A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
achomawi
achomawi
Proper noun
The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
ackworth
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
aeroview
agalwood
agalwood
noun
Alternative form of agarwood
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
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
aloewood
alsworth
alyworth
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
aquashow
aquashow
noun
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
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
aswooned
avowable
avowable
adj
Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
avowably
avowably
adv
In an avowable manner.
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
avowedly
avowedly
adv
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
awaredom
awlworts
awlworts
noun
plural of awlwort
backblow
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backwood
backwood
adj
Native to or located in a remote rural location.
Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
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
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bailwood
balewort
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
basswood
basswood
noun
(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
batfowls
bathwort
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
baywoods
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beamwork
bearwood
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
becoward
behallow
behallow
verb
(transitive) To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
bestowal
bestowal
noun
The act of bestowing.
betallow
betallow
verb
(transitive) To cover with tallow.
blaewort
blauwbok
blauwbok
noun
The bluebuck (extinct mammal).
blowback
blowback
noun
(computing) Synonym of backscatter.
(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
(rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
blowball
blowball
noun
The downy seed head of a dandelion, a dandelion clock.
blowcase
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
blowlamp
blowlamp
noun
A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
boarwood
boatward
boatward
adv
Toward a boat.
boatwise
boatwise
adv
In the manner of a boat.
bodewash
bodywear
bodywear
noun
Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
boleslaw
boneshaw
bookward
bookways
botswana
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.
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bowstaff
bowstave
bowstave
noun
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
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
bulawayo
bulawayo
Proper noun
the second-largest city in Zimbabwe.
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.
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
calloway
callower
callower
adj
comparative form of callow: more callow
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
campwood
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
capetown
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.
casewood
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.
cashtown
casstown
cavetown
cawnpore
chaochow
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chawbone
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chaworth
choctaws
chowanoc
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
clownade
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
coachway
coalwood
cobewail
cockawee
cockawee
noun
Synonym of long-tailed duck
coldslaw
coldslaw
noun
Archaic form of coleslaw.
coleslaw
coleslaw
noun
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
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.
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowgrass
cowhages
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowheart
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.
cowquake
cowquake
noun
quaking grass; Briza media
cowshard
cowsharn
cowwheat
cowwheat
noun
Alternative spelling of cow-wheat
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
crabwood
crabwood
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.