(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
brightwaters
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
drawstrings
drawstrings
noun
plural of drawstring
drawtongs
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
gabrilowitsch
gainestown
gaintwist
galsworthy
gatewards
gateways
gateways
noun
plural of gateway
gatewise
gatewise
adv
Arranged to resemble a gate.
gateworks
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gerrardstown
getaways
getaways
noun
plural of getaway
gigawatts
gigawatts
noun
plural of gigawatt
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
granitewares
granitewares
noun
plural of graniteware
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
groatsworth
groatsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
gwantus
hagarstown
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
heavyweights
heavyweights
noun
plural of heavyweight
howgates
hwanghwatsun
inswathing
inswathing
verb
present participle of inswathe
lawsuiting
lengthways
lengthways
adj
lengthwise
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
megawatts
megawatts
noun
plural of megawatt
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
neowashingtonia
newsagent
newsagent
noun
A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
The proprietor of such a business.
newscasting
newscasting
noun
The production of newscasts
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwards
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
outgnaws
outgnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgnaw
outswagger
outswagger
verb
(transitive) To surpass in swaggering.
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outwasting
outwasting
verb
present participle of outwaste
overstowage
paperweights
paperweights
noun
plural of paperweight
pigweabbits
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
playwritings
playwritings
noun
plural of playwriting
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
pseudosweating
quartersawing
quartersawing
verb
present participle of quartersaw
ragworts
ragworts
noun
plural of ragwort
rightwards
rightwards
adv
Rightward; towards the right.
ringtaws
saegertown
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shortwaving
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
sightsaw
sightsaw
verb
simple past tense of sightsee
slantingways
slantingways
adv
Synonym of slantwise
spaewright
sparrowtongue
springwater
springwater
noun
Water originating from a spring.
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.
springwaters
springwaters
noun
plural of springwater
stagewise
stagewise
adj
In stages; one stage at a time.
stageworthy
stageworthy
adj
(theater) Worthy, fit, or deserving of stage presentation; stageable.
stagewright
stagewright
noun
A playwright.
staggerweed
staggerwort
staggerwort
noun
Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea), a kind of ragwort.
stagworm
stagworm
noun
The larva of Cephenemyia auribarbis, which infests the stag.
steerageway
steerageway
noun
(nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
steerageways
steerageways
noun
plural of steerageway
stewarding
stewarding
verb
present participle of steward
stonewalling
stonewalling
noun
A refusal to answer or to cooperate.
verb
present participle of stonewall
stonewashing
stonewashing
verb
present participle of stonewash
stowage
stowage
noun
A charge for stowing and storage.
A place where things are stowed.
Amount of room for storing things.
The act or practice of stowing.
Things that are stowed.
stowages
stowages
noun
plural of stowage
straightaway
straightaway
adj
Extending into the distance in a straight line.
adv
Alternative form of straight away (“at once; immediately”)
noun
A straight section of a racetrack.
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
straightwards
straightway
straightway
adv
(dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately).
(nonstandard) Directly.
straightways
straightways
adv
Synonym of straightway
noun
plural of straightway
straightwise
straightwise
adv
straight; on an unerring course; directly
strangerwise
strangleweed
strangleweed
noun
dodder, a parasitic plant (genus Cuscuta)
strawing
strawing
verb
present participle of straw
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
strewage
strewage
noun
Material that is strewn around.
stringways
stuffgownsman
sugarsweet
sugartown
superacknowledgment
swagerty
swartrutting
swathing
swathing
noun
A wrapping.
verb
present participle of swathe
swatting
swatting
noun
(US, slang) The action of making an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location.
A motion or gesture that swats; a swat.
verb
present participle of swat
sweating
sweating
adj
Giving off sweat.
noun
(botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
(cooking) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
verb
present participle of sweat
sweetgrass
sweetgrass
noun
Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America
Muhlenbergia filipes, a grass native to the southeastern United States
mannagrass, in genus Glyceria
sweethearting
sweethearting
noun
(business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family
(dated) courting; lovemaking
swigart
swingboat
swingboat
noun
A fairground ride consisting of an open gondola which swings back and forth.
swingletail
swingletail
noun
(archaic, rare) The thrasher, or fox shark.
switchgear
switchgear
noun
(electrical engineering) A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
switchgrass
switchgrass
noun
A tall North American perennial grass, Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.