(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
ainsworth
ainsworth
Proper noun
A village in Greater Manchester, England
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
airworthy
airworthy
adj
Meeting standards for safe flight
altarwise
altarwise
adj
Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall.
antiwaste
antiwaste
adj
Opposing or preventing waste.
antiwedge
antiwhite
antiwhite
adj
Hostile to white people or white culture.
antiwoman
antiwoman
adj
Opposed to women.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
anywither
anywither
adv
Archaic form of anywhither.
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
auschwitz
auschwitz
Proper noun
A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; definition Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
awaitlala
awestrike
awestrike
verb
(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
awunctive
bairnwort
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
boatswain
boatswain
noun
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
The tropicbird.
bowralite
brawliest
brawliest
adj
superlative form of brawly: most brawly
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
browntail
catawissa
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
chinatown
chinatown
Noun
A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
citywards
citywards
adv
Towards a city
coastwise
coastwise
adj
Along the coast.
crawliest
crawliest
adj
superlative form of crawly: most crawly
czarowitz
czarowitz
noun
Archaic form of tsarevich.
daisytown
darwinist
darwinist
Noun
A believer in Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
darwinite
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
dishwater
dishwater
noun
(by extension) Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour.
Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
drawliest
drawliest
adj
superlative form of drawly: most drawly
drawpoint
eyewaiter
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
fallowist
fallowist
noun
One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
firewater
firewater
noun
(informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
(manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.
High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
fittyways
fizzwater
gagwriter
gagwriter
noun
One who writes jokes.
gaintwist
garewaite
garewaite
noun
(mineralogy) An ultrabasic rock consisting mostly of olivine and augite.
gigawatts
gigawatts
noun
plural of gigawatt
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
handwrist
handwrite
handwrite
verb
To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
hawcuaite
hawcubite
hawcubite
Noun
A member of a street gang in London, England, circa 1700.
A ruffian or bully.
haworthia
haworthia
noun
Any of the genus Haworthia of succulent plants resembling aloe, native to southern Africa.
heartwise
hoistaway
hoistaway
noun
A kind of mechanical lift, or elevator.
howardite
howardite
noun
(geology) An achondritic stony meteorite.
inswathed
inswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inswathe
inswathes
inswathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inswathe
interwrap
interwrap
adj
Between wraps.
noun
The act or condition of interwrapping.
verb
To intertwine; to wrap together.
inwreathe
inwreathe
verb
(transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
jahwistic
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
kathiawar
kattowitz
kilowatts
kilowatts
noun
plural of kilowatt
kittiwake
kittiwake
noun
Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.
kittyhawk
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
kowagmiut
latewhile
lawsonite
lawsonite
noun
A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻
leastwise
leastwise
adv
(informal) At least.
Minimally.
lewisetta
limewater
limewater
noun
(inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
manitowoc
manitowoc
Proper noun
a city on the shore of Wisconsin, USA
the in Wisconsin, which flows into Lake Michigan at Manitowoc.
markowitz
miamitown
microwatt
microwatt
noun
One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a watt, abbreviated as μW.
milliwatt
milliwatt
noun
One thousandth (10⁻³) of a watt, abbreviated as mW.
millwater
miltwaste
miltwaste
noun
A small European fern (Asplenium ceterach) formerly used in medicine.
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
multiwall
multiwall
adj
Having multiple walls, especially of packaging with several outer layers.
mutawalli
mutawalli
noun
Person entrusted with a waqf.
newmanite
newtonian
newtonian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Newtonian.
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
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
nightwear
nightwear
noun
Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas
onwaiting
outlawing
outlawing
verb
present participle of outlaw
outwaited
outwaited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwait
outwaving
outwittal
outwittal
noun
The act of outwitting somebody.
patchwise
patchwise
adj
in patches
adv
one patch at a time
petalwise
petalwise
adv
In the manner of a petal or petals.
plaitwork
pointways
rainwater
rainwater
noun
Rainfall.
Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
satinwood
satinwood
noun
Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
sawtimber
sawtimber
noun
Wood cut from trees that is suitable for processing as sawlogs.
shadowist
slantwise
slantwise
adj
diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
adv
diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
squatwise
squawtits
stagewise
stagewise
adj
In stages; one stage at a time.
stairways
stairways
noun
plural of stairway
stairwell
stairwell
noun
A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.
stairwise
stairwise
adj
In the manner of a set of stairs; rising in discrete steps.
stairwork
stairwork
noun
The construction of flights of stairs.
stanislaw
statewide
statewide
adj
Happening in or affecting an entire sovereign state; nationwide.
Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union).
adv
Throughout a sovereign state; nationwide.
Throughout a state (political subdivision of a federal union).
noun
(US) An agency or association operating through a state (political subdivision).
stavewise
stewartia
strawbill
strawiest
strawlike
strawlike
adj
Resembling straw.
swainmote
swainmote
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A court held before the verderers of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, three times a year, the swains or freeholders of the forest composing the jury.
swampiest
swampiest
adj
superlative form of swampy: most swampy
swanimote
swanimote
noun
Alternative form of swainmote
swankiest
swankiest
adj
superlative form of swanky: most swanky
swantevit
swarajist
swarajist
noun
A supporter of swaraj.
swarthier
swarthier
adj
comparative form of swarthy: more swarthy
swarthily
swarthily
adv
In a swarthy manner.
swartzite
swartzite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.
swasticas
swasticas
noun
plural of swastica
swastikas
swastikas
noun
plural of swastika
sweatiest
sweatiest
adj
superlative form of sweaty: most sweaty
swietenia
swingboat
swingboat
noun
A fairground ride consisting of an open gondola which swings back and forth.
switchman
switchman
noun
A person who operates railway switches which route trains onto rail tracks.
A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.
swithbart
swordtail
swordtail
noun
Any of various papilionid butterflies that have a long sword-like projection from the tornal section of each hindwing.
One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish.
tablewise
tablewise
adv
(Christianity) Oriented like the communion table, with the ends east and west, as opposed to altarwise.
Positioned in a way that suggests the shape of a table.
taffywise
tailwards
tailwards
adv
Towards the tail.
tailwater
tailwater
noun
The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
tailwinds
tailwinds
noun
plural of tailwind
taintworm
taintworm
noun
(obsolete) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
taiwanese
tallowing
tallowing
noun
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow.