any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
bedworth
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
bestowed
bestowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestow
bindwith
bloodwit
bloodwit
noun
Alternative form of bloodwite
boatward
boatward
adv
Toward a boat.
bowditch
budworth
buttwood
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
cityward
cityward
adj
Directed toward cities
adv
Toward a city or cities
citywide
citywide
adj
Throughout a city.
noun
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A combined order of a shot of distilled spirit (especially bourbon) and an order of beer
clotweed
clotweed
noun
cocklebur
coltwood
cotswold
cotswold
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Cotswolds range of hills.
A style of traditional Morris dancing originating from the Cotswolds area of England.
Noun
A sheep of a certain breed with long wool, formerly common in the English counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester.
Proper noun
a local government district in Gloucestershire, England.
crudwort
curdwort
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
dataflow
dataflow
noun
Alternative spelling of data flow
deadwort
dewaters
dewaters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dewater
dewhirst
dewhurst
dewlight
dilltown
dilworth
disworth
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
dowdiest
dowdiest
adj
superlative form of dowdy: most dowdy
dowieite
dowmetal
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbent
downbent
adj
Bent downward.
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downgate
downiest
downiest
adj
superlative form of downy: most downy
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
downtown
downtown
adj
Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
adv
(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
In or towards the central business district.
noun
(US, slang) The human genitalia.
(chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
(slang) heroin.
downtrod
downtrod
adj
(archaic or poetic) downtrodden; abused by superior power
verb
to oppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate
downturn
downturn
noun
A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
verb
To decline
To turn downwards
downwith
drawbolt
drawbolt
noun
(engineering) A coupling pin
drawgate
drawknot
drawstop
drawtube
drawtube
noun
The tube that is drawn out in order to expand a telescope.
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
dropwort
dropwort
noun
A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
Any plant of genus Oxypolis.
ducktown
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
eastward
eastward
adj
Situated or directed towards the east.
noun
The direction or area lying to the east.
eastwood
entwined
entwined
adj
Synonym of intertwined.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entwine
etiwanda
flatweed
flatweed
noun
Hypochaeris radicata, a low-lying edible perennial herb often found in lawns.
frowsted
frowsted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frowst
gateward
gatewood
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
gottwald
goutweed
goutweed
noun
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
grondwet
handwrit
handwrit
noun
a book or document written by hand
manuscript; any nonprinted or handwritten text
hartwood
holtwood
hoodwort
hoodwort
noun
A plant, Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap.
hydetown
interwed
intwined
intwined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intwine
itchweed
itchweed
noun
Veratrum viride, a toxic North American plant.
itchwood
jestword
kentwood
knitweed
knotweed
knotweed
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers
kowtowed
kowtowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kowtow
lateward
lateward
adv
(obsolete) rather late
latewood
latewood
noun
wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season
leadwort
leadwort
noun
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
leftward
leftward
adj
To or from the left.
letdowns
letdowns
noun
plural of letdown
lewdster
lewdster
noun
A lewd person; a lecher.
lotewood
madworts
madworts
noun
plural of madwort
mastwood
mastwood
noun
The evergreen plant Calophyllum inophyllum.
meadwort
meadwort
noun
(obsolete) Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.
meltdown
meltdown
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
metewand
metewand
noun
(obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).
midtowns
midtowns
noun
plural of midtown
midwatch
midwatch
noun
(nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.
mintweed
mowstead
newstand
nowtherd
nutwoods
nutwoods
noun
plural of nutwood
outbowed
outbowed
adj
Bowed outward, curved outward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbow
outcrowd
outcrowd
verb
(transitive) To crowd out.
outdrawn
outdrawn
adj
drawn out
extracted
outdraws
outdraws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdraw
outdwell
outdwell
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dwell or stay beyond; to outstay
outdwelt
outlawed
outlawed
adj
(of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.
(of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outlaw
outrowed
outrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrow
outwards
outwards
adv
(obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
outwaved
outwiled
outwiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwile
outwinds
outwinds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwind
outworld
outworld
noun
(science fiction, often attributive) A planet that is remote from the homeworld of a civilization.
peatweed
peatwood
pondwort
pondwort
noun
A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).
A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
postward
postward
adv
Toward the winning post in a race.
putdowns
putdowns
noun
plural of putdown
redwater
redwater
noun
Alternative spelling of red water (disease of cattle)
redwithe
restward
restward
adj
Toward rest.
retwined
rewetted
rewetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewet
rootward
rootward
adj
(biology) Toward the root of a plant.
rowdiest
rowdiest
adj
superlative form of rowdy: most rowdy
saltweed
saltweed
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Atriplex.
sandwort
sandwort
noun
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
sawdusts
sawdusts
noun
plural of sawdust
sawdusty
sawdusty
adj
Resembling, or covered in, sawdust.
shotweld
shutdown
shutdown
noun
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive.
A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
softwood
softwood
noun
(countable, chiefly botany) The wood from any gymnosperm, without regard to how soft this wood is.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
(countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind, but limited to those that are commercial timbers.
(uncountable) Any commercial timber.
stanwood
starward
starward
adj
Leading or pointing toward the stars.
adv
Toward the stars.
stepdown
stepdown
adj
(of a transformer) Used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.
stewards
stewards
noun
plural of steward
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steward
stewpond
stewpond
noun
Synonym of stew (“a pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating”)
stowbord
stowbord
noun
Alternative form of stowboard
stowdown
stowdown
noun
(nautical, obsolete) The placing away in casks or tanks of the oil obtained in whaling.
stowwood
studwork
studwork
noun
An arrangement of studs.
Upright timbers forming the framework of a wall.
switched
switched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switch
swordlet
swordlet
noun
A little sword.
tailward
tailward
adj
Toward the tail.
tailwind
tailwind
noun
(figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress.
A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.
verb
Of wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong side of the sail or turbine assembly.
takedown
takedown
noun
(martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
(slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
tallowed
tallowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tallow
tallwood
tallwood
noun
(UK, obsolete) Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.