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
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
drawliest
drawliest
adj
superlative form of drawly: most drawly
drawpoint
driftweed
driftweed
noun
Seaweed brought ashore by the wind.
driftwind
driftwind
noun
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.
driftwood
driftwood
noun
A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
drowsiest
drowsiest
adj
superlative form of drowsy: most drowsy
erstwhile
erstwhile
adj
(literary, law) Former, previous.
(proscribed) Respected, honourable.
adv
Formerly; in the past.
eyewaiter
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
fevertwig
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
firetower
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.
fizzwater
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flowerist
forthwith
forthwith
adv
(chiefly formal, literary) Without delay; immediately.
fowlerite
fowlerite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of rhodonite that contains zinc.
frithwork
frontwise
frontwise
adv
Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
frowsiest
frowsiest
adj
superlative form of frowsy: most frowsy
frowstier
frowstier
adj
comparative form of frowsty: more frowsty
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
frowziest
frowziest
adj
superlative form of frowzy: most frowzy
fruitwise
fruitwood
fruitwood
noun
In orchard culture, the woody growth of the scion of any grafted fruit tree above the graft, as opposed to the rootstock, which is the part of the plant below the graft.
Particular branches or twigs in particular positions, or of particular types or ages, that may be expected to bear fruit in most types of orchard trees, since fruit is not borne randomly all over the tree.
The wood of any fruit tree, particularly hardwood from species such as pear and cherry, that is valued for furniture, woodcuts and other applications.
fruitworm
fruitworm
noun
The larva of any of several moths; they are responsible for damage to many types of fruit crop
gagwriter
gagwriter
noun
One who writes jokes.
garewaite
garewaite
noun
(mineralogy) An ultrabasic rock consisting mostly of olivine and augite.
gipsywort
glidewort
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
handwrist
handwrite
handwrite
verb
To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
haworthia
haworthia
noun
Any of the genus Haworthia of succulent plants resembling aloe, native to southern Africa.
heartwise
hightower
howardite
howardite
noun
(geology) An achondritic stony meteorite.
howitzers
howitzers
noun
plural of howitzer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howitzer
ingrowths
ingrowths
noun
plural of ingrowth
inkwriter
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
intergrow
intergrow
verb
(intransitive) To grow together; intertwine.
interknow
interknow
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be mutually acquainted with.
intertown
intertown
adj
Between towns.
intertwin
intertwin
adj
Between twins.
interview
interview
noun
(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc.
A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
An audition.
Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
verb
(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
(transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
interweld
interwind
interwind
noun
(astronomy) The equivalent of solar wind from a pulsar.
verb
To wind around; to intertwine.
interwish
interword
interword
Adjective
Between consecutive words.
interwork
interwork
verb
(transitive) To work (two or more things) into and through each other.
interwove
interwove
verb
simple past tense of interweave
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.
inwritten
inwritten
verb
past participle of inwrite
inwrought
inwrought
adj
(figurative) Fixed, established, ingrained.
Having a design that has been worked or woven in.
jointworm
jointworm
noun
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.
kathiawar
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
lewisport
lightwort
limewater
limewater
noun
(inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
liverwort
liverwort
noun
A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.
A type of bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
markowitz
merwinite
merwinite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
microwatt
microwatt
noun
One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a watt, abbreviated as μW.
midwinter
midwinter
noun
The middle of winter.
The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd.
midwintry
midwintry
adj
Resembling or characteristic of midwinter.
milkworts
milkworts
noun
plural of milkwort
millwater
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misthrown
misthrown
verb
past participle of misthrow
misthrows
misthrows
noun
plural of misthrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misthrow
miswrites
miswrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miswrite
miterwort
miterwort
noun
Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter.
mitrewort
mitrewort
noun
Alternative form of miterwort
multiword
multiword
adj
Alternative form of multi-word
newsprint
newsprint
noun
An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
nightwear
nightwear
noun
Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas
nightwork
nightwork
noun
Work which is carried out at night.
northwich
northwich
Proper noun
a town in Cheshire, England.
nowhither
nowhither
adv
(archaic) nowhere; to no place.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nowhither.
otherwise
otherwise
adj
Other than supposed; different.
adv
(conjunctive) In all other respects.
(conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else.
(manner) Differently, in another way.
outwhirls
outwhirls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwhirl
outwitter
outwitter
noun
One who outwits another.
outwrites
outwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwrite
overswift
overswift
adj
(rare) Overly swift.
overtwine
overtwist
overtwist
verb
To twist excessively
overwrite
overwrite
noun
(computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
verb
(transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
(transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
(transitive, intransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
(transitive, intransitive) To write too much.
penwright
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
pettigrew
pettigrew
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
piceworth
pileworts
pileworts
noun
plural of pilewort
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pitwright
plaitwork
powersite
prestwich
prestwich
Proper noun
a town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.
prestwick
prestwick
Proper noun
a coastal town in council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport
quillwort
quillwort
noun
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.
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.
retwining
retwisted
retwisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of retwist
rewriters
rewriters
noun
plural of rewriter
rewriting
rewriting
noun
(logic, computer science) a wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms
The process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
verb
present participle of rewrite
rewritten
rewritten
verb
past participle of rewrite
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
sawtimber
sawtimber
noun
Wood cut from trees that is suitable for processing as sawlogs.
schwitzer
screwiest
screwiest
adj
superlative form of screwy: most screwy
skywriter
skywriter
noun
One who does skywriting. A pilot who writes messages, by leaving a trail of smoke from the plane, that are visible from the ground.
skywrites
skywrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skywrite