(chemistry) a narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture
(glassblowing) a long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown
a weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
chipwood
copywise
cowslips
cowslips
noun
plural of cowslip
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downslip
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
fireplow
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
impowers
impowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impower
kapowsin
limpwort
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
pickwork
picowatt
picowatt
noun
One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a watt, abbreviated as pW.
piewoman
piewoman
noun
A woman who sells pies.
pilework
pilework
noun
A structure built of piles; piling.
pileworm
pileworm
Noun
The teredo.
pilewort
pilewort
noun
Erechtites hieraciifolius, or fireweed, a plant in the aster family;
Ficaria verna (formerly Ranunculus ficaria), lesser celandine, a plant in the buttercup family.
pillowed
pillowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pillow
pillworm
pillworm
noun
(rare) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm.
pillwort
pillwort
noun
Any plant of the genus Pilularia, a minute aquatic fern with small pill-shaped sporangia.
pinetown
pinewood
pinewood
noun
(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation
(uncountable) The wood of a pine
pinkwood
pinkwort
pinrowed
pinworks
pinworks
noun
A factory that makes pins.
pinworms
pinworms
noun
plural of pinworm
pipewood
pipewood
noun
An ericaceous shrub of the southern United States, whose wood can be used to make pipe bowls.
pipework
pipework
noun
(music) The pipes and stops of an organ
Any system of pipes or tubes; piping
pipewort
pipewort
noun
Any of several aquatic plants of the genus Eriocaulon.
pishquow
pithwork
plaistow
plowfish
plowline
plowtail
plowtail
noun
Alternative form of ploughtail
plowwise
poetwise
polliwig
polliwig
noun
Alternative form of polliwog
polliwog
polliwog
noun
(US, dialectal) A tadpole.
poorwill
poorwill
noun
nightjar (bird)
portwine
porwigle
porwigle
noun
Obsolete form of polliwog.
postwise
postwise
adv
In the manner of a post, or vertical support.
Synonym of post (“on post-horses; by a relay of horses, for speed”)
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
primwort
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
prowling
prowling
noun
The act of one who prowls.
verb
present participle of prowl
sapowith
shipwork
shipwork
noun
The work of building and repairing ships.
shipworm
shipworm
noun
Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.
shopwife
snowslip
snowslip
noun
A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.
swillpot
swillpot
noun
Alternative form of swill-pot
swinepox
swinepox
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A form of chickenpox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the waterpox.
A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
swooping
swooping
adj
That swoops or swoop.
noun
The motion of something that swoops.
verb
present participle of swoop
swopping
swopping
noun
Alternative form of swapping
verb
present participle of swop
topiwala
township
township
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A small town.
(South Africa, Post 1994) A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
(South Africa, Pre 1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
(US, Canada) A subdivision of a county.
The territory of a town.
viewport
viewport
noun
(computer graphics) A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).
A viewing window.
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.
wainrope
wainrope
noun
A rope for binding a load on a wagon.
whipcord
whipcord
noun
A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes.
A strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib.
A type of catgut.
whipholt
whippost
whipworm
whipworm
noun
(medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
whitepot
whitepot
noun
(historical) An early form of bread and butter pudding, made with bone marrow or butter.
whitetop
whitetop
noun
Lepidium draba, a perennial herb that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots.
whomping
whomping
verb
present participle of whomp
whooping
whooping
noun
Alternative form of whupping
verb
present participle of whoop
whopping
whopping
adj
(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
adv
(colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.
noun
A beating.
verb
present participle of whop.
wicopies
wineshop
wineshop
noun
(India) A liquor store.
A shop selling wine.
winesops
winesops
noun
plural of winesop
wingpost
winthrop
winthrop
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A city in Arkansas.
A community in Nottinghamshire, England.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Maine.
A city in Massachusetts.
A city in Minnesota.
A village in Ontario.
A town in Washington.
from the English places.
wipeouts
wipeouts
noun
plural of wipeout
wipstock
withypot
woodpile
woodpile
noun
(games) An arrangement of dominoes.
A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel.
woodship
woodship
noun
(obsolete) Control over and responsibility for a wooded area.
A wooden ship.
woomping
woopsing
workship
workship
noun
(archaic) workmanship
wormship
worships
worships
noun
plural of worship
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of worship