(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
duckwheat
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
frithwork
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hookstown
kathiawar
kittyhawk
kurthwood
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
leathwake
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
nighthawk
nighthawk
noun
(UK, regional) A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
(US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
A nighthawker (metal detectorist who works illegally at night).
A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
nightwake
nightwalk
nightwork
nightwork
noun
Work which is carried out at night.
outthwack
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
potwhisky
sheetwork
sheetwork
noun
Metalwork done in sheets.
The printing of sheets of paper using a printing press.
skitswish
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
smithwick
smithwork
smithwork
noun
The work done by a smith (blacksmith); metal forgery.
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
thickwind
throwback
throwback
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
(derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
An atavism.
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout
thwackers
thwackers
noun
plural of thwacker
thwacking
thwacking
noun
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
verb
present participle of thwack
timwhisky
tomahawks
tomahawks
noun
plural of tomahawk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tomahawk
toothwork
toothwork
noun
Toothed ornamentation.
wahpekute
watchmake
watchwork
watchwork
noun
The work produced by watchmaking; the mechanical arrangements making up a watch (portable timepiece).
weeknight
weeknight
noun
The evening of a weekday.
whackiest
whackiest
adj
superlative form of whacky: most whacky
wheatlike
wheatlike
adj
Resembling wheat or some aspect of it.
whelkiest
whipstalk
whipstalk
noun
Alternative form of whipstock
whipstick
whipstick
noun
A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
whipstock
whipstock
noun
(by extension) The driver of a carriage.
The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
whistlike
whistlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the game of whist.
whitakers
whiteback
whiteback
noun
A wild duck, the canvasback.
whitebark
whitebark
noun
The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
whitebook
whitelike
whitelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of white people.
whitesark
whitracks
whittaker
whittrick
wickthing
witchlike
witchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a witch.
witchwork
worksheet
worksheet
noun
A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and answers recorded.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To teach or assess by means of worksheets.
wrathlike
wrathlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of wrath.
wretchock
wretchock
noun
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.