A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.
Any of various species of America catalpa trees Catalpa especially (Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) or Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa).
The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
The catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).
catawbas
catawbas
noun
plural of catawba
caterbrawl
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chawbacon
chawbacon
noun
(archaic) An uncultured rustic person.
chawbone
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
chewable
chewable
adj
(finance, of a poison pill) Allowing for a particular type of bid that does not trigger the flip-in.
Capable of being chewed.
Chewy.
noun
A medicine supplied in a form that can be chewed.
Anything that is chewable; anything that is able to be chewed.
chewbark
clawback
clawback
noun
(US law of evidence) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled.
(US taxation law) Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
(US, business) Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
(obsolete) A flatterer or sycophant.
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
cobewail
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterbreastwork
cowbane
cowbane
noun
Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta
Cicuta virosa, type species of this genus.
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowbarn
crabweed
crabwise
crabwise
adj
(figuratively) Incidental.
In the manner of a crab; sideways.
crabwood
crabwood
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
crawberry
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crowbait
crowbait
noun
(US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse.
crowbar
crowbar
noun
A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
verb
(transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
crowbars
crowbars
noun
plural of crowbar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowbar
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
deckswabber
detacwable
drawback
drawback
noun
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
elbowchair
elbowchair
noun
Alternative form of elbow chair
facebow
facebow
noun
(dentistry) A prosthodontic instrument used to transfer functional and aesthetic components from the patient's mouth to the dental articulator.
forebackwardly
gabrilowitsch
hackbarrow
hackbarrow
noun
(historical) A kind of wheelbarrow used to carry new-made bricks to the hacks or racks where they are dried.
hawbuck
hawbuck
noun
(obsolete) A vulgar, ignorant country fellow.
hawcubite
hawcubite
Noun
A member of a street gang in London, England, circa 1700.
A ruffian or bully.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
lawrenceburg
lawrenceburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
maccabaw
maccabaws
micawber
micawber
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
peachblow
peachblow
adj
(ceramics) Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style of Chinese porcelain.
plowback
plowbacks
sawback
sawbuck
sawbuck
noun
(US, slang) A ten-dollar bill.
A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.
sawbucks
sawbucks
noun
plural of sawbuck
scabwort
scabwort
noun
The plant elecampane.
schwab
schwabacher
schwaben
schwalbea
scowbank
scowbanker
screwable
screwable
adj
(not comparable) That can be screwed (fastened mechanically).
(slang, vulgar) Suitable or desirable for sexual intercourse.
screwball
screwball
adj
(originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
noun
(US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
(baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
screwballs
screwballs
noun
plural of screwball
screwbarrel
screwbean
screwbean
noun
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The nutritious seedpod of this plant.
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
skewback
skewback
noun
(architecture) The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.
skewbacked
skewbacks
skewbacks
noun
plural of skewback
slowback
slowback
noun
(archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
sowback
sowback
noun
A low ridge of sand
sowbacked
subbailiwick
swartback
swartback
noun
(UK, dialect) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus), or swarbie.
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbucklerdom
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
swayback
swayback
noun
An animal with such excessive sagging.
An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
swaybacked
swaybacked
adj
(figuratively) Old.
Having a sagged back.
Having sagged or hollow surface.
swaybacks
swaybacks
noun
plural of swayback
sweepback
sweepback
noun
The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil.
sweptback
sweptback
adj
(of a hairstyle) Backswept.
(of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
swingback
switchable
switchable
adj
capable of being switched
switchback
switchback
noun
(aviation) A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
(chiefly Britain) A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
(chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.
verb
(intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path.
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
switchbacker
switchbacks
switchbacks
noun
plural of switchback
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
switchblades
switchblades
noun
plural of switchblade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switchblade
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switchboards
switchboards
noun
plural of switchboard
tableclothwise
throwback
throwback
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
(derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
An atavism.
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout
throwbacks
throwbacks
noun
plural of throwback
tobaccoweed
tobaccowood
trackbarrow
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unchewable
unchewable
adj
That cannot be chewed.
noun
Something that cannot be chewed.
unchewableness
uneschewable
uneschewable
adj
Not eschewable; imposible to eschew.
uneschewably
unscrewable
unscrewable
adj
That can be unscrewed.
That cannot be screwed.
unwatchable
unwatchable
adj
That cannot be watched; that does not bear watching.
waccabuc
walbrzych
wallback
warbeck
wartyback
wartyback
noun
Synonym of pimpleback (mussel)
watchable
watchable
adj
That can be watched.
That is worth watching; interesting or thrilling to watch
noun
Something to be watched, or worth watching.
watchband
watchband
noun
a band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap
watchbands
watchbands
noun
plural of watchband
watchbill
watchboat
waterbuck
waterbuck
noun
A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
waterbucks
waterbucks
noun
plural of waterbuck
waxcomb
wayback
wayback
adv
(poetic, nonstandard) Alternative form of way back
noun
(dated, informal) An area in the body of a car behind the rear seat, such as the back of a station wagon, storage well in a VW bug, etc.
A very remote time or place.
An uneducated person from a remote area.
weisbachite
welsbach
wetback
wetback
noun
(derogatory slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
(derogatory slang) A person of the mestizo race; a mojado.
wetbacks
wetbacks
noun
plural of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States
whaleback
whaleback
noun
(geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale.
(historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
whalebacker
whiteback
whiteback
noun
A wild duck, the canvasback.
windbracing
windbroach
wingback
wingback
noun
(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
A wingback chair.
One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
wingbacks
wingbacks
noun
plural of wingback
wolbach
wolbach
Proper noun
A village in Nebraska.
yellowback
yellowback
noun
A cheap sensational novel.
zwieback
zwieback
noun
A usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.