In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
baggywrinkle
baggywrinkle
noun
(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
ballywrack
bellowsmaker
blackware
blackware
noun
Any pottery of a black or nearly black colour.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bladderwrack
bladderwrack
noun
Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
boardwalk
boardwalk
noun
A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk
boilerworks
bolsterwork
boltwork
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
bowerlike
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
brailowsky
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
brinklow
brockwell
brookflower
brooklawn
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bullwork
bulwark
bulwark
noun
(figurative) Any means of defence or security.
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A breakwater.
A defense or safeguard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bulwarks
bulwarks
noun
plural of bulwark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulwark
bywalker
cakewalker
cakewalker
noun
A performer of the cakewalk dance.
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
candlestickward
cankerflower
chalkworker
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
clawker
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clockwork
clockwork
adj
Driven by clockwork.
Very smooth and regular.
noun
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
clockworked
clockworks
clockworks
noun
plural of clockwork
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
cracklewares
cracklewares
noun
plural of crackleware
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
crosswalks
crosswalks
noun
plural of crosswalk
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
downlooker
downlooker
noun
(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.
Any of various snipe flies of the genus Rhagio.
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
dronkelew
drunkelew
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
fireworkless
fireworkless
adj
Without fireworks.
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworks
fliegerabwehrkanone
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
flowerlike
flowerlike
adj
Resembling a flower, especially in shape
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
flowerwork
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
(transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
forwelk
forwelk
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.
franklintown
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
goldwork
goldwork
noun
Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
grillwork
grillwork
noun
The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
heelwork
heelwork
noun
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jaywalkers
jaywalkers
noun
plural of jaywalker
jogglework
kalwar
karlow
kelpware
kelpware
noun
kelp
kelpwort
kelpwort
noun
The plant kali.
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
killigrew
killigrew
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect, archaic) A bird, the red-billed chough.
killwort
killwort
noun
The plant Chelidonium majus.
kiloware
kiloware
noun
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.
kiloword
kiloword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 words.
kirkwall
kirkwall
Proper noun
The capital of the Orkney Islands.
klingerstown
kylertown
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
laceworker
laceworker
noun
Synonym of lacemaker
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
lacwork
lacwork
noun
Ornamentation by means of lacquer.
lakeward
lakeward
adj
Located, facing or moving toward a lake.
adv
Toward a lake.
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
landwrack
landwreck
lapwork
lapwork
noun
Work in which one part overlaps another.
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
lawbreak
lawbreaker
lawbreaker
noun
One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
lawbreakers
lawbreakers
noun
plural of lawbreaker
lawbreaking
lawbreaking
adj
unlawful; illegal.
noun
The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.