(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bamangwato
bandworm
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedeswomen
bedeswomen
noun
plural of bedeswoman
bedewoman
beekmantown
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
bestowment
bestowment
noun
Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed.
The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal
bestrewment
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
betweenmaid
betweentimes
betweentimes
adv
In an interim period; meanwhile.
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
beworming
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birnamwood
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
boatwoman
boatwoman
noun
A woman who manages a boat.
bondswoman
bondswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a bondsman.
bondswomen
bondswomen
noun
plural of bondswoman
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bondwomen
bondwomen
noun
plural of bondwoman
boomtown
boomtown
noun
Alternative form of boom town
boomtowns
boomtowns
noun
plural of boomtown
bowdoinham
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowman
bowman
noun
(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
bowmansdale
bowmanstown
bowmansville
bowmen
bowmen
noun
plural of bowman
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brynmawr
bumboatwoman
bumboatwoman
noun
A woman who pilots a bumboat.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
businesswomen
businesswomen
noun
plural of businesswoman
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
buttwoman
buttwomen
byeworkman
bylawman
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
campbelltown
campbeltown
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present 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
emboweling
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
embowelment
embowelment
noun
disembowelment
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowerment
embowerment
noun
An enclosure like a bower.
The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess).
embowing
embowing
verb
present participle of embow
embowment
embowment
noun
(architecture) A bent or curved section.
embrawn
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
embrowned
embrowned
adj
Made brown; browned.
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrown
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
enwomb
enwomb
verb
(poetic or archaic) To enclose.
(poetic, archaic) To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
enwombed
enwombed
adj
(archaic) Pregnant.
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
enwombs
enwombs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enwomb
herbwoman
herbwoman
noun
A woman who sells herbs.
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrown
imbrown
verb
Archaic spelling of embrown.
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
imbrowns
imbrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrown
jobbernowlism
lambsdown
longbowman
longbowman
noun
An archer who uses a longbow.
marrowbone
marrowbone
noun
(humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.
A bone containing edible marrow.
marrowbones
marrowbones
noun
plural of marrowbone
mawbound
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
moonbow
moonbow
noun
(meteorology) A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.
moonbows
moonbows
noun
plural of moonbow
mowburn
mowburn
noun
(agriculture, obsolete) Damage caused to hay in this manner.
verb
(agriculture, obsolete, transitive) To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
mrbrown
mrsbrown
newcomb
newcomb
noun
A sport that is a variation of volleyball, but in which one may catch the ball.
newcombe
nimblewit
noblewoman
noblewoman
noun
A woman having a noble rank, especially one belonging to the peerage; a Lady.
noblewomen
noblewomen
noun
plural of noblewoman
rombowline
rombowline
noun
(nautical) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear.
rumbowline
rumbowline
noun
Alternative form of rombowline
rumbowling
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
scrubwomen
scrubwomen
noun
plural of scrubwoman
semiburrowing
semiburrowing
adj
(zoology) That sometimes burrows.
snowmobile
snowmobile
noun
(vehicles) A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.
verb
(intransitive) To ride or race in a snowmobile.
snowmobiler
snowmobiler
noun
A person who operates a snowmobile.
snowmobilers
snowmobilers
noun
plural of snowmobiler
snowmobiles
snowmobiles
noun
plural of snowmobile
snowmobiling
snowmobiling
noun
The use of a snowmobile for amusement.
snowmobilist
snowmobilist
noun
Someone who drives a snowmobile
stowbordman
stowbordmen
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of