A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippewas
chippeway
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
depthwise
depthwise
adj
Directed across the depth of an object or place.
adv
Across the depth of an object or place.
dewanship
dishwiper
dishwiper
noun
(slang, chiefly New England) A dish towel.
hawsepipe
hawsepipe
noun
(nautical) metal pipe fitted into a hawsehole, to protect the wood
horsewhip
horsewhip
noun
A whip for use on horses.
verb
(transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
nawabship
nawabship
noun
The rank or condition of a nawab.
nymphwise
ownership
ownership
noun
(business) Responsibility for something.
The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
patchwise
patchwise
adj
in patches
adv
one patch at a time
penwright
phillilew
piceworth
pinwheels
pinwheels
noun
plural of pinwheel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinwheel
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pitwright
plowlight
potwhisky
prestwich
prestwich
Proper noun
a town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.
rewhisper
rewhisper
verb
To whisper again.
screwship
shipowner
shipowner
noun
(nautical) Someone who owns a ship.
shipwards
shipwards
adv
Towards a ship.
shipworms
shipworms
noun
plural of shipworm
shipwreck
shipwreck
noun
(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
verb
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
showpiece
showpiece
noun
Something made specifically to be displayed.
Something that exhibits exceptional quality, something worth being shown.
swainship
swainship
noun
The condition of being a swain.
townships
townships
noun
plural of township
twinships
twinships
noun
plural of twinship
unwhipped
unwhipped
adj
Not whipped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwhip
unworship
unworship
noun
Lack of worship or respect; dishonour; failure or refusal to worship; irreverence.
verb
(transitive) To deprive of worship or due honour; to dishonour.
wampished
wampished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wampish
wampishes
wampishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wampish
wardships
wardships
noun
plural of wardship
waspishly
waspishly
adv
In a waspish manner.
wazirship
whaleship
whaleship
noun
A ship used for hunting whales.
wheelspin
wheelspin
noun
(automotive) The spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting.
wheepling
wheepling
verb
present participle of wheeple
whelpling
whelpling
noun
A little whelp.
whimpered
whimpered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whimper
whimperer
whimperer
noun
One who whimpers.
whipbelly
whipcords
whipcords
noun
plural of whipcord
whipcordy
whipcordy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
whipcrack
whipcrack
noun
The crack of a whip.
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.
whipgraft
whipgraft
noun
Alternative form of whip graft
whipmaker
whipmaker
noun
A manufacturer of whips.
whippable
whippable
adj
(of cream, etc.) That can be whipped.
whipparee
whipparee
noun
Any of various stingrays of the coastal United States, including the cownose ray.
whippeter
whippiest
whippiest
adj
superlative form of whippy: most whippy
whippings
whippings
noun
plural of whipping
whipsawed
whipsawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whipsaw
whipstaff
whipstaff
noun
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.
whipstalk
whipstalk
noun
Alternative form of whipstock
whipstall
whipstall
noun
A stall of an aircraft in near-vertical climb, followed by slip-back, before the nose turns toward the ground, sometimes an intentional stunt.
verb
To stall in this fashion.
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.
whiptails
whiptails
noun
plural of whiptail
whipworms
whipworms
noun
plural of whipworm
whirlpool
whirlpool
noun
A hot tub, jacuzzi.
A swirling body of water.
Turmoil, or agitated excitement.
verb
(intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool.
whirlpuff
whispered
whispered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whisper
whisperer
whisperer
noun
(figurative, by extension) Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person; an expert or guru in a particular field or subject
Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer.
Someone who tells secrets; a gossip.
Someone who whispers.
whitecaps
whitecaps
noun
plural of whitecap
whitedamp
whitedamp
noun
A noxious mixture of gases formed by the combustion of coal, usually in an enclosed environment such as a mine.
whitepost
whiterump
whiterump
noun
A bird, the black-tailed godwit.
whooplike
whooplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whooping sound.
whoreship
whoreship
noun
Whoredom.
wineshops
wineshops
noun
plural of wineshop
winthorpe
wirephoto
wirephoto
noun
A photograph transmitted by telephotography.
withertip
womanship
worshiped
worshiped
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of worship
worshiper
worshiper
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of worshipper