(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
athwartships
athwartships
adv
(nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
awapuhi
awapuhi
noun
(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
awhape
awhape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.
bahawalpur
bahawalpur
Proper noun
A city in West Punjab in Pakistan.
The district surrounding this city.
The administrative division of Pakistan which contains this district.
balmawhapple
bashawship
bashawship
noun
The role or status of a bashaw.
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
bophuthatswana
bophuthatswana
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
bretwaldaship
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.
capshaw
cartwhip
cartwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a cart.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a cartwhip.
chapelward
chapelward
adv
Toward a chapel.
chappow
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
chingpaw
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippewa
chippewa
Noun
A member of the Ojibwe people.
Proper noun
The Ojibwe language.
Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin.
chippewas
chippeway
chippeways
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
cowpath
cowpath
noun
A path made by, or used by, cows.
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.
depthways
dewanship
disworkmanship
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
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.)
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
harpwaytuning
harpwise
harwichport
hawsepiece
hawsepipe
hawsepipe
noun
(nautical) metal pipe fitted into a hawsehole, to protect the wood
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
lakshadweep
lakshadweep
Proper noun
Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
lawyership
lawyership
noun
The state or business of a lawyer.
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
nawabship
nawabship
noun
The rank or condition of a nawab.
newspaperish
newspaperish
adj
(humorous) Overly professionalist; palpably mechanical in execution.
Prone to using cliché phrases.
Resembling or characteristic of a newspaper.
paddywatch
paddywhack
paddywhack
noun
(dated) A blow; a slap.
(dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
(slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds).
verb
(dated, transitive) To slap.
painsworthy
painsworthy
adj
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
pamphletwise
pamphletwise
adv
In the form of a pamphlet.
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
pandlewhew
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.
paperweights
paperweights
noun
plural of paperweight
parishwide
pasahow
paschflower
patchwise
patchwise
adj
in patches
adv
one patch at a time
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.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
pathway
pathway
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
(figurative) A course of action.
A footpath or other path or track.
pathwayed
pathwayed
adj
Having a pathway.
pathways
pathways
noun
plural of pathway
pawhuska
pawhuska
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA
pawnshop
pawnshop
noun
The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security
pawnshops
pawnshops
noun
plural of pawnshop
peachblow
peachblow
adj
(ceramics) Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style of Chinese porcelain.
peachwood
peachwood
noun
The wood of the peach tree.
peachwort
penwomanship
penwomanship
noun
A woman's skill in handwriting.
peshawar
peshawar
Proper noun
The capital of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, situated near Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
peshwa
peshwa
noun
(now historical) Originally, a chief minister under the Marathi princes; later, (the title of) each of the rulers of the Marathi kingdom in central India from 1713–1818.
peshwaship
peshwaship
noun
The role or status of a peshwa.
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
phosphowolframic
photoplaywright
photoplaywright
noun
(dated) A screenwriter for movies.
phrenoward
phulwa
phulwara
piankashaw
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
playwright
playwright
noun
A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
playwrighting
playwrighting
noun
Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
playwrightry
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
plowgraith
plowhead
plowhead
noun
Alternative form of ploughhead
plowheads
plowheads
noun
plural of plowhead
plowmanship
plowmanship
noun
Alternative form of ploughmanship
plowrightia
plowshare
plowshare
noun
(American spelling) The cutting edge of a plow, typically a metal blade.
plowshares
plowshares
noun
plural of plowshare
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
ponhaws
porokaiwhiria
porokaiwhiria
noun
(New Zealand) pigeonwood
possumhaw
possumhaw
noun
Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua.
potshaw
powhatan
powhatan
Noun
A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.
Proper noun
Their eastern Algonquian language.
An unincorporated community in Virginia, USA
powhattan
powhead
praiseworthily
praiseworthily
adv
In a praiseworthy manner.
praiseworthiness
praiseworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
praiseworthy
praiseworthy
adj
Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
praisworthily
praisworthiness
praisworthiness
noun
The state of being praiseworthy
prattshollow
preshadow
prewash
prewash
noun
A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly.
verb
To rinse something before washing it properly.
prewashed
prewashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prewash
prewashes
prewashes
noun
plural of prewash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewash
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
pshaw
pshaw
intj
Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
verb
(intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".
pshawed
pshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pshaw
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
pshaws
pshaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pshaw
purwannah
pushwainling
sapowith
sapphirewing
sawsharper
saxapahaw
scapewheel
schwanpan
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.
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shadowgraphs
shadowgraphs
noun
plural of shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowgraphy
noun
The creation of shadowgraph images.
The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form of entertainment.
shallowpate
shallowpate
noun
(derogatory) One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
shallowpated
sharpsaw
sharptown
sharpware
sheepwalk
sheepwalk
noun
Land given to pasturing of sheep, smaller than a sheep-run.
sheepwalker
shipshewana
shipward
shipward
adv
toward a ship
shipwards
shipwards
adv
Towards a ship.
shipway
shipway
noun
A navigable canal.
The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
shipways
shipways
noun
plural of shipway
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
shopwear
shopwear
noun
The condition of being shopworn; minor damage through being stored and handled in a retail outlet.
shopwoman
shopwoman
noun
A woman employed in a shop.
showmanship
showmanship
noun
The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.