(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
baldcrown
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
brainward
brainwood
brandwein
brantwood
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
bridewain
bridewain
noun
(historical, archaic or dialectal) A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
browbound
browbound
adj
crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
brownweed
brownwood
burntweed
byrdstown
cedartown
cordewane
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crosswind
crosswind
noun
A wind blowing across a line of travel.
crownband
crownland
crownland
noun
(historical) In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darwinian
darwinian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinian.
darwinism
darwinism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.
darwinist
darwinist
Noun
A believer in Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
darwinite
darwinize
darwinize
Verb
To cause to conform to Darwinism.
decrowned
decrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrown
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
discrowns
discrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discrown
diswarren
diswarren
verb
(transitive) To deprive (land) of the character of a warren.
downbeard
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downcourt
downcourt
adv
(basketball) Toward one's team's offensive basket
downcried
downcurve
downdraft
downdraft
noun
(meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.
downgrade
downgrade
noun
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
(computing) To revert software back to an older version.
(meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
(transitive) To disparage.
To place lower in position.
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
downpours
downpours
noun
plural of downpour
downrange
downrange
adj
In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
downriver
downriver
adj
Closer to the mouth of a river
adv
Travelling in the direction of the river current.
downshare
downshore
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
downthrow
downthrow
noun
(geology) A depression of the strata on one side of a fault
Ruin; defeat.
downtrend
downtrend
noun
Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a downward trend.
downturns
downturns
noun
plural of downturn
downwards
downwards
adv
Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
drawdowns
drawdowns
noun
plural of drawdown
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
drawnness
drawnness
noun
The quality of being drawn.
drawnwork
drawpoint
drawtongs
driftwind
driftwind
noun
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.
dronkelew
drownding
drownding
verb
present participle of drownd
drownings
drownings
noun
plural of drowning
drunkelew
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
dwarfness
dwarfness
noun
The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen.
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edwardean
edwardian
edwardian
Adjective
Of the period in British history from circa 1900 to 1910, when ruled the British Empire.
edwardine
eiderdown
eiderdown
noun
(countable) A quilt stuffed with this down.
(uncountable) The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
embrowned
embrowned
adj
Made brown; browned.
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrown
enfroward
enworthed
enwrapped
enwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enwrap
forwander
forwander
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary.
forworden
frontward
frontward
adj
Frontwards.
glendower
grandview
greenwald
greenweed
greenweed
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Genista, related to broom
greenwood
greenwood
noun
A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
groundway
groundway
noun
(shipbuilding) In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
grunewald
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
handwrist
handwrite
handwrite
verb
To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
handwrote
handwrote
verb
simple past tense of handwrite
havenward
havenward
adj
Toward a haven.
hindwards
hindwards
adv
hindward
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
indrawing
indrawing
noun
An inhalation of breath; an inspiration.
The drawing inward of anything.
indweller
indweller
noun
One who dwells in a place; an inhabitant.
interweld
interwind
interwind
noun
(astronomy) The equivalent of solar wind from a pulsar.
verb
To wind around; to intertwine.
interword
interword
Adjective
Between consecutive words.
inwrapped
inwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inwrap
ironweeds
ironweeds
noun
plural of ironweed
ironwoods
ironwoods
noun
plural of ironwood
landowner
landowner
Noun
A person who owns land.
landwards
landwards
adv
Towards land.
landwrack
landwreck
loanwords
loanwords
noun
plural of loanword
lowlander
lowlander
noun
One who lives in the lowlands.
markdowns
markdowns
noun
plural of markdown
mcandrews
midwinter
midwinter
noun
The middle of winter.
The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd.
midwintry
midwintry
adj
Resembling or characteristic of midwinter.
moonwards
moundwork
narrawood
nasalward
nasalward
Adjective
Toward the nose.
Adverb
Toward the nose.
nazdrowie
networked
networked
adj
joined by a network, or to form a network
verb
simple past tense and past participle of network
newground
newsboard
newsboard
noun
(countable) A signboard for the display of news.
(countable, Internet) An online discussion forum.
(countable, uncountable) A board-like material made mostly from recycled newspaper.
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
nonwonder
noonwards
northward
northward
adj
Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
adv
Towards the north; in a northerly direction.
noun
The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
nosewards
nosewards
adv
Towards the nose.
oceanward
oceanward
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
adv
Toward the ocean.
outwander
overdrawn
overdrawn
verb
past participle of overdraw
overwinds
overwinds
noun
plural of overwind
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwind
overwound
overwound
adj
(figuratively, uncommon) Nervous, tense, jumpy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwind
plainward
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.