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.
boweling
bowering
bowering
verb
present participle of bower
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.
browsage
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
cogswell
cogweels
cogwheel
cogwheel
noun
(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
A gear wheel.
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
cowhages
dowagers
dowagers
noun
plural of dowager
doweling
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
downgate
downgone
downgone
adj
(US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby
edgewood
elbowing
elbowing
noun
A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
verb
present participle of elbow
embowing
embowing
verb
present participle of embow
endowing
endowing
verb
present participle of endow
evenglow
flowages
flowages
noun
plural of flowage
foreglow
foreglow
noun
The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise
forewing
forewing
noun
Alternative spelling of fore wing
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
galewort
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
gatewood
geistown
glenwood
glenwood
Proper noun
A town which spans Fairview Township and Orange Township in as well as Union Township, all in Indiana, United States.
A city in Iowa, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
glowered
glowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glower
glowerer
glowerer
noun
One who glowers.
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
goldweed
goodview
goodwell
goodwife
goodwife
noun
(obsolete) A female head of a household.
(obsolete) A title of respect for a woman.
goodwine
goutweed
goutweed
noun
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
gowiddie
gowkedly
gownsmen
gownsmen
noun
plural of gownsman
grewsome
grewsome
adj
Obsolete spelling of gruesome
gromwell
gromwell
noun
Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
grondwet
growable
growable
adj
Capable of growing
growlers
growlers
noun
plural of growler
growlery
growlery
noun
Alternative form of Growlery
growlier
growlier
adj
comparative form of growly: more growly
growsome
growsome
adj
(dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome
(dialectal) Characterised or marked by growth; apt to grow; conducive to growing
gundelow
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
gwerziou
hedgerow
hedgerow
noun
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
hogweeds
hogweeds
noun
plural of hogweed
hoosegow
hoosegow
noun
(US, slang) A jail.
howgates
legworks
legworks
noun
plural of legwork
lilongwe
lilongwe
Proper noun
The capital city of Malawi.
longview
longwise
longwise
adv
Lengthwise; longways; lengthways.
lowering
lowering
adj
(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
Lurking, skulking, menacing.
That lowers or frowns.
noun
Alternative form of louring.
The act of something being lowered.
verb
present participle of lower
lowigite
megaword
megaword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage or capacity equal to 10⁶ (or 2²⁰) words
nosewing
nosewing
noun
The arch of cartilage on either side of the nose.
outweigh
outweigh
verb
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
overgown
overgown
noun
A gown worn over other clothing.
overgrew
overgrew
verb
simple past tense of overgrow
overgrow
overgrow
verb
(intransitive) To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
(transitive) To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).
overwing
overwing
adj
Over the wing of an aircraft.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
owergang
owregane
plowgate
plowgate
noun
Alternative form of ploughgate
porwigle
porwigle
noun
Obsolete form of polliwog.
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
pregwood
reglowed
reglowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reglow
regrowth
regrowth
noun
That which has been regrown after removal.
The process of regrowing.
resowing
resowing
noun
A second or subsequent sowing.
verb
present participle of resow
roughhew
roughhew
verb
Alternative form of rough-hew
roweling
roweling
verb
present participle of rowel
sagewood
sagewood
noun
The shrub Buddleja salviifolia.
sagoweer
snowberg
stowages
stowages
noun
plural of stowage
togawise
togawise
adv
In the manner of a toga.
toweling
toweling
noun
Alternative form of towelling
towering
towering
adj
Very tall or high, so as to dwarf anything around it.
noun
The act or condition of being high above others.
verb
present participle of tower
towngate
twigsome
twigsome
adj
Full of twigs; twiggy.
ungowned
ungowned
adj
Not gowned; not wearing a gown; unrobed.
wagework
wagework
noun
Work done to earn a wage.
waggoned
waggoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waggon
waggoner
waggoner
noun
Alternative spelling of wagoner
wagonage
wagonage
noun
A collection of wagons; wagons generally.
A fee paid for transportation by wagon.
wagoneer
wagoneer
noun
One who drives a wagon.
wagoners
wagoners
noun
plural of wagoner
wagoness
waligore
waterdog
waterdog
noun
A mudpuppy.
A small irregular floating cloud supposed to indicate rain.
An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).
waterlog
waterlog
verb
(transitive) To saturate with water.
(transitive, nautical) To make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water.
waygoose
weatogue
wedgwood
wedgwood
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire.
Josiah Wedgwood, English potter.
The ceramic ware with white embossed cameos made by this potter, and the company that bears his name.
weeklong
weeklong
adj
Lasting for (approximately) one week.
weendigo
weendigo
noun
Alternative spelling of wendigo
wegotism
wegotism
noun
(colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun we.
wendigos
wendigos
noun
plural of wendigo.
weogufka
westwego
widgeons
widgeons
noun
plural of widgeon
wingover
wingover
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.
wobegone
wobegone
adj
Archaic spelling of woebegone.
woghness
woodgeld
woodgeld
noun
(historical, law) An exemption to the fee for the cutting or taking of wood from a forest.
wordages
wordages
noun
plural of wordage
wormgear
wormgear
noun
Alternative form of worm gear
wowening
wrongers
wrongers
noun
plural of wronger
wrongest
wrongest
adj
superlative form of wrong: most wrong
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of wrong