(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
attiwendaronk
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bartholomewtide
becowarding
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birnamwood
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
bowermaiden
braidwood
brainwood
brazilwood
brazilwood
noun
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
brazilwoods
brazilwoods
noun
plural of brazilwood
briarwood
briarwood
noun
A pipe made from briarwood.
A small forest of briars.
Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
broadview
broadwayite
broadwife
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
broadwives
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cordwainer
cordwainer
noun
(countable) A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.
(countable) A shoemaker.
(countable) A worker in cordwain.
A leather from Córdoba.
cordwainers
cordwainers
noun
plural of cordwainer
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
cowardice
cowardice
noun
Lack of courage.
cowardices
cowardices
noun
plural of cowardice
cowardish
cowardish
adj
(obsolete) cowardly
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
dearworthily
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
diamondwork
diamondwork
noun
masonry with diamond-shaped patterns
ornamentation with diamonds (precious stones)
disavower
disavower
noun
One who disavows.
disworkmanship
dollarwise
dollarwise
adv
(US) In terms of money; financially.
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
downgrading
downgrading
noun
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
present participle of downgrade
downpatrick
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
downstairs
downstairs
adj
Located on a lower floor.
adv
(figurative) In or to hell.
Living, stepping, or coming down the stairs.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) The genitalia.
The lower floor of a house, at ground level; especially the servants’ quarters.
downtrampling
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawboring
drawboring
verb
present participle of drawbore
drawpoint
drowsihead
drowsihead
noun
(obsolete) drowsiness
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
forwardation
forwardation
noun
Synonym of contango
forwarding
forwarding
noun
The act by which something is forwarded.
verb
present participle of forward
forwearied
forwearied
adj
(obsolete) Worn out, exhausted.
grasswidow
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
grosswardein
hairwood
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
headworking
heartwounding
hithertoward
horizonward
horizonward
adv
Toward the horizon.
horsedrawing
howardite
howardite
noun
(geology) An achondritic stony meteorite.
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
morningward
morningward
adv
(poetic) Toward morning.
mountainward
mountainward
adv
Towards a mountain or mountains.
mountainwards
mountainwards
Adverb
Towards a mountain or mountains.
nazdrowie
outdrawing
outdrawing
verb
present participle of outdraw
outwearied
outwearied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweary
overdrawing
overdrawing
verb
present participle of overdraw
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
overwearied
overwearied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweary
partridgewood
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
rabbitwood
rabbitwood
noun
Pyrularia pubera, a shrub in the sandalwood family.
railwaydom
railwaydom
noun
The world or sphere of railways.
rainbowweed
randomwise
randomwise
adj
(rare) random
adv
(rare) randomly
rawinsonde
rawinsonde
noun
A radiosonde whose position is tracked as it ascends to give wind speed and direction information.
rawinsondes
rawinsondes
noun
plural of rawinsonde
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
roadwise
roadwise
adj
(not comparable) Arranged or classified by road.
Accustomed to travel on roads.
roadworthiness
roadworthiness
noun
The property of being roadworthy.
rowlandite
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shadowier
shadowier
adj
comparative form of shadowy: more shadowy
shallowbrained
shorthandwriter
snowboarding
snowboarding
noun
The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
verb
present participle of snowboard
sordawalite
sparrowcide
sparrowcide
noun
(countable) One who kills sparrows.
The killing of sparrows.
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
swedenborgian
swedenborgian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Noun
A religious follower of
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
swingaround
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switchboards
switchboards
noun
plural of switchboard
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
swordmaking
swordmaking
noun
The manufacture of swords.
swordmanship
swordmanship
noun
Alternative form of swordsmanship
swordsmanship
swordsmanship
noun
the skill of using a sword
swordtail
swordtail
noun
Any of various papilionid butterflies that have a long sword-like projection from the tornal section of each hindwing.
One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish.
toothdrawing
toothdrawing
noun
The extraction of teeth, as by a dentist.
towardliness
towardliness
noun
The state or quality of being towardly.
underwaistcoat
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
untowardliness
untowardliness
noun
The quality of being untowardly.
waiterdom
waiterdom
noun
The realm or sphere of waiters.
waiterhood
waiterhood
noun
The role or status of a waiter.
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
wallingford
wardholding
wardholding
noun
(now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England.
warlordism
warlordism
noun
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
warlordisms
warlordisms
noun
plural of warlordism
warriorhood
warriorhood
noun
The state of being a warrior.
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.