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.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
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.
bywalking
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gateworks
gawkihood
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
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.
kawaguchi
kowagmiut
kwangchow
kwangtung
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
mawkingly
milkwagon
mukwonago
nighthawk
nighthawk
noun
(UK, regional) A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
(US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
A nighthawker (metal detectorist who works illegally at night).
A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
nightwake
nightwalk
rangework
rangework
noun
Masonry consisting of horizontal rows of ashlar.
reawaking
reawaking
verb
present participle of reawake
sawmaking
sawmaking
noun
The manufacture of saws.
sedgewake
skowhegan
skowhegan
Proper noun
a town in Maine, USA
squawking
squawking
noun
squawk, the sound of a squawk
verb
present participle of squawk
swingback
thwacking
thwacking
noun
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
verb
present participle of thwack
unawaking
unawaking
Adjective
Not waking; dormant, asleep.
unwalking
unwalking
adj
Not walking.
vowmaking
vowmaking
noun
The making of a vow.
wadmaking
wagonwork
wagonwork
noun
The making of wagons, or manufactured parts of a wagon.
The work of transporting goods on a wagon.
wakenings
wakenings
noun
plural of wakening
warmaking
waxmaking
waxmaking
noun
The manufacture of wax, or of items from wax.
weakening
weakening
noun
(uncountable, mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.