(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antirailwayist
antitwilight
antitwilight
noun
Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
antiwhaling
antiwhaling
adj
Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
aslantwise
aslantwise
adv
aslant; in a slanting orientation
attenweiler
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
brilliantwise
brownistical
browntail
candlestickward
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downtrampling
eatanswill
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
franklintown
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
imlaystown
interrailway
interrailway
adj
Between railways.
interviewable
interviewable
adj
Capable of being interviewed.
interweavingly
interweavingly
adv
So as to interweave.
knowability
knowability
noun
The quality or state of being knowable.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
ladylintywhite
landwaiter
landwaiter
noun
A customs officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels.
laughlintown
lawrencite
lawrencite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine, iron, and nickel.
lawrentian
lawrentian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the author or his works or style of writing.
Of or pertaining to the author or his works or style of writing.
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
lawsonite
lawsonite
noun
A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻
lawsuiting
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lingtowman
litanywise
litanywise
adv
In the manner of a litany.
malinowskite
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
nailwort
nailwort
noun
Any species of Paronychia, the whitlow-wort.
Draba verna, the shadflower.
Saxifraga tridactylites, the rue-leaved saxifrage.
newlandite
nightcrawler
nightcrawler
noun
(chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nightwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwalking
nightwalking
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
nonoutlawries
nonplantowning
ottweilian
outbawling
outbawling
verb
present participle of outbawl
outbrawling
outbrawling
verb
present participle of outbrawl
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
outlawing
outlawing
verb
present participle of outlaw
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
outwarbling
outwarbling
verb
present participle of outwarble
outwrangling
outwrangling
verb
present participle of outwrangle
playwrighting
playwrighting
noun
Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
playwriting
playwriting
noun
(authorship) The writing of plays.
playwritings
playwritings
noun
plural of playwriting
potwalling
renewability
renewability
noun
The property of being renewable.
rowlandite
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
slackwittedness
slantingways
slantingways
adv
Synonym of slantwise
slantwise
slantwise
adj
diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
adv
diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
stanislaw
stanislawow
starbowlines
starbowlines
noun
plural of starbowline
stonewalling
stonewalling
noun
A refusal to answer or to cooperate.
verb
present participle of stonewall
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
swingletail
swingletail
noun
(archaic, rare) The thrasher, or fox shark.
switzerland
switzerland
Proper noun
sovereign country in south central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation.
tailwind
tailwind
noun
(figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress.
A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.
verb
Of wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong side of the sail or turbine assembly.
tailwinds
tailwinds
noun
plural of tailwind
tallowiness
tallowiness
noun
The state or condition of being tallowy (especially as a taint in dairy products).
tallowing
tallowing
noun
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow.
The property in animals of producing tallow.
tallowmaking
tallowmaking
noun
The manufacture of tallow.
tawnily
tawnily
adv
In a tawny manner.
thankworthily
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
thwartingly
thwartingly
adv
So as to thwart.
tinselweaver
tinwald
towardliness
towardliness
noun
The state or quality of being towardly.
trawling
trawling
noun
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat.
The character of being unwarrantable; unwarrantableness.
unwastingly
unwaterlike
unwaterlike
adj
Not waterlike.
unweariability
unweighability
unwithdrawable
unwithdrawable
adj
Not withdrawable.
unwitherable
unwitherable
adj
Incapable of being withered; imperishable; timeless.
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
unwritable
unwritable
adj
Not writable.
unwriteable
unwriteable
adj
Alternative form of unwritable
vowelisation
vowelisation
noun
Alternative spelling of vowelization
vowelization
vowelization
noun
(linguistics) In Arabic and Hebrew - supplying the vowels (diacritics), normally not written to show the correct pronunciation, used in dictionaries, children's books, religious texts and textbooks for learners. Arabic terms: tashkiil (تشكيل), taHriik (تحريك) - (action of supplying the vowel points), also known as ḥarakāt (حركات — the singular is ḥaraka حركة) - (the diacritical marks), Hebrew term: ניקוד nikud.
waiilatpuan
wailment
wailment
noun
(obsolete) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.
waistline
waistline
noun
(slang) person having a large waistline
The horizontal line just below the windows of a car or other vehicle.
a line around the body at the waist; its measurement
the narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer