A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
ackworth
aeroview
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
alsworth
alyworth
arborway
arborway
noun
avenue (lined with trees)
armyworm
armyworm
noun
The larva of any of the Spodoptera and Mythimna genera of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.
arrowing
arrowing
verb
present participle of arrow
arrowlet
arrowlet
noun
A small arrow.
artworks
artworks
noun
plural of artwork
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
awaredom
awlworts
awlworts
noun
plural of awlwort
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
backwort
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
balewort
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bathwort
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beamwork
bearwood
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
becoward
blaewort
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
boarwood
boatward
boatward
adv
Toward a boat.
bodywear
bodywear
noun
Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
bookward
bowerman
bowermay
bowgrace
bowgrace
noun
(nautical) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from damage.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bragwort
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
broadway
broadway
noun
(poker slang) A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em.
An esplanade.
brockway
browache
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.
browbeat
browbeat
verb
(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
brownian
brownian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brownian.
browsage
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
callower
callower
adj
comparative form of callow: more callow
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
carassow
carassow
noun
Archaic form of curassow.
careworn
careworn
adj
Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
cawnpore
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chaworth
clamworm
clamworm
noun
Alternative form of clam worm
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
cookware
cookware
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
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
cowardly
cowardly
adj
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
adv
(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
cowgrass
cowheart
cowshard
cowsharn
crabwood
crabwood
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
cragwork
crawfoot
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
crossway
crossway
noun
(archaic) A crossroad.
crowbait
crowbait
noun
(US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse.
crowbars
crowbars
noun
plural of crowbar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowbar
crowshay
curassow
curassow
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
curratow
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
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.
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
deadwork
deadwork
noun
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
deadwort
democraw
doorhawk
doorward
doorward
adv
Toward a door.
doorways
doorways
noun
plural of doorway
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dowagers
dowagers
noun
plural of dowager
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.
downward
downward
adj
Located at a lower level.
Moving, sloping or oriented downward.
adv
At a lower level.
Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
southward
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
drawbolt
drawbolt
noun
(engineering) A coupling pin
drawbore
drawbore
noun
(joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together.
verb
To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.
To make a drawbore in
drawdown
drawdown
noun
(US, military, law, in particular) The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
(banking) The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
(economics) (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
(finance) The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement.
A lowering in water level, as in a well or a reservoir.
The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion.
drawknot
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
drawstop
dworshak
eaceworm
eaceworm
noun
(dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.
earworms
earworms
noun
plural of earworm
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
farrowed
farrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farrow
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
fleawort
fleawort
noun
A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.
Any of various unrelated plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
The lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
floorway
floorway
noun
An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
fofarraw
foofaraw
foofaraw
noun
Fuss over something of little importance.
Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
footwear
footwear
noun
Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.
foreclaw
foreclaw
noun
A front claw.
foredawn
foredawn
noun
The time just before dawn.
verb
To anticipate dawning or emerging.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
foreward
foreward
adv
Misspelling of forward.
noun
(obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
Misspelling of foreword.
forewarm
forewarn
forewarn
verb
To warn in advance.
forswear
forswear
verb
(intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
forwards
forwards
adj
(sometimes nonstandard) Synonym of forward.
adv
Synonym of forward (most senses).
noun
Plural of forward.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward.
forwaste
forwaste
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.
(transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
forweary
forweary
adj
(obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.
(transitive, obsolete) To weary utterly; tire out.
fromward
fromward
adj
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.
Turned away; averse.
adv
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Forth; forward.
noun
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
prep
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) From; away from.
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
galewort
gallwort
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
garefowl
garefowl
noun
The great auk.
The razorbill
gasworks
gasworks
noun
A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.
glowbard
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
godwards
godwards
adv
towards God
graytown
growable
growable
adj
Capable of growing
habrowne
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hairwood
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
hallower
hallower
noun
One who hallows or makes holy.
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
handworm
hangworm
hardwood
hardwood
adj
(of a floor) Made of interlocking hardwood boards.
noun
(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
(countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
(sports, slang) The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood.
(uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
harewood
harewood
noun
stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making