(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
baldwinsville
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bassenthwaite
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bellowsmaking
betweenwhiles
betweenwhiles
adv
from time to time; now and again
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
bigwiggedness
bittersweetly
bittersweetly
adv
In a bittersweet manner.
bretwaldaship
brilliantwise
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
browningesque
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
businesswomen
businesswomen
noun
plural of businesswoman
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
cathedralwise
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
crosswiseness
cruiserweight
cruiserweight
noun
(boxing) A boxer weighing less than 200lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
(boxing, Britain, obsolete) light heavyweight
(wrestling) A wrestler weighing less than 210lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
cushionflower
dawsoniaceous
dimwittedness
dimwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being dimwitted.
disallowances
disallowances
noun
plural of disallowance
disanswerable
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
disintertwine
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
edwardsianism
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
growingupness
handsawfishes
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
housewiferies
housewiferies
noun
plural of housewifery
housewifeship
housewifeship
noun
The management of a household; housewifery.
The role or status of a housewife.
internetworks
internetworks
noun
plural of internetwork
intertwisting
intertwisting
noun
A twisting together.
verb
present participle of intertwist
interwhistled
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jeewhillijers
jeewhillikens
jobbernowlism
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
mawkishnesses
mawkishnesses
noun
plural of mawkishness
measuringworm
mechanicstown
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
midwesterners
midwesterners
noun
plural of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of Midwesterner.
misworshipper
misworshipper
noun
One who worships incorrectly.
narrowingness
narrowingness
noun
(rare) The quality of becoming narrow.
newfangledism
newsmagazines
newsmagazines
noun
plural of newsmagazine
newsmongering
newsmongering
noun
sensationalistic, gossipy journalism
newspaperized
newspaperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaperize
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nonoutlawries
otherwiseness
otherwiseness
noun
(philosophy) The quality of being otherwise.
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
piecemealwise
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
presweetening
presweetening
verb
present participle of presweeten
preworthiness
quartersawing
quartersawing
verb
present participle of quartersaw
rewardingness
rewardingness
noun
Quality of being rewarding.
satterthwaite
schweizerkase
scutcheonwise
seaworthiness
seaworthiness
noun
(nautical) The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea.
semiburrowing
semiburrowing
adj
(zoology) That sometimes burrows.
shipwrightery
shipwrightery
noun
The work of a shipwright.
sixpennyworth
sixpennyworth
noun
(dated) A portion worth sixpence.
slipperflower
spiderwebbing
spiderwebbing
verb
present participle of spiderweb
sportswriters
sportswriters
noun
plural of sportswriter
stewartsville
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
subheadwaiter
subwardenship
superhighways
superhighways
noun
plural of superhighway
swallowtailed
swallowtailed
adj
Having a forked tail like a swallow's.
swedenborgian
swedenborgian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Noun
A religious follower of
swedenborgism
sweepwashings
sweethearting
sweethearting
noun
(business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family
(dated) courting; lovemaking
swinburnesque
swineherdship
swineherdship
noun
The role or status of swineherd.
tallowberries
tallowberries
noun
plural of tallowberry
tiddledywinks
tiddledywinks
noun
Alternative form of tiddlywinks
plural of tiddledywink
tradesmanwise
trustworthier
trustworthier
adj
comparative form of trustworthy: more trustworthy
undersweeping
unhousewifely
unhousewifely
adj
Not housewifely.
unknowingness
unknowingness
noun
The quality of not knowing; ignorance of something.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unshowmanlike
unshowmanlike
adj
Not showmanlike.
unstewardlike
unwainscotted
unwainscotted
adj
Not wainscotted.
unwarlikeness
unwarlikeness
noun
The quality of being unwarlike.
unweariedness
unweariedness
noun
The quality of being unwearied.
unweatherwise
unweatherwise
adj
Not weather-wise.
unwesternized
unwesternized
adj
Not westernized.
unwhisperable
unwhisperable
adj
Unable to be whispered; too sacred, terrible, etc. to be mentioned; unspeakable.
unwhitewashed
unwhitewashed
adj
Not having been whitewashed.
unwillfulness
unwillfulness
noun
Alternative form of unwilfulness
unwillingness
unwillingness
noun
The property of being unwilling.
unwishfulness
unwishfulness
noun
(very rare) The state or condition of being unwishful.
unwistfulness
unwittingness
unwittingness
noun
Quality of being unwitting.
unwomanliness
unwomanliness
noun
The state or condition of being unwomanly.
unworldliness
unworldliness
noun
The characteristic of being unworldly.
unworriedness
unworriedness
noun
The quality of being unworried.
vegetablewise
waistcoathole
waistcoatless
waistcoatless
Adjective
Without a waistcoat.
waldensianism
wallowishness
wanderingness
wanderingness
noun
The quality of wandering; tendency to wander.
wappenshawing
washingtonese
watercolorist
watercolorist
noun
(art) A painter who paints watercolors
weaponshowing
weariableness
wearisomeness
wearisomeness
noun
The quality or state of being wearisome; tiresomeness; tediousness.
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherliness
weatherliness
noun
(nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
weatherstrips
weatherstrips
noun
plural of weatherstrip
weinschenkite
weinschenkite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral churchite-(Y).
weirdlessness
weiselbergite
weiselbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A deep black and light blue magmatic rock with isolated pieces of feldspar.