An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
caseworms
caseworms
noun
plural of caseworm
catawampous
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
cementwork
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
charwoman
charwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
chinawoman
chinawoman
noun
(obsolete) A female dealer in porcelain.
chittamwood
chittamwood
noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chowtimes
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
churrworm
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clamworm
clamworm
noun
Alternative form of clam worm
clamworms
clamworms
noun
plural of clamworm
clanswoman
clanswoman
noun
a female member of a clan.
clanswomen
clanswomen
noun
plural of clanswoman
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
coachwoman
coachwoman
noun
A woman who drives a horse-drawn coach; a female coach driver.
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
codworm
codworm
noun
Synonym of caddisworm
The marine parasitic worm Lernaeocera branchialis
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
combflower
combwise
combwise
adv
In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.
combwright
comedown
comedown
noun
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
comedowns
comedowns
noun
plural of comedown
cometwise
cometwise
adj
In the manner of a comet.
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
committeewomen
committeewomen
noun
plural of committeewoman
commonweal
commonweal
noun
(obsolete or archaic) The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity
The body politic; republic
commonweals
commonweals
noun
plural of commonweal
commonwealth
commonwealth
noun
(obsolete) The well-being of a community.
Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
commonwealths
commonwealths
noun
plural of commonwealth
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
companionway
companionway
noun
(nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
councilwoman
councilwoman
noun
A female member of a council, especially a city council; now often replaced by gender-neutral councilor (British, councillor).
councilwomen
councilwomen
noun
plural of councilwoman
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterwarmth
countrywoman
countrywoman
noun
A female compatriot
A woman who lives in the country or has retained country ways.
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
cowgram
cowman
cowman
noun
cattle rancher
cattleman
cowmen
cowmen
noun
plural of cowman
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crawlsome
crawlsome
adj
Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
cromwell
cromwell
Proper noun
from any of several placenames.
Oliver Cromwell, English military leader, politician, and dictator, or his son Richard Cromwell.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
currantworm
cutworm
cutworm
noun
The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
cutworms
cutworms
noun
plural of cutworm
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
dameworts
dawmont
deathworm
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
dembowski
demiowl
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
demiworld
democraw
deworm
deworm
verb
To cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
dewormed
dewormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deworm
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
deworms
deworms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deworm
dewworm
dewworm
noun
The earthworm.
deywoman
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
diamondwork
diamondwork
noun
masonry with diamond-shaped patterns
ornamentation with diamonds (precious stones)
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discrownment
disembowel
disembowel
verb
(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
disemboweled
disemboweled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
disembower
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disendowment
disendowment
noun
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
disownment
disownment
noun
The act of disowning.
disownments
disownments
noun
plural of disownment
disworkmanship
dombrowski
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
dowdyism
dowdyism
noun
(dated) A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
dowieism
dowment
dowmetal
downcome
downcome
noun
A downpour of rain.
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downcomes
downcomes
noun
plural of downcome
downcoming
downcoming
adj
Moving downwards.
verb
present participle of downcome
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downsman
downsome
downsome
adj
Low-spirited; melancholy.
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
downtimes
downtimes
noun
plural of downtime
downtrampling
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
dreamworld
dreamworld
noun
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
dropworm
dropworm
noun
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.
drumwood
dumbcow
dumbcow
verb
(India, archaic, transitive) To browbeat; to intimidate or cow.
dustwoman
dustwoman
noun
(Britain) Female equivalent of dustman; a woman employed to collect domestic refuse.
dworman
eaceworm
eaceworm
noun
(dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.
earthworm
earthworm
noun
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.