(nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
adv
Alternative form of athwartships
bullwhipped
bullwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullwhip
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
harwichport
hepplewhite
horsepowers
horsepowers
noun
plural of horsepower
hydropowers
lakshadweep
lakshadweep
Proper noun
Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.
mellowphone
overwhipped
overwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhip
overwhisper
overworship
overworship
noun
Excessive worship.
verb
To worship excessively.
painsworthy
painsworthy
adj
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
pantherwood
paperweight
paperweight
noun
(slang) A useless piece of equipment.
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Any object used for this purpose.
paschflower
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pennyweight
pennyweight
noun
A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pennyworths
pennyworths
noun
plural of pennyworth
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
pinwrenches
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
plowmanship
plowmanship
noun
Alternative form of ploughmanship
plowrightia
powerhouses
powerhouses
noun
plural of powerhouse
preweighing
prewhipping
prewhipping
verb
present participle of prewhip
preworthily
prizeworthy
prizeworthy
adj
Meriting a prize.
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
schwarzkopf
shadowgraph
shadowgraph
noun
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
verb
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
shallowpate
shallowpate
noun
(derogatory) One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
sheepwalker
shipshewana
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
shipwrights
shipwrights
noun
plural of shipwright
shopwindows
shopwindows
noun
plural of shopwindow
showerproof
showerproof
adj
That does not absorb water during light rainfall.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to light rainfall.
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
showmanship
showmanship
noun
The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.
showstopper
showstopper
noun
(computing) A software bug that must be fixed before any further development is possible.
A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
snowmanship
snowmanship
noun
Skill in snowsport.
sparrowbush
sparrowhawk
sparrowhawk
noun
(falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
Alternative form of sparrow hawk; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
Any of numerous other relatively small Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
splashdowns
splashdowns
noun
plural of splashdown
stephentown
stewardship
stewardship
noun
Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.
The act of caring for or improving with time.
The rank or office of a steward.
stopwatches
stopwatches
noun
plural of stopwatch
sulphurweed
sulphurwort
sulphurwort
noun
the plant hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)
supergrowth
supergrowth
noun
(countable) A growth upon something else.
(uncountable) Very rapid growth.
sweepwasher
sweepwasher
noun
(dated) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where those metals are used.
thermopower
thermopower
noun
(physics) A measure of the voltage induced in a material by the thermoelectric effect
thistlewarp
thistlewarp
noun
(obsolete) The goldfinch.
thwartships
toothpowder
toothpowder
noun
Alternative form of tooth powder
topeewallah
triumphwise
unpathwayed
unpathwayed
adj
Without a path.
unwhispered
unwhispered
adj
Not whispered.
unworshiped
unworshiped
adj
(US) Alternative form of unworshipped
viewerships
viewerships
noun
plural of viewership
wappenschaw
wardenships
wardenships
noun
plural of wardenship
warriorship
waspishness
waspishness
noun
the quality of being waspish
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
waywodeship
waywodeship
noun
The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.
weaponsmith
weaponsmith
noun
A person skilled at making edged weapons
weighership
weighership
noun
The role or status of a weigher.
westphalian
westphalian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
Of or pertaining to the of 1648 which established a new system of political order in central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
Noun
Someone from Westphalia
One of the major dialect groups of West Low German (also called Westfalish) spoken in Westphalia.
A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
whiffenpoof
whiffenpoof
noun
A fictional bird, said to fly forwards while looking backwards.
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
whipmanship
whipmanship
noun
The skill or art of using a whip.
whipoorwill
whippertail
whippletree
whippletree
noun
a wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal.
whisperable
whisperable
adj
Able to be whispered.
whisperhood
whisperhood
noun
(rare) The state of being a whisper; the initial condition of a rumour (a mere whisper or insinuation)
whisperings
whisperings
noun
plural of whispering
whisperless
whisperless
adj
Without a whisper.
whisterpoop
whisterpoop
noun
(UK, obsolete, regional) A blow; a wherret.
whitecapper
whitecapper
noun
(US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”)
whitechapel
whitechapel
Proper noun
A district in east London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood.
widowership
widowership
noun
The state of being a widower.
wimpishness
wimpishness
noun
The state or quality of being wimpish.
wingmanship
wingmanship
noun
Friendship in the form of being a wingman.
Power or skill in flying.
wirephotoed
witherspoon
woodchopper
woodchopper
noun
A person who chops wood; a lumberjack
A person who woodchops as a sport
woodmanship
woodmanship
noun
Alternative form of woodsmanship
wordmanship
wordmanship
noun
The skillful or artistic use of words; wordsmithing.
workmanship
workmanship
noun
The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
The skill of an artisan or craftsman.
worshipable
worshipable
adj
Capable of being worshipped; worthy of veneration.