(Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
(geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
(slang) A large or extravagant meal.
(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
(slang) An argument; an altercation.
(slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
bugwort
bugwort
noun
The plant bugbane.
cowshut
cudwort
cutdown
cutdown
noun
(surgery) An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.
A customized scooter with parts of the bodywork removed or cut away.
cutwork
cutwork
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
cutworm
cutworm
noun
The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
downcut
downcut
verb
(geology) Deepen by erosion.
drawout
guntown
gutwort
gutwort
noun
A plant, Globularia alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.
hulwort
matusow
mudwort
mudwort
noun
Limosella aquatica, a small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores.
mugwort
mugwort
noun
Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.
nutwood
nutwood
noun
The wood of any nut-bearing tree.
ottumwa
ottumwa
Proper noun
a city in Iowa, USA
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota, USA.
outawed
outbawl
outbawl
verb
(transitive) To bawl louder or longer than.
outblew
outblew
verb
simple past tense of outblow
outblow
outblow
verb
(transitive) To blow out (all senses)
(transitive) To exceed in blowing; blow more or better than (all senses)
outbowl
outbowl
verb
(transitive) To beat at bowling.
My little brother gets upset when I outbowl him.
outcrow
outcrow
verb
(transitive) To surpass in crowing.
outdraw
outdraw
verb
(Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
To attract a larger crowd than.
To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
To extract or draw out.
outdrew
outdrew
verb
simple past tense of outdraw
outfawn
outfawn
verb
(transitive, rare) To exceed in fawning.
outflew
outflew
verb
simple past tense of outfly
outflow
outflow
noun
(astronomy) A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus.
(sewage) Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant.
A fluid that flows out.
Any outward movement.
The part of a system that allows material to flow out.
verb
(intransitive) To flow outward.
outglow
outglow
verb
(transitive) To glow brighter than
outgnaw
outgnaw
verb
(transitive) To gnaw more or better than; to surpass in gnawing.
outgrew
outgrew
verb
simple past tense of outgrow
outgrow
outgrow
verb
(transitive) To grow faster or larger than.
(transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
outhowl
outhowl
verb
(transitive) To howl louder or longer than.
outlaws
outlaws
noun
plural of outlaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlaw
outrows
outrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrow
outshow
outshow
noun
That which is shown openly, evinced, or revealed.
verb
(transitive) To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.
(transitive, archaic) To show or present publicly; exhibit openly.
outswam
outswam
verb
simple past tense of outswim
outswim
outswim
verb
(transitive) To swim faster than.
outswum
outswum
verb
past participle of outswim
outwait
outwait
verb
To gain an advantage by simply waiting
To wait for something to end
outwake
outwale
outwalk
outwalk
verb
To walk further than another
outwall
outwall
noun
(obsolete, figurative) External appearance.
An exterior wall.
outward
outward
adj
(obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
Tending to the exterior or outside.
outer; located towards the outside
visible, noticeable
adv
(obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
Towards the outside; away from the centre.
noun
A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
verb
(obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
outwars
outwars
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwar
outwash
outwash
noun
(geology) The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier
outwats
outwave
outwear
outwear
verb
(transitive) To outlast; to survive or outlive longer than.
(transitive) To wear out.
outweed
outweed
verb
(obsolete) To weed out.
outweep
outweep
verb
(transitive) To weep more than.
outwell
outwell
verb
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To well outward; to issue forth.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwit
outwood
outword
outwore
outwore
verb
simple past tense of outwear
outwork
outwork
noun
(architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.
verb
(rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
To work faster or harder than.
outworn
outworn
adj
no longer usable
out of date
worn out
verb
past participle of outwear
outwove
outwove
verb
simple past tense of outweave
outwrit
outwrit
verb
(obsolete) past participle of outwrite
putdown
ruewort
thurlow
townful
townful
noun
As many people as a town can hold.
turnrow
tutwork
tutwork
noun
Alternative form of tut-work
unworth
unworth
adj
(obsolete) unworthy
(rare) Not worth; not deserving of.
noun
Unworthiness; unworthliness; worthlessness.
unwrote
unwrote
verb
simple past tense of unwrite
upthrow
upthrow
noun
(geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
(geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
(geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
uptower
uptower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To tower above; to loom.
uptowns
uptowns
noun
plural of uptown
walkout
walkout
noun
A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.
A sudden stoppage of work.
verb
Misspelling of walk out.
washout
washout
noun
(biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
(informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
(medicine) A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
(meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
An appliance designed to wash something out.
An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
watrous
wautoma
wautoma
Proper noun
A city and town in Wisconsin.
wipeout
wipeout
noun
(surfing) The act of falling off one's surfboard
The act of colliding or crashing.
Total destruction or elimination.
without
without
adv
(archaic or literary) Outside, externally. This is still used in the names of some civil parishes in England, e.g. St Cuthbert Without.
(euphemistic) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.
Lacking something.
conj
(archaic or dialectal) Unless, except (introducing a clause).
prep
(archaic or literary) Outside of, beyond.
Not doing or not having done something.
Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
woodcut
woodcut
noun
(countable) A print produced with this method.
(countable) An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.
(uncountable) A method of printmaking from such a block.
workout
workout
noun
(by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
wornout
wouldnt
wouldnt
abbrev
Misspelling of wouldn't.
wouldst
wouldst
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of will
wrought
wrought
adj
Having been worked or prepared somehow.
verb
(see usage notes) simple past tense and past participle of wreak