Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bodhisattwa
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
brazilwoods
brazilwoods
noun
plural of brazilwood
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
broadwives
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
cordwainers
cordwainers
noun
plural of cordwainer
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
cowardices
cowardices
noun
plural of cowardice
cowardish
cowardish
adj
(obsolete) cowardly
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
coxswained
coxswained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coxswain
crawfordsville
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
daisytown
dawsonia
dawsoniaceae
dawsoniaceous
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
dawsonville
dawsonville
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada.
a railway town in Kenya.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
diagonalwise
diagonalwise
adj
In a diagonal fashion.
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallow
disallow
verb
(UK, law, historical) to overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
disallowable
disallowable
adj
Able to be disallowed.
Not allowable; not to be suffered or permitted; which should not be allowed.
disallowableness
disallowance
disallowance
noun
(law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the crown disallowing federal legislation.
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
disallowances
disallowances
noun
plural of disallowance
disallowed
disallowed
adj
forbidden
invalid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disallow
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disallows
disallows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disallow
disavow
disavow
verb
(transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disavowal
disavowal
noun
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone).
disavowals
disavowals
noun
plural of disavowal
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
disavowed
disavowed
adj
Strongly disowned or denied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disavow
disavowedly
disavower
disavower
noun
One who disavows.
disavowing
disavowing
verb
present participle of disavow
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
disavows
disavows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disavow
dishallow
dishallow
verb
(transitive) To make unholy; to profane.
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
disshadow
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
disworkmanship
dollarwise
dollarwise
adv
(US) In terms of money; financially.
dovetailwise
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
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.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
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
grasswidow
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
grosswardein
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
headlongwise
horsedrawing
jasminewood
katsuwonidae
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
landownings
landownings
noun
plural of landowning
manifoldwise
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
mountainwards
mountainwards
Adverb
Towards a mountain or mountains.
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
pseudosweating
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
roadwise
roadwise
adj
(not comparable) Arranged or classified by road.
Accustomed to travel on roads.
roadworthiness
roadworthiness
noun
The property of being roadworthy.
sadowski
satinwood
satinwood
noun
Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
satinwoods
satinwoods
noun
plural of satinwood
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
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
shadowiest
shadowiest
adj
superlative form of shadowy: most shadowy
shadowily
shadowily
adv
In a shadowy manner.
shadowiness
shadowiness
noun
The state or property of being shadowy.
shadowing
shadowing
noun
(computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
(education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
(espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
A faint representation; an adumbration.
The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
verb
present participle of shadow
shadowishly
shadowishly
adv
In a shadowish manner.
shadowist
shadowlike
shadowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.
shallowbrained
shorthandwriter
snowboarding
snowboarding
noun
The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
verb
present participle of snowboard
snowdonia
snowdonia
Proper noun
A mountainous region in North Wales
snowdonian
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
swallowtailed
swallowtailed
adj
Having a forked tail like a swallow's.
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.
thousandweight
toadwise
toadwise
adv
In the manner of a toad.
towardliness
towardliness
noun
The state or quality of being towardly.
townsendia
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.
unwainscoted
unwainscoted
adj
Alternative form of unwainscotted
unwainscotted
unwainscotted
adj
Not wainscotted.
wainscoted
wainscoted
adj
Alternative spelling of wainscotted
wainscotted
wainscotted
adj
Having a wainscot.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wainscot
waistcoated
waistcoated
adj
Wearing a waistcoat
warlordism
warlordism
noun
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
warlordisms
warlordisms
noun
plural of warlordism
waywodeship
waywodeship
noun
The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.