(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
bowsprits
bowsprits
noun
plural of bowsprit
caperwort
caperwort
noun
Any plant of the family Capparaceae
crowsteps
crowsteps
noun
plural of crowstep
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
flowerpot
flowerpot
noun
A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
gipsywort
grapewort
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
knowperts
lewisport
outwallop
outweapon
palsywort
palsywort
noun
The cowslip (Primula veris)..
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.
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,
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)
peterwort
pfafftown
piceworth
pickstown
pileworts
pileworts
noun
plural of pilewort
pilottown
pilotweed
pilotweed
noun
Silphium laciniatum, a flowering plant in the aster family.
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pittstown
plaitwork
platework
plowlight
plowpoint
plowpoint
noun
A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
plowstaff
plowstaff
noun
(US) The hind part or handle of a plow.
plowstilt
pointways
pointwise
pointwise
adj
(mathematics) Occurring or true for each point of a given set.
adv
In a pointwise manner
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.
poppywort
poppywort
noun
The herbaceous plant Stylophorum diphyllum.
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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
powellite
powellite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, molybdenum, and oxygen.
powellton
powerboat
powerboat
noun
A small, fast motorboat.
powersets
powersets
noun
plural of powerset
powersite
powerstat
powhattan
prebestow
pregrowth
pregrowth
adj
Prior to growth
noun
A period before growth begins
preworthy
puttywork
sharptown
sleepwort
sleepwort
noun
lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
soapworts
soapworts
noun
plural of soapwort
southpaws
southpaws
noun
plural of southpaw
spearwort
spearwort
noun
Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.
splitworm
spoonwort
spoonwort
noun
(botany) scurvy-grass (Cochlearia)
spotswood
steepdown
steepwort
stepdowns
stopwatch
stopwatch
noun
A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
stopwater
strapwork
strapwork
noun
(art, historical) A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.
strapwort
strapwort
noun
The plant Corrigiola litoralis.
stumptown
sweatshop
sweatshop
noun
A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.
sweetshop
sweetshop
noun
(slang, euphemistic) A drug dealer.
A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery.
sweetsops
sweetsops
noun
plural of sweetsop
tapeworms
tapeworms
noun
plural of tapeworm
topminnow
topminnow
noun
Any of the ray-finned fish in the taxonomic family Fundulidae.
topworked
topworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of topwork
townscape
townscape
noun
(art) A depiction of an urban scene
A view of a town, or a subjective image of a town
verb
(transitive) To design and lay out (buildings) as a town.
townships
townships
noun
plural of township
troopfowl
troopwise
troopwise
adv
In the manner of a troop.
tulipwood
tulipwood
noun
The striped, variegated wood of the tulip tree.
twopences
twopences
noun
plural of twopence
typewrote
typewrote
verb
simple past tense of typewrite
upgrowths
upgrowths
noun
plural of upgrowth
uptowners
uptowners
noun
plural of uptowner
upwrought
upwrought
adj
wrought-up
viewpoint
viewpoint
noun
An angle, outlook or point of view.
The position from which something is observed or considered
wartproof
waterdrop
waterdrop
noun
A single drop of water.
waterport
waterport
noun
A port connected to a body of water; a seaport or riverport.
weedsport
wellpoint
whipstock
whipstock
noun
(by extension) The driver of a carriage.
The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
whitepost
wiltproof
wiltproof
adj
Resistant to wilting.
winthorpe
wirephoto
wirephoto
noun
A photograph transmitted by telephotography.
womanpost
woodprint
woodspite
wordspite
worthship
wristdrop
writproof
yellowtop
yellowtop
noun
Any of the genus Flaveria of plants with yellow flowers, related to the sunflower.