(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buckwasher
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bullwork
bulwark
bulwark
noun
(figurative) Any means of defence or security.
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A breakwater.
A defense or safeguard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bulwarks
bulwarks
noun
plural of bulwark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulwark
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
busywork
busywork
noun
Alternative spelling of busy work
busyworks
butterworker
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowsucker
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cutwork
cutwork
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
drunkelew
drunkenwise
duckwater
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
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
hundredwork
huskwort
joukerypawkery
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
journeyworker
journeyworker
noun
A journeyman (tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman).
journeyworks
knackwurst
knackwurst
noun
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
knackwursts
knackwursts
noun
plural of knackwurst
knockwurst
knockwurst
noun
Alternative spelling of knackwurst
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
korwun
krautweed
kunwari
kurosawa
kurthwood
kurtistown
kurzawa
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
louverwork
lukeward
lukewarm
lukewarm
adj
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmly
lukewarmly
adv
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
moundwork
muckworm
muckworm
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
muckworms
muckworms
noun
plural of muckworm
muskflower
muskflower
noun
The monkeyflower Erythranthe moschata.
outwork
outwork
noun
(architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.
verb
(rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
To work faster or harder than.
outworked
outworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwork
outworker
outworker
noun
(dated) One who takes away work to do at home.
(dated) One who works outdoors.
A subcontractor who carries out work at an off-site facility.
outworkers
outworkers
noun
plural of outworker
outworking
outworking
noun
The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something.
verb
present participle of outwork
outworks
outworks
noun
plural of outwork
puttywork
quakertown
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
quickwork
quickwork
noun
(nautical, archaic) All of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
(nautical, archaic) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
(nautical, archaic) The short planks between the portholes.
quillwork
quillwork
noun
Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
roughwork
roughwork
verb
(dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
rubblework
rubblework
noun
A form of masonry made of large stones loosely thrown together and then optionally grouted.
rudwik
rushwork
rusticwork
shrewstruck
slumpwork
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.
squawker
squawker
noun
(slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
(slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
A person who complains or protests noisily.
Something that squawks.
squawkers
squawkers
noun
plural of squawker
squawkier
squawkier
adj
comparative form of squawky: more squawky
stuccowork
stuccowork
noun
work done in stucco
stuccoworker
stuccoworks
stuccoworks
noun
plural of stuccowork
studwork
studwork
noun
An arrangement of studs.
Upright timbers forming the framework of a wall.
studworks
studworks
noun
plural of studwork
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subnetworked
subnetworks
subnetworks
noun
plural of subnetwork
subworker
subworker
noun
A subordinate worker or helper.
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
sugarworks
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superweak
superweak
adj
(physics) Describing a class of particles (superWIMPs) that interact with others very weakly
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
tewkesbury
tewkesbury
Proper noun
a town in Gloucestershire, England
tewksbury
throughknow
truckway
truckway
noun
A special road for the exclusive use of trucks.
trunkway
trunkwork
trusswork
trusswork
noun
(engineering) Structures consisting of trusses.
tubework
tubework
noun
An assemblage of tubes.
tubeworks
tutwork
tutwork
noun
Alternative form of tut-work
tutworker
tutworkman
tutworkman
noun
A laborer who carries out tut-work.
unawkward
unawkward
adj
Not awkward.
unawkwardly
unawkwardness
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
underwalk
underwork
underwork
noun
Subordinate work; petty business.
verb
(intransitive) To do work for inadequate payment.
(intransitive, obsolete) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
(transitive) To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.
(transitive) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
(transitive) To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
(transitive, intransitive) To do less work than necessary (on).