The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bragwort
browbeat
browbeat
verb
(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
capetown
cashtown
casstown
cavetown
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chaworth
choctaws
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
cowheart
cowwheat
cowwheat
noun
Alternative spelling of cow-wheat
crawfoot
crowbait
crowbait
noun
(US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse.
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.
dataflow
dataflow
noun
Alternative spelling of data flow
deadwort
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
dowmetal
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).
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.
downgate
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
drawbolt
drawbolt
noun
(engineering) A coupling pin
drawknot
drawstop
eastwood
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
flagtown
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).
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
footwall
footwall
noun
(geology) The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
(mining) The under wall of an enclosed vein.
footways
footways
noun
plural of footway
footwear
footwear
noun
Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.
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.
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
galewort
gallwort
gatewood
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
gottwald
graytown
halltown
hartwood
hartwort
hartwort
noun
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum) or any plant of genus Tordylium.
haskwort
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
hawthorn
hawthorn
noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
hoarwort
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
howgates
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
kotwalee
kotwalee
noun
Archaic form of kotwali.
latewood
latewood
noun
wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lawcourt
lawcourt
noun
Alternative form of law court
leadwort
leadwort
noun
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
madworts
madworts
noun
plural of madwort
maltworm
maltworm
noun
A tippler; a drinker of alcohol.
manworth
mastwood
mastwood
noun
The evergreen plant Calophyllum inophyllum.
meadwort
meadwort
noun
(obsolete) Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.
moratuwa
mostwhat
mostwhat
adv
(obsolete) mostly; for the most part
motorway
motorway
noun
(Chiefly in the U.S.) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
(In Europe, New Zealand and parts of Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each
mowstead
nailwort
nailwort
noun
Any species of Paronychia, the whitlow-wort.
Draba verna, the shadflower.
Saxifraga tridactylites, the rue-leaved saxifrage.
nanowatt
nanowatt
noun
One thousand millionth (10⁻⁹) of a watt, abbreviated as nW.
newsboat
newsboat
noun
(historical) A boat used to relay news from one place to another.
northway
nottoway
nottoway
Noun
A member of an Iroquoian-speaking tribe of Virginia Native Americans.
ooltewah
outawing
outbawls
outbawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbawl
outbrawl
outbrawl
verb
(transitive) To surpass in brawling.
outcrawl
outcrawl
verb
(transitive) To crawl faster or farther than.
outdrawn
outdrawn
adj
drawn out
extracted
outdraws
outdraws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdraw
outfawns
outfawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfawn
outgnawn
outgnaws
outgnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgnaw
outlawed
outlawed
adj
(of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.
(of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outlaw
outlawry
outlawry
noun
(law, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
outsware
outswarm
outswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm in greater numbers than.
outswear
outswear
verb
(transitive) To swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
outwaits
outwaits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwait
outwalks
outwalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwalk
outwards
outwards
adv
(obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
outwaste
outwaste
noun
A remote wasteland.
The infrastructure for the removal of waste material.
Waste or detritus left behind (e.g. by a glacier)
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To waste entirely.
outwatch
outwatch
verb
To maintain a vigil beyond the end.
To watch more than someone else.
outwater
outwaved
outwears
outwears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwear
outweary
outweary
verb
(transitive) To weary out.
outweave
outweave
verb
(transitive) To surpass in weaving; to weave more or better than.
outwoman
overwart
owatonna
owatonna
Proper noun
a city and township in Steele County, Minnesota, USA. The city is the county seat of Steele County.
owertaen
peatwood
picowatt
picowatt
noun
One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a watt, abbreviated as pW.
plaistow
playstow
playstow
noun
(UK dialectal) A place for play; playground.
plowgate
plowgate
noun
Alternative form of ploughgate
plowtail
plowtail
noun
Alternative form of ploughtail
postward
postward
adv
Toward the winning post in a race.
powhatan
powhatan
Noun
A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.
Proper noun
Their eastern Algonquian language.
An unincorporated community in Virginia, USA
ragworts
ragworts
noun
plural of ragwort
restowal
rootwalt
rootward
rootward
adj
(biology) Toward the root of a plant.
routeway
routeway
noun
A way along which a route can be followed; a road or path.
rowboats
rowboats
noun
plural of rowboat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rowboat
ryotwari
ryotwari
noun
(historical) In British India, a system used to collect revenues directly from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to zamindari, where revenues were collected indirectly through zamindars.
ryotwary
saltwork
saltwork
noun
Synonym of saltworks
saltwort
saltwort
noun
Batis spp.
Halogeton spp.
Lysimachia maritima (syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea milkweed), which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
Salsola and related genera within subfamily Salsoloideae
Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
Tecticornia spp.
especially, Batis maritima, turtleweed, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
of family Bataceae
of family Primulaceae (primroses)
sandwort
sandwort
noun
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
sapowith
sawlshot
sawtooth
sawtooth
noun
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.