(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
drawspan
drawspan
noun
(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
nonpower
nonpower
adj
Not a power
openwork
openwork
noun
(mining) A quarry; an open cut.
Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
parawing
parawing
noun
Synonym of Rogallo wing
penwiper
penwiper
noun
A cloth or other material for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
pinkwort
pinrowed
pinworks
pinworks
noun
A factory that makes pins.
pinworms
pinworms
noun
plural of pinworm
pondwort
pondwort
noun
A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).
A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
portwine
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
prawners
prawners
noun
plural of prawner
prawning
prawning
verb
present participle of prawn
predawns
predawns
noun
plural of predawn
predrawn
preknown
preknown
adj
Already known; known in advance.
preshown
preshown
verb
past participle of preshow
prewarns
prewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewarn
prewound
prowling
prowling
noun
The act of one who prowls.
verb
present participle of prowl
shopworn
shopworn
adj
(figuratively) Not fresh; tired or cliché.
Faded.
Having been used, as a sample item in a retail store.
snapwort
snowdrop
snowdrop
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).
Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
verb
(Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
spanworm
spanworm
noun
A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
spawners
spawners
noun
plural of spawner
spunware
spurwing
spurwing
noun
Any of various butterflies of the genus Antigonus.
turnplow
unwarped
unwarped
adj
Not warped
upthrown
upthrown
verb
past participle of upthrow
uptowner
uptowner
noun
A person who comes from uptown.
upwrench
upwrench
verb
(transitive, poetic) To wrench upward; to tear up or uproot.
wainrope
wainrope
noun
A rope for binding a load on a wagon.
warplane
warplane
noun
An aircraft designed for combat.
weaponry
weaponry
noun
Weapons, collectively
winthrop
winthrop
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.