The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
againward
againward
adv
(obsolete) Back again.
agalawood
agalwoods
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
agilawood
agueweeds
agueweeds
noun
plural of agueweed
akutagawa
alpenglow
alpenglow
noun
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
anglewing
anglewing
noun
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.
anglewise
anglewise
adv
With respect to an angle; angularly.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
antiwedge
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
asahigawa
asswaging
asswaging
verb
present participle of asswage
awakening
awakening
adj
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
noun
(figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
The act of becoming aware of something.
verb
present participle of awaken
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
bagataway
bagataway
noun
Alternative form of baggataway
bagwigged
bagwigged
adj
Wearing a bag wig.
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bangweulu
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bridgeway
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
burrawang
burrawang
noun
(Australia) Any of various cycads in the genus Macrozamia.
bywalking
changchow
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
currawang
currawang
noun
Alternative form of currawong (“Australian bird”)
currawong
currawong
noun
Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia.
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
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.
downingia
downrange
downrange
adj
In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
drawglove
drawtongs
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
eagletown
eaglewood
eaglewood
noun
Synonym of agarwood
earwigged
earwigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earwig
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edgewater
enweaving
fallowing
fallowing
noun
A period during which a field is left fallow.
verb
present participle of fallow
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farrowing
farrowing
adj
Producing a litter of piglets
noun
The act of producing a litter of pigs
verb
present participle of farrow
fawningly
fawningly
adv
In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flowerage
flowerage
noun
State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
gablewise
gablewise
adv
In the manner or orientation of a gable.
gadswoons
gadswoons
intj
(archaic) Synonym of zounds
gagwriter
gagwriter
noun
One who writes jokes.
gaintwist
galliwasp
galliwasp
noun
Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.
gallowses
gallowses
noun
(rather rare) plural of gallows
gallycrow
gallycrow
noun
Alternative spelling of gallicrow
gallywasp
galwegian
galwegian
Noun
Someone from Galloway.
Someone from Galway.
gangplows
gangwayed
gangwayed
adj
Of a railway carriage: furnished with a gangway.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gangway
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
garewaite
garewaite
noun
(mineralogy) An ultrabasic rock consisting mostly of olivine and augite.
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gatewards
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gateworks
gauzewing
gawkihood
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gearwheel
gearwheel
noun
Alternative spelling of gear wheel
gewgawish
gewgawish
adj
showy; gaudy
gigawatts
gigawatts
noun
plural of gigawatt
giveaways
giveaways
noun
plural of giveaway
glareworm
glassware
glassware
noun
Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.
glassweed
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
gleewoman
gleewoman
noun
A female gleeman.
gnawingly
gnawingly
adv
In a manner that chafes or worries.
godwinian
godwinian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1756–1836), English writer and political philosopher, an early advocate of utilitarianism and anarchism.
goldwater
goodwater
goshawful
goshawful
adj
Euphemistic form of god-awful.
gracewood
grainways
grandview
granttown
grapeview
grapewise
grapewise
adv
In terms of grapes.
In the manner of a grape or grapes.
grapewort
grassweed
grassweed
noun
Any weed that is a grass.
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
grassworm
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graveward
graveward
adv
Toward the grave.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greenaway
greenlawn
greenwald
greenware
greenware
noun
(ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
(ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
groundway
groundway
noun
(shipbuilding) In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
grunewald
guffawing
guffawing
noun
boisterous laughter
verb
present participle of guffaw
gulfwards
hallowing
hallowing
noun
The act by which something is hallowed.
verb
present participle of hallow
hangwoman
hangwoman
noun
A woman who carries out executions by hanging.
harrowing
harrowing
adj
Causing pain or distress.
noun
(Christianity) Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.