(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
archcrown
belchertown
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
charlestown
charlottetown
charlottetown
Proper noun
Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada).
charwoman
charwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
chernow
chestertown
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
childcrowing
chorwon
chowderheadedness
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
cochurchwarden
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
counterbewitch
counterthwarting
counterwarmth
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighing
counterweighing
verb
present participle of counterweigh
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
counterwheel
counterwheel
noun
(engineering) A contrate wheel.
verb
(military) To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
cowhorn
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
cowsharn
crashworthiness
crashworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being crashworthy.
cushionflower
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
frenchtown
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
inchworms
inchworms
noun
plural of inchworm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inchworm
mcsherrystown
northwich
northwich
Proper noun
a town in Cheshire, England.
norwich
norwich
Proper noun
A city in England, the county town of Norfolk
A municipality in Ontario
A city in Connecticut
A city in Kansas
A city in New York
A town in New York which surrounds the city of Norwich.
A town in Vermont
notchwort
otherwhence
otherwhence
adv
(formal, now rare) By other means; From otherwhere.
outwrench
overwatching
overwatching
verb
present participle of overwatch
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
ranchwoman
ranchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a ranchman.
schaefferstown
thenceforward
thenceforward
adv
from then on; from that time on
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thencefoward
trencherwoman
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
werchowinci
whenceforth
whenceforth
adv
(formal) From which place, time, or point forth; forth from which; onward from which.
(formal, interrogative) Forth from what place, time, or point; onward from what place, time, or point.
whenceforward
whenceforward
adv
(formal or literary) From which point onwards (in time or space).
whencesoeer
whencesoever
whencesoever
adv
(archaic) From wherever: from whatever place.
whitecorn
whitecorn
noun
(US) Any white variety of field corn.
windbroach
witchmonger
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.