A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
campbelltown
campbeltown
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
campward
campward
adv
Toward a camp, campwards
campwood
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
catawampous
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clappermaclaw
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.
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
dewdamp
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.
disworkmanship
downtrampling
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
dropworm
dropworm
noun
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.
empower
empower
verb
(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
empowered
empowered
adj
(US) Acting with confidence.
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Having been given powers.
noun
One who is empowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empowerment
empowerment
noun
(South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.
The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
empowerments
empowerments
noun
plural of empowerment
empowers
empowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empower
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
hempweed
hempweed
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Eupatorium.
hempweeds
hempweeds
noun
plural of hempweed
hempwort
hempwort
noun
Any plant of the family Cannabaceae; a hemp or hop.
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
impawn
impawn
verb
(transitive) To place an item into pawn.
(transitive) To pledge an item of value in return for a loan, or a trade for money.
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
impawning
impawning
verb
present participle of impawn
impawns
impawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impawn
impower
impower
verb
Archaic form of empower.
impowered
impowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impower
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
impowers
impowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impower
inswamp
inwrapment
kompow
lampflower
lampwick
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
limpwort
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
manpowers
mapleview
maplewood
mapwise
mapwise
adv
In terms of a map.
In the manner of a map.
mawp
mellowphone
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
minesweeper
minesweeper
noun
(uncountable, computing, video games) A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.
A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).
minesweepers
minesweepers
noun
plural of minesweeper
minesweeping
minesweeping
noun
(nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
(slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
misworship
misworship
noun
False or wrong worship; mistaken practices in religion.
verb
(transitive) To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.
misworshiped
misworshiper
misworshipper
misworshipper
noun
One who worships incorrectly.
moldwarp
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
molewarp
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
morphew
morphew
noun
A blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
morrowspeech
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
mpangwe
mpow
mpw
mugwump
mugwump
noun
(by extension) A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.
(by extension) One who switches from supporting one political party to another, especially for personal benefit.
(by extension, colloquial, somewhat derogatory) A person who stays neutral or non-committal; a fence sitter; also, a person who maintains an aloof and often self-important demeanour.
(chiefly humorous) A (male) leader; an important (male) person.
(historical) A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).
verb
(intransitive) To behave like a mugwump.
(intransitive) To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics.
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
mugwumpish
mugwumpish
adj
(US, politics, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a mugwump.
mugwumpism
mugwumpism
Noun
The acts and views of the mugwumps.
mugwumps
mugwumps
noun
plural of mugwump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mugwump
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
newspaperman
newspaperman
noun
A man who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspapermen
newspapermen
noun
plural of newspaperman
newspaperwoman
newspaperwoman
noun
A woman who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspaperwomen
newspaperwomen
noun
plural of newspaperwoman
nymphwise
olympianwise
palmerworm
palmerworm
noun
(archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
palmerworms
palmerworms
noun
plural of palmerworm
palmwise
palmwise
adv
With the palm (of the hand) foremost.
palmwood
palmwood
noun
The wood of the coconut palm.
pamphletwise
pamphletwise
adv
In the form of a pamphlet.
pantrywoman
pantrywoman
noun
A female pantryman.
passwoman
passwoman
noun
A female passman.
patrolwoman
patrolwoman
noun
A female equivalent of a patrolman
patrolwomen
patrolwomen
noun
plural of patrolwoman
pawmark
penwoman
penwoman
noun
A female writer.
penwomanship
penwomanship
noun
A woman's skill in handwriting.
penwomen
penwomen
noun
plural of penwoman
pewamo
pewdom
pewmate
pewmate
noun
One who shares the same pew.
phosphowolframic
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
pickmaw
pickmaw
noun
(UK, regional) The black-headed gull.
pickwickianism
piecemealwise
piewoman
piewoman
noun
A woman who sells pies.
pigmew
pileworm
pileworm
Noun
The teredo.
pilgrimwise
pillowmade
pillworm
pillworm
noun
(rare) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm.
pinworm
pinworm
noun
Any of several nematode worms, of the family Oxyuridae, that are parasitic to mammals
pinworms
pinworms
noun
plural of pinworm
pirrmaw
placewoman
placewoman
noun
A female placeman.
plainswoman
plainswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a plainsman.
plainswomen
plainswomen
noun
plural of plainswoman
playwoman
playwomen
plowmaker
plowmaking
plowman
plowman
noun
A man who plows land with a plough.
plowmanship
plowmanship
noun
Alternative form of ploughmanship
plowmell
plowmen
plowmen
noun
plural of plowman
plowwoman
plowwoman
noun
(US) A female plower, who plows land with a plow.
pointswoman
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
policewomen
policewomen
noun
plural of policewoman
pomewater
pomewater
noun
A kind of sweet, juicy apple.
possumhaw
possumhaw
noun
Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua.
possumwood
possumwood
noun
Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.
postwoman
postwoman
noun
(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
postwomen
postwomen
noun
plural of postwoman
potawatami
potawatomi
potawatomi
Proper noun
A Native-American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.