(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buckwasher
buhlworks
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
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
disworkmanship
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dworshak
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
haskwort
hawkers
hawkers
noun
plural of hawker
hawksmoor
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
herskowitz
homeworks
homeworks
noun
plural of homework
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hookworms
hookworms
noun
plural of hookworm
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
houseworks
housewrecker
huskwort
jinrickshaw
kershaw
khosrow
khosrow
Proper noun
Transliteration of a male given name of Persian origin.
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
knightswort
kwashiorkor
kwashiorkor
noun
(pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.
kwashiorkors
kwashiorkors
noun
plural of kwashiorkor
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
meshwork
meshwork
noun
A net; an assembly of meshes.
meshworks
meshworks
noun
plural of meshwork
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
postworkshop
postworkshop
adj
After a workshop (educational course or conference).
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
rickshaws
rickshaws
noun
plural of rickshaw
rikshaw
rikshaw
noun
Alternative spelling of rickshaw
rikshaws
rikshaws
noun
plural of rikshaw
rushwork
scharwenka
schoolwork
schoolwork
noun
Work done for school, including both in class and homework.
schoolworks
schwarzkopf
schweiker
schweizerkase
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
sheepwalker
sheetwork
sheetwork
noun
Metalwork done in sheets.
The printing of sheets of paper using a printing press.
shellwork
shellwork
noun
A form of decoration made from shells arranged in a pattern.
The making of objects from shells.
shellworker
shellworker
noun
One who makes objects from shells.
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
shewmaker
shipwork
shipwork
noun
The work of building and repairing ships.
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
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
shopwork
shopworker
shopworker
noun
A person who works in a shop; a shop assistant
showerlike
showerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shower (bathroom fitting).
showker
shrewlike
shrewlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shrew (ill-tempered woman); shrewish.
Resembling or characteristic of a shrew (mouselike mammal).
shrewstruck
skirwhit
smithwork
smithwork
noun
The work done by a smith (blacksmith); metal forgery.
sorehawk
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
sparhawk
sparhawk
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of sparrow hawk
sparrowhawk
sparrowhawk
noun
(falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
Alternative form of sparrow hawk; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
Any of numerous other relatively small Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
starchworks
starkweather
stitchwork
stitchwork
noun
Work produced by stitching.
stockwright
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
swashwork
switchbacker
switchkeeper
thankworthiness
thankworthiness
noun
The quality or state of being thankworthy.
throwbacks
throwbacks
noun
plural of throwback
thwackers
thwackers
noun
plural of thwacker
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unwhiskered
unwhiskered
adj
Without whiskers.
warwickshire
warwickshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
washwork
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
watchworks
watershake
weakheartedness
weakheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being weakhearted.
weathercockish
weathercockish
adj
Fickle or changeable in one's views.
weathercockism
weathercocks
weathercocks
noun
plural of weathercock
weathersick
whackers
whackers
noun
plural of whacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
wheelworks
wheelworks
noun
plural of wheelwork
wheerikins
whickers
whickers
noun
plural of whicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whicker
whillikers
whiskbroom
whiskbroom
noun
A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.
whisker
whisker
noun
(colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.
(metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal.
(nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
(statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
A hair of the beard.
One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
whiskerage
whiskerage
noun
Whiskers.
whiskerando
whiskerandoed
whiskerandos
whiskered
whiskered
adj
Possessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.
whiskerer
whiskerette
whiskerette
noun
A little whisker.
whiskerless
whiskerless
Adjective
Without whiskers.
whiskerlike
whiskerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whisker.
whiskers
whiskers
noun
plural of whisker
whiskery
whiskery
adj
(UK, humorous) Old.
Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
Having whiskers.
Involving or caused by whiskers.
Resembling whiskers.
noun
(rare) A whiskey distillery.
whitakers
whitesark
whitracks
workaholics
workaholics
noun
plural of workaholic
workaholism
workaholism
noun
The urge of a person to work excessively.
workaholisms
workbenches
workbenches
noun
plural of workbench
workhorse
workhorse
noun
(by extension) Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.
A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.
workhorses
workhorses
noun
plural of workhorse
workhouse
workhouse
noun
(Britain, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(archaic) A factory; a place of manufacture.
verb
(Britain, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
workhoused
workhoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of workhouse