(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
bestrewn
bestrewn
verb
past participle of bestrew
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bethwine
betweens
betweens
noun
plural of between
betwixen
betwixen
prep
(obsolete) Betwixt; between.
bewhiten
bewinter
bewinter
verb
(transitive) To make like winter.
bindwith
bitewing
bitewing
noun
(dentistry) A radiograph taken to visualize the crowns of the posterior teeth and the height of the alveolar bone in relation to the cementoenamel junctions, commonly used to examine for interdental caries and recurrent caries under existing restorations.
biwinter
bonewort
boomtown
boomtown
noun
Alternative form of boom town
botswana
bowenite
bowenite
noun
(mineralogy) A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
bowfront
bowfront
adj
Having a bow window in front.
Having an outward curving front.
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
boystown
boystown
Proper noun
A gayborhood area of Chicago
brownest
brownest
adj
superlative form of brown: most brown
brownist
brownist
Noun
One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Noun
An and follower of (1540–1633).
brownout
brownout
noun
(Philippines, some other countries) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
brownton
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
bungtown
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
cantwise
capetown
cashtown
casstown
cavetown
cobbtown
crownets
crownets
noun
plural of crownet
crownlet
crownlet
noun
(poetic) A coronet.
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
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.
dilltown
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbent
downbent
adj
Bent downward.
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downgate
downiest
downiest
adj
superlative form of downy: most downy
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
downtown
downtown
adj
Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
adv
(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
In or towards the central business district.
noun
(US, slang) The human genitalia.
(chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
(slang) heroin.
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
downwith
drawknot
ducktown
enewetak
eniwetok
enswathe
enswathe
verb
(transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
entryway
entryway
noun
An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.
entwined
entwined
adj
Synonym of intertwined.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entwine
entwines
entwines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwine
entwists
entwists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwist
enworthy
enwreath
enwreath
verb
Misspelling of enwreathe.
etiwanda
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
fawniest
fernwort
flagtown
footworn
footworn
adj
Wearied in the feet; footsore.
Worn or eroded by the feet.
forewent
forewent
verb
simple past tense of forego
freetown
freetown
Proper noun
The capital city of Sierra Leone
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
geistown
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
graytown
grondwet
gwenette
gwenneth
gwinnett
halltown
handwrit
handwrit
noun
a book or document written by hand
manuscript; any nonprinted or handwritten text
hawthorn
hawthorn
noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
hightown
hilltown
hilltown
noun
Alternative form of hill town
hometown
hometown
noun
(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
honewort
honewort
noun
A perennial plant, Cryptotaenia canadensis, sometimes cultivated as a vegetable.
A small European plant, Trinia glauca, once thought to be a remedy for swellings.
horntown
hornwort
hornwort
noun
A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
hueytown
huntaway
huntaway
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Huntaway
hydetown
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
inswathe
inswathe
verb
Archaic spelling of enswathe.
intermew
interrow
interrow
adj
Between rows, especially rows of crops.
intersow
intersow
verb
To sow a plant species between rows of a crop
interwar
interwar
adj
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
interwed
intwined
intwined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intwine
intwines
intwines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intwine
intwists
intwists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intwist
inweight
ironwort
ironwort
noun
A herb of several species in the genus Sideritis, formerly believed to heal sword cuts.
Galeopsis ladanum, red hemp-nettle.
iwurthen
jewstone
jewstone
noun
A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine
jobstown
keewatin
kentwood
kirktown
knitwear
knitwear
noun
knitted garments
knitweed
knitwork
knitwork
noun
knitted material; a knitted object
knotweed
knotweed
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers
knotwork
knotwork
noun
A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot
An object composed of or using knots.
Work involving the tying of knots.
knotwort
knotwort
noun
A small, herbaceous, trailing plant of the species Illecebrum verticillatum (coral necklace).
knowlton
kotowing
kotowing
noun
Alternative form of kowtowing
verb
present participle of kotow
kutztown
kwantung
kwarteng
lawlants
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
letdowns
letdowns
noun
plural of letdown
lewiston
lewiston
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in the USA, including:
a city in Idaho
a city in Maine.
lingwort
longwort
lungwort
lungwort
noun
Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)
Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
manworth
mattawan
meltdown
meltdown
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
metewand
metewand
noun
(obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).
midtowns
midtowns
noun
plural of midtown
milltown
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
minnewit
mintweed
moonwort
moonwort
noun
(now US, UK regional) Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as Honesty and Actual Honesty.
A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus.
moretown
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
nailwort
nailwort
noun
Any species of Paronychia, the whitlow-wort.
Draba verna, the shadflower.
Saxifraga tridactylites, the rue-leaved saxifrage.
nanowatt
nanowatt
noun
One thousand millionth (10⁻⁹) of a watt, abbreviated as nW.
netawaka
networks
networks
noun
plural of network
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of network
newlight
newsbeat
newsboat
newsboat
noun
(historical) A boat used to relay news from one place to another.