(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
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
gabrilowitsch
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.
gipsywort
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
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
klingerstown
knightswort
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outswinger
outswinger
noun
(cricket) a ball that exhibits outswing
(cricket) a bowler that uses outswing
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
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.
shortwaving
sightworthiness
sightworthy
sightworthy
adj
Worth seeing, or visiting in order to see.
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
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
swingometer
swingometer
noun
(Britain) A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election.
toweringness
troughwise
troughwise
adv
In the manner of a trough.
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.
washingtonboro
waterproofings
waterproofings
noun
plural of waterproofing
weatherologist
weatherologist
noun
(rare) A meteorologist.
wigglesworth
wigtownshire
wigtownshire
Proper noun
A registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland.
wolfsbergite
wolfsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) chalcostibite; jamesonite
woolgatherings
woolgatherings
noun
plural of woolgathering
woolsorting
woolsorting
noun
The work of a woolsorter, sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.