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.
applewood
applewood
Noun
The wood of the apple tree.
beworship
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
blowproof
blowproof
adj
Resistant to being blown.
blowspray
bowsprits
bowsprits
noun
plural of bowsprit
browpiece
caperwort
caperwort
noun
Any plant of the family Capparaceae
capeworks
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
coplowing
copsewood
copsewood
noun
brushwood; coppice
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
cowperian
cowperian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
crowsteps
crowsteps
noun
plural of crowstep
cupflower
cupflower
noun
Any plant of the genus Nierembergia.
dispowder
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
downplays
downplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay
downpours
downpours
noun
plural of downpour
downslope
downslope
adj
in a direction down a slope
adv
down a slope
noun
a descent or declivity
downspout
downspout
noun
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
drawpoint
dropworts
dropworts
noun
plural of dropwort
empowered
empowered
adj
(US) Acting with confidence.
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Having been given powers.
noun
One who is empowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
firepower
firepower
noun
(figurative) The ability and resources to dominate.
The ability to deliver fire.
The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
flowerpot
flowerpot
noun
A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
fowlpoxes
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
gangplows
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
gipsywort
grapewort
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
horsewhip
horsewhip
noun
A whip for use on horses.
verb
(transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
impowered
impowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impower
knowperts
lewisport
manpowers
maplewood
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
openworks
openworks
noun
plural of openwork
outwallop
outweapon
overpower
overpower
verb
(transitive) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
(transitive) To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity, etc.
(transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
(video games, transitive) To make excessively powerful.
oversweep
oversweep
verb
(transitive) To sweep over; to cover by sweeping.
overwiped
overwiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwipe
ownership
ownership
noun
(business) Responsibility for something.
The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
palsywort
palsywort
noun
The cowslip (Primula veris)..
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
paperwork
paperwork
noun
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
routine work involving written documents
written documents
passwoman
passwoman
noun
A female passman.
passwords
passwords
noun
plural of password
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of password
passworts
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
paulownia
paulownia
noun
Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
pawnshops
pawnshops
noun
plural of pawnshop
peachblow
peachblow
adj
(ceramics) Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style of Chinese porcelain.
peachwood
peachwood
noun
The wood of the peach tree.
peachwort
pearlwort
pearlwort
noun
Any of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls:
in genus Colobanthus
in genus Sagina,
peepshows
peepshows
noun
plural of peepshow
pennywort
pennywort
noun
(in Asia) The edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
(in Europe) A succulent, perennial flowering plant (Umbilicus rupestris; penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
Aquatic or semi-aquatic plants in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
Cymbalaria muralis
Liverwort (Anemone hepatica, liverleaf)
Virginian pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
penworker
peterwort
pewfellow
pewfellow
noun
(obsolete) An intimate associate; a companion.
One who occupies the same pew as another.
pewholder
pewholder
noun
One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
pfafftown
piceworth
pickstown
piecework
piecework
noun
Alternative spelling of piece work
piepowder
piepowder
noun
(Britain, law, historical) In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.
(obsolete) Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
pigflower
pigwigeon
pileworts
pileworts
noun
plural of pilewort
pillowber
pillowing
pillowing
noun
Material used to make pillows.
verb
present participle of pillow
pilottown
pilotweed
pilotweed
noun
Silphium laciniatum, a flowering plant in the aster family.
pinewoods
pinewoods
noun
plural of pinewood
pinpillow
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pittstown
plaitwork
platework
playdowns
playdowns
noun
plural of playdown
playwoman
playwomen
plowbacks
plowheads
plowheads
noun
plural of plowhead
plowlands
plowlands
noun
plural of plowland
plowlight
plowmaker
plowpoint
plowpoint
noun
A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
plowshare
plowshare
noun
(American spelling) The cutting edge of a plow, typically a metal blade.
plowstaff
plowstaff
noun
(US) The hind part or handle of a plow.
plowstilt
plowwoman
plowwoman
noun
(US) A female plower, who plows land with a plow.
pointways
pointwise
pointwise
adj
(mathematics) Occurring or true for each point of a given set.
adv
In a pointwise manner
pokeweeds
pokeweeds
noun
plural of pokeweed
polarward
polarward
adj
In the direction of the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
adv
Toward the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
polewards
polewards
adj
Towards a pole.
polliwogs
polliwogs
noun
plural of polliwog
pollywogs
pollywogs
noun
plural of pollywog
polywater
polywater
noun
(pseudoscience) A supposed polymeric form of water reported to have been produced in fine capillaries; now known to be illusory.
pomewater
pomewater
noun
A kind of sweet, juicy apple.
pondweeds
pondweeds
noun
plural of pondweed
poppywort
poppywort
noun
The herbaceous plant Stylophorum diphyllum.
porkwoods
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
possumhaw
possumhaw
noun
Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua.
postwoman
postwoman
noun
(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
postwomen
postwomen
noun
plural of postwoman
pottstown
potwaller
potwaller
noun
(now historical) A man with his own fireplace where a pot of water could be boiled, thus qualifying him to vote in a parliamentary election in certain English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act.
potwhisky
powderers
powderers
noun
plural of powderer
powderies
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
powderize
powderize
verb
(intransitive) To be reduced to powder
(transitive) To reduce to powder
powderman
powderman
noun
A man in charge of gunpowder.
powellite
powellite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, molybdenum, and oxygen.
powellton
powerable
powerable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
(obsolete) Capable of exerting power; powerful.
Capable of being powered.
powerably
powerboat
powerboat
noun
A small, fast motorboat.
powerless
powerless
adj
Lacking legal authority.
Lacking sufficient power or strength.
powersets
powersets
noun
plural of powerset
powersite
powerstat
powhattan
powldoody
powldoody
noun
(rare) A variety of Irish oyster, eaten as a delicacy.
powwowing
powwowing
verb
present participle of powwow
powwowism
preavowal
prebestow
pregrowth
pregrowth
adj
Prior to growth
noun
A period before growth begins
preshadow
preshowed
preshowed
verb
simple past tense of preshow
presswork
presswork
noun
(cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
(metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.