(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bowstringing
bowstringing
verb
present participle of bowstring
bowstrings
bowstrings
noun
plural of bowstring
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downsitting
downsitting
noun
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
englishtown
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
gabrilowitsch
gainestown
geistown
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
ghostwrite
ghostwrite
verb
(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
(authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwriters
ghostwriters
noun
plural of ghostwriter
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
ghostwriting
ghostwriting
noun
Writing for pay without the expectation of receiving credit by name.
verb
present participle of ghostwrite
ghostwritten
ghostwritten
adj
Written by a ghostwriter.
gibbstown
gipsywort
godwits
godwits
noun
plural of godwit
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
hightstown
hollingsworth
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
ingrowths
ingrowths
noun
plural of ingrowth
intergrowths
intergrowths
noun
plural of intergrowth
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
klingerstown
knightstown
knightswort
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
knownothingism
kuskwogmiut
mcknightstown
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
neowashingtonia
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
nightgowns
nightgowns
noun
plural of nightgown
nonsweating
nonwasting
nonwasting
adj
(law, finance) Of an asset: not undergoing a gradual decrease in value over time.
(medicine) Not wasting.
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
nowanights
nowanights
adv
During the night at the present time; in modern nights.
oswegatchie
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outswimming
outswimming
verb
present participle of outswim
outswindling
outswindling
verb
present participle of outswindle
outswing
outswing
noun
(cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.
outswinger
outswinger
noun
(cricket) a ball that exhibits outswing
(cricket) a bowler that uses outswing
outswinging
outswinging
adj
(cricket) Moving with outswing
(soccer) Moving so as to curve away from the goal or centre
Of or pertaining to doors or windows that open in the outwards direction.
outwasting
outwasting
verb
present participle of outwaste
outweighs
outweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweigh
outwishing
outwishing
verb
present participle of outwish
outwrestling
outwrestling
verb
present participle of outwrestle
overstrewing
overstrewing
verb
present participle of overstrew
oversweetening
oversweetening
verb
present participle of oversweeten
overweights
overweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overweight
polyglotwise
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
pseudosweating
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shillingsworth
shillingsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a shilling.
shingletown
shortwaving
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
showstopping
showstopping
adj
(software engineering, of bugs) Critical; major.
Characteristic of a showstopper; breathtaking.
sightworthiness
sightworthy
sightworthy
adj
Worth seeing, or visiting in order to see.
snowflight
songwright
songwright
noun
A songwriter.
songwriter
songwriter
noun
(music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.
songwriters
songwriters
noun
plural of songwriter
songwriting
songwriting
noun
(authorship) The work of a songwriter.
songwritings
songwritings
noun
plural of songwriting
sportswriting
sportswriting
noun
Writing about sports.
springtown
springwort
springwort
noun
The plant St John's wort.
steelworking
steelworking
noun
The act of working steel, the creation of steelwork or steelwares
stockwright
stonewalling
stonewalling
noun
A refusal to answer or to cooperate.
verb
present participle of stonewall
stonewashing
stonewashing
verb
present participle of stonewash
stowing
stowing
noun
(mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
The act by which something is stowed; stowage.
verb
present participle of stow
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
stringtown
stringwood
strowing
strowing
noun
Obsolete form of strewing.
verb
present participle of strow
swingboat
swingboat
noun
A fairground ride consisting of an open gondola which swings back and forth.
swingometer
swingometer
noun
(Britain) A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election.
swingstock
swotting
swotting
verb
present participle of swot
thousandweight
togawise
togawise
adv
In the manner of a toga.
towelings
towelings
noun
plural of toweling
toweringness
troughwise
troughwise
adv
In the manner of a trough.
twigsome
twigsome
adj
Full of twigs; twiggy.
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
waggonsmith
wagonsmith
wagonsmith
noun
A maker of wagons, wainwright.
wainscoting
wainscoting
noun
Alternative spelling of wainscotting
wainscotings
wainscotings
noun
plural of wainscoting
wainscotting
wainscotting
noun
Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
verb
present participle of wainscot
waistcoating
waistcoating
noun
A fabric designed for waistcoats, often with a multicoloured pattern of different yarns.
washington
washington
Proper noun
George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the American rebels and first President of the United States of America, from 1789 to 1797.
Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States since 1800.
The federal government or administrative authority of the United States.
A capital: largest city:
A city in Iowa, USA
A city in Kansas, USA
A city in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Not to be confused with 70 miles away.
A town in the county of in the Northeast of England.
name popular during the first century of American independence
Noun
a U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of
washingtonboro
washingtonese
washingtonia
washingtonia
noun
(botany) Any fan palm of the genus Washingtonia.
washingtonian
washingtonian
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to, the state of Washington or its culture.
Of, or pertaining to, Washington, D.C. or its culture.
Of, or pertaining to, the life, values, or presidential administration of
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Washington in the United States of America.
An inhabitant or a resident of Washington, D.C..
A member of the a 19th-century sobriety support group.
washingtoniana
washingtonians
washingtonville
waterproofings
waterproofings
noun
plural of waterproofing
weatherologist
weatherologist
noun
(rare) A meteorologist.
wegotism
wegotism
noun
(colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun we.
wellingtons
wellingtons
noun
plural of wellington
wessington
westinghouse
wigglesworth
wigtownshire
wigtownshire
Proper noun
A registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland.
wingpost
wisigothic
witenagemots
witenagemots
noun
plural of witenagemot
withholdings
withholdings
noun
plural of withholding
wolfsbergite
wolfsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) chalcostibite; jamesonite
woodcuttings
woodcuttings
noun
plural of woodcutting
woolgatherings
woolgatherings
noun
plural of woolgathering
woolsorting
woolsorting
noun
The work of a woolsorter, sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.