(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
beeswing
beeswing
noun
A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.
beeswinged
beeswinged
adj
(by extension) Covered with a filmy layer.
Of wine: having the filmy, translucent crust called beeswing.
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
beggingwise
bellowsmaking
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshrewing
beshrewing
verb
present participle of beshrew
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestrewing
bestrewing
verb
present participle of bestrew
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
beswinge
beswinge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bigwiggedness
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
boswellizing
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brewings
brewings
noun
plural of brewing
browningesque
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
closewing
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
diagonalwise
diagonalwise
adj
In a diagonal fashion.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disboweling
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disendowing
disendowing
verb
present participle of disendow
disentwining
disentwining
verb
present participle of disentwine
diswarrening
diswarrening
verb
present participle of diswarren
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
drawlingness
drawlingness
noun
A drawling quality of the voice.
dwellings
dwellings
noun
plural of dwelling
earwigginess
englishtown
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
entwisting
entwisting
verb
present participle of entwist
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
evilwishing
fawningness
fawningness
noun
Tendency to fawn; obsequious behaviour.
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fingerwise
fingerwise
adv
In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts.
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
freewheelingness
freewritings
freewritings
noun
plural of freewriting
gainestown
gardenwise
gardenwise
adv
In the manner of a garden.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkinesses
gawkinesses
noun
plural of gawkiness
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
geistown
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gershwin
ghostwritten
ghostwritten
adj
Written by a ghostwriter.
glaswegian
glaswegian
Adjective
Of or relating to Glasgow in Scotland.
Noun
A native or resident of Glasgow.
goosewing
goosewing
noun
(nautical) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.
goosewinged
goosewinged
adj
(nautical) Having a goosewing; said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other.
granitewares
granitewares
noun
plural of graniteware
grosswardein
growingupness
growliness
growliness
noun
The state or quality of being growly.
growlinesses
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
handsewing
handwringers
handwringers
noun
plural of handwringer
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
headlongwise
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
hingeways
horsedrawing
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
houghsinew
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
hundredweights
hundredweights
noun
plural of hundredweight
indwellingness
ingrownness
ingrownness
noun
The quality of being ingrown.
insweeping
inswinger
inswinger
noun
Alternative form of in-swinger
intergrowths
intergrowths
noun
plural of intergrowth
intertwisting
intertwisting
noun
A twisting together.
verb
present participle of intertwist
intertwistingly
interwhistling
klingerstown
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
knowingness
knowingness
noun
Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.
The quality or state of being knowing.
lacewings
lacewings
noun
plural of lacewing
lawabidingness
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
lengthwise
lengthwise
adj
In the long direction of an oblong object.
longwise
longwise
adv
Lengthwise; longways; lengthways.
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
loweringness
lozengewise
lozengewise
adv
(heraldry) Placed like a lozenge (a diamond).
ludwigshafen
measuringworm
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
minesweeping
minesweeping
noun
(nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
(slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
narrowingness
narrowingness
noun
(rare) The quality of becoming narrow.
neowashingtonia
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
newfangledism
newings
newings
noun
plural of newing
newlings
newlings
noun
plural of newling
newmanising
newscasting
newscasting
noun
The production of newscasts
newsgirl
newsgirl
noun
A girl who delivers newspapers.
newsgirls
newsgirls
noun
plural of newsgirl
newsmagazine
newsmagazine
noun
(broadcasting) A news show presenting feature-length stories on current events, rather than immediate reports.