(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
arrowing
arrowing
verb
present participle of arrow
aswooned
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
ballgown
ballgown
noun
A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
verb
(intransitive, UK, live action role-playing games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bangalow
bangalow
noun
bangalow palm
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beclowns
beclowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown
bedgowns
bedgowns
noun
plural of bedgown
begowned
begowned
adj
Wearing a gown.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begown
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
besnowed
besnowed
adj
Covered or laden with snow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besnow
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bewonder
bewonder
verb
(archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.
(South Africa, historical) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
bindwood
blowdown
blowdown
noun
(aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
(chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
(industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowiron
blowline
blowzing
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
boildown
boildown
noun
The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
boneshaw
bonewood
bonework
bonework
noun
The art or process of making objects from bone.
bonewort
boomtown
boomtown
noun
Alternative form of boom town
botswana
boweling
bowenite
bowenite
noun
(mineralogy) A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
bowering
bowering
verb
present participle of bower
bowerman
bowfront
bowfront
adj
Having a bow window in front.
Having an outward curving front.
bowingly
bowingly
adv
in a bowing manner
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
bowlines
bowlines
noun
plural of bowline
bowlings
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
boystown
boystown
Proper noun
A gayborhood area of Chicago
brinklow
bronwood
browband
browband
noun
A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
brownell
brownest
brownest
adj
superlative form of brown: most brown
brownian
brownian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brownian.
brownier
brownier
adj
comparative form of browny: more browny
brownies
brownies
noun
plural of brownie
browning
browning
noun
(Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
(masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
verb
present participle of brown
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brownist
brownist
Noun
One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Noun
An and follower of (1540–1633).
brownlee
brownley
brownout
brownout
noun
(Philippines, some other countries) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
brownson
brownton
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
verb
present participle of browse
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungtown
burnwood
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
capetown
careworn
careworn
adj
Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
cashtown
casstown
cavetown
cawnpore
chawbone
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chinwood
chowanoc
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
clownade
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
clownery
clownery
noun
The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clowring
cobbtown
comedown
comedown
noun
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cornrows
cornrows
noun
plural of cornrow
cornwall
cornwall
Proper noun
A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
the country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England, consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly
A town in Connecticut
A town in New York
A city in Ontario
A borough in Pennsylvania
A town in Prince Edward Island
A town in Vermont
cornwell
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowbinds
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowichan
cowichan
Noun
A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
Adjective
Of or relating to this tribe.
Of or relating to a form of distinctively-patterned heavy knitting developed by the tribe.
cowinner
cowinner
noun
A joint winner; somebody who is declared a winner along with somebody else.
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
cowpunch
cowpunch
noun
A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
cowsharn
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxwains
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crowners
crowners
noun
plural of crowner
crownets
crownets
noun
plural of crownet
crowning
crowning
adj
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
noun
(obstetrics) The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
A coronation.
The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
verb
present participle of crown
crownlet
crownlet
noun
(poetic) A coronet.
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
dawsonia
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
deywoman
dilltown
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
disendow
disendow
verb
To deprive of an endowment.
disowned
disowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disown
doweling
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
dowiness
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbend
downbent
downbent
adj
Bent downward.
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downcome
downcome
noun
A downpour of rain.
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
downdale
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downfall
downfall
noun
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
An act of falling down.
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
verb
(intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
downfeed
downflow
downflow
noun
A downward flow.
downfold
downfold
noun
(geology) A syncline.
downgate
downgone
downgone
adj
(US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downhill
downhill
adj
(by extension) Easy.
Going down a slope or a hill.
Located down a slope or hill.
adv
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
Down a slope.
noun
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
verb
To take part in downhill skiing.
downiest
downiest
adj
superlative form of downy: most downy
downland
downland
noun
(UK) An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
downless
downless
adj
Of a bird, lacking down feathers.
downlier
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downline
downline
adj
Alternative spelling of down-line
noun
Alternative spelling of down line
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
download
download
noun
A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.
A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
verb
(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
(transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.