Any of certain species of plants of the genus Polygonum, especially
birdwise
birdwise
adv
In the manner of a bird.
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.
bodeword
bodywear
bodywear
noun
Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
bodywork
bodywork
noun
A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
The repair of a such body.
bookward
borrowed
borrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of borrow
bowdrill
bowlders
bowlders
noun
plural of bowlder
bowldery
bowldery
adj
Archaic form of bouldery.
bradawls
bradawls
noun
plural of bradawl
bradshaw
bradshaw
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern England.
derived from these places.
Noun
A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw
bradwell
bridwell
broadway
broadway
noun
(poker slang) A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em.
An esplanade.
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.
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
budworms
budworms
noun
plural of budworm
budworth
burnweed
burnwood
burrowed
burrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burrow
burweeds
burweeds
noun
plural of burweed
buzzword
buzzword
noun
(derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
campward
campward
adv
Toward a camp, campwards
cardwell
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chowders
chowders
noun
plural of chowder
cityward
cityward
adj
Directed toward cities
adv
Toward a city or cities
clowders
clowders
noun
plural of clowder
codeword
codeword
noun
(cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.
A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.
A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cordwood
cordwood
noun
Split and cut wood as an economic commodity.
Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.
corkwood
corkwood
noun
Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.
Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.
Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.
Duboisia, a genus with species found in Australia.
Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.
Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.
Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.
Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.
Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.
Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.
Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.
The wood of Quercus suber, the cork oak.
cowardly
cowardly
adj
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
adv
(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
cowbirds
cowbirds
noun
plural of cowbird
cowherds
cowherds
noun
plural of cowherd
cowshard
crabweed
crabwood
crabwood
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
crawdads
crawdads
noun
plural of crawdad
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
cropweed
crowders
crowders
noun
plural of crowder
crowdies
crowdies
noun
plural of crowdie
plural of crowdy
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crudwort
curdwort
curfewed
curfewed
adj
Subject to a curfew
cussword
cussword
noun
Alternative form of cuss word
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.
dawdlers
dawdlers
noun
plural of dawdler
dawnward
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
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
deerweed
deerweed
noun
The vetch Acmispon glaber
deerwood
deflower
deflower
verb
(transitive) To deprive of flowers.
(transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.
(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
delaware
delaware
Proper noun
An indigenous Native American people.
The Algonquian languages of these people.
A river that arises in the Catskill mountains.
A
A city in Ohio, USA
Noun
A member of the Delaware people.
An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.
democraw
dewaters
dewaters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dewater
dewberry
dewberry
noun
American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
The purple to black berries of these plants.
dewdrops
dewdrops
noun
plural of dewdrop
dewhirst
dewhurst
dewormed
dewormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deworm
dewsbury
dewsbury
Proper noun
a minster town in West Yorkshire, England.
dewyrose
dilworth
diredawa
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
dishware
dishware
noun
crockery used for serving or cooking food
disworth
doorhawk
doorward
doorward
adv
Toward a door.
doorways
doorways
noun
plural of doorway
doorweed
doorweed
noun
Knotweed.
doorwise
doorwise
adv
In the manner of a door.
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dowagers
dowagers
noun
plural of dowager
doweress
doweress
noun
(archaic) A widow who holds a dower; a dowager.
doweries
doweries
noun
plural of dowery
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
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.
downlier
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
downtrod
downtrod
adj
(archaic or poetic) downtrodden; abused by superior power
verb
to oppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate
downturn
downturn
noun
A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
verb
To decline
To turn downwards
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
drainway
drawable
drawable
adj
Capable of being drawn (deduced or inferred).
Capable of being drawn (pulled or extracted).
Capable of being drawn (represented graphically).
drawback
drawback
noun
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.
drawbars
drawbars
noun
plural of drawbar
drawbeam
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
drawcard
drawcard
noun
(UK) Something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc. to a place or an event.
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.
drawfile
drawgate
drawgear
drawgear
noun
(rail transport) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.
A harness for draught horses.
drawhead
drawhead
noun
(rail transport) A name applied to the drawgear.
(rail transport) The flanged outer end of a drawbar.