(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
bethwack
bethwack
verb
(transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
buckwasher
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
chalkworker
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
cheektowaga
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
cheswick
cheswick
Proper noun
A village on the northern border of Bristol, England
chewbark
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickweed
chickweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
Holosteum - jagged chickweed
Moenchia - upright chickweed
Paronychia - chickweed
Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chimalakwe
chmielewski
chokeweed
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
duckwheat
hackettstown
hardwicke
herdwick
herdwick
Noun
A sheep of a Cumbrian breed prized for their robust health and durable wool.
herwick
hickorywithe
housewrecker
kawchodinne
kickwheel
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kitchenwife
kweichow
lichwake
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
saskatchewan
saskatchewan
Proper noun
A river in Canada.
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.
scharwenka
schweiker
schweizerkase
schwenk
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shacklewise
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
shewchuk
shipwreck
shipwreck
noun
(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
verb
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
shipwrecks
shipwrecks
noun
plural of shipwreck
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
shirewick
shockwave
shockwave
noun
Alternative spelling of shock wave
shrewstruck
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbucklerdom
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
switchbacker
switchkeeper
switchlike
switchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a switch (control that can be turned on and off).
thwacked
thwacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thwack
thwacker
thwacker
noun
A club, rod, stick, etc., used to thwack.
A person who strikes a resounding blow with an object.
thwackers
thwackers
noun
plural of thwacker
thwackstave
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unthwacked
warwickshire
warwickshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmake
watchmaker
watchmaker
noun
A person who repairs (and originally made) watches.
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathercockish
weathercockish
adj
Fickle or changeable in one's views.
weathercockism
weathercocks
weathercocks
noun
plural of weathercock
weathercocky
weathercocky
adj
Synonym of weathercockish
weathersick
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
weinschenkite
weinschenkite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral churchite-(Y).
wenchlike
wenchlike
adj
Like or characteristic of a wench
wewahitchka
whacked
whacked
adj
(colloquial, US) Tired; fatigued.
(slang) Intoxicated on drugs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whack
whacker
whacker
noun
(informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”)
(informal) Synonym of whopper (“anything large”)
One who, or something which, whacks.
whackers
whackers
noun
plural of whacker
whackier
whackier
adj
comparative form of whacky: more whacky
whackiest
whackiest
adj
superlative form of whacky: most whacky
whaleback
whaleback
noun
(geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale.
(historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
whatreck
wheelock
whetrock
whicken
whicker
whicker
noun
The soft neigh made by a horse.
verb
Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.
whickered
whickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whicker
whickering
whickering
noun
The act of producing a whicker.
verb
present participle of whicker
whickers
whickers
noun
plural of whicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whicker
whinchacker
whincheck
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
whipsocket
whiteback
whiteback
noun
A wild duck, the canvasback.
whitterick
whitterick
noun
Alternative form of whitret
wickedish
wickedish
adj
Somewhat wicked.
witchlike
witchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a witch.
woehick
woodhacker
woodhacker
Noun
The yaffle
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.
workbenches
workbenches
noun
plural of workbench
wreckfish
wreckfish
noun
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.
wreckfishes
wreckfishes
noun
plural of wreckfish
wretchock
wretchock
noun
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.