(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
beamwork
bookworm
bookworm
noun
(figurative) An avid book reader.
Any of various insects that infest books.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
formwork
formwork
noun
(construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
homework
homework
noun
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on their own.
(literally, now rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.
(slang, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
hookworm
hookworm
noun
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
kewaskum
lampwick
lawmaker
lawmaker
noun
One who makes or enacts laws.
lukewarm
lukewarm
adj
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
makaweli
makework
makework
noun
Alternative form of make-work
markdown
markdown
noun
A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
markweed
marmawke
meshwork
meshwork
noun
A net; an assembly of meshes.
midweeks
midweeks
noun
plural of midweek
milewski
milkweed
milkweed
noun
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
milkwood
milkwood
noun
(South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
(South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
(South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
milkwort
milkwort
noun
Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.
millwork
millwork
noun
(US) Any wooden object manufactured at a lumbermill (sawmill).
Most especially, doors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc.
misknown
misknown
verb
past participle of misknow
misknows
misknows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow
moonwalk
moonwalk
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
(dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.
An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot (by an astronaut).
verb
(intransitive) To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards.
(intransitive) To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces.
(intransitive) To walk on the surface of the Moon.
(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
muckweed
muckworm
muckworm
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
muskwaki
muskwood
muskwood
noun
The wood of a West Indian tree of the mahogany family (Trichilia moschata).
The wood of an Australian tree (Olearia argophylla).
sawmaker
sawmaker
noun
Someone who makes saws.
silkworm
silkworm
noun
Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
skinworm
swanmark
swanmark
noun
(UK) A mark of ownership cut on the bill of a swan.
teamwork
teamwork
noun
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
timework
timework
noun
Work for which a certain rate is paid per unit of time.
tomahawk
tomahawk
noun
(basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
(field hockey) A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.
(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
An ax used by Native American warriors.
verb
(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.
(historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
vowmaker
wadmaker
wakayama
wakayama
Proper noun
A prefecture in Japan.
A city, capital of Wakayama prefecture, Japan.
waketime
waketime
noun
The time when one wakes.
walkmill
walksman
walksmen
wammikin
wapokomo
warkloom
warkloom
noun
(Scotland) A tool; an implement.
warklume
warmaker
warmaker
noun
One who wages war.
wasukuma
waukomis
wavemark
wavemark
noun
A mark left behind by a wave (disturbance in level of liquid).
waxmaker
waxmaker
noun
A manufacturer of wax, or of items from wax.
waymaker
waymaker
noun
One who makes a way; a precursor; pioneer; pathfinder.
webmaker
wetumpka
wigmaker
wigmaker
noun
A person who makes wigs.
winemake
workloom
workloom
noun
A tool or implement.
workmate
workmate
noun
Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.
workroom
workroom
noun
A room, such as a workshop or studio, where work is done.
worksome
worksome
adj
(archaic) Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
Laborious; work-intensive.
worktime
worktime
noun
The period, or daily hours, during which somebody works.
wormlike
wormlike
adj
(chemistry, of the molecules of a polymer) Having a smoothly curved form when heated.