity) Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.