A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
applewood
applewood
Noun
The wood of the apple tree.
aprowl
aprowl
adj
Prowling.
arrowplate
baptistown
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bepowder
bepowder
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
beworship
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
blowlamp
blowlamp
noun
A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
blowpipe
blowpipe
noun
(chemistry) a narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture
(glassblowing) a long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown
a weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blowpit
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
blowproof
blowproof
adj
Resistant to being blown.
blowspray
blowup
blowup
noun
(photography) An enlargement
An explosion, or violent outburst
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
bophuthatswana
bophuthatswana
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
bowpin
bowpot
bowpot
noun
Archaic form of bough pot.
bowpots
bowpots
noun
plural of bowpot
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
bowsprits
bowsprits
noun
plural of bowsprit
brainpower
brainpower
noun
Intelligent people considered as a group.
Mental ability; intelligence.
brainpowers
brainpowers
noun
plural of brainpower
breastplow
brownprint
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browpiece
browpost
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.
campwood
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
caperwort
caperwort
noun
Any plant of the family Capparaceae
capetown
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
carpetwoven
catawampous
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
cawnpore
chappow
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
chipwood
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
cocksparrow
codswallop
codswallop
intj
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Used to express disbelief: nonsense!; rubbish!
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
codswallops
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.
cooperstown
cooperstown
Proper noun
A village and a town in New York, USA, the village is the county seat of
The located in the New York town.
coplowing
copperware
copperware
noun
Articles made from copper.
copperwing
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
copplecrown
copsewood
copsewood
noun
brushwood; coppice
copsewooded
copywise
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
copywriters
copywriters
noun
plural of copywriter
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
counterpower
counterpower
noun
A political or other kind of power capable of challenging and potentially removing the power of another.
counterpowers
counterpowers
noun
plural of counterpower
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowflop
cowflop
noun
A cowpat.
cowflops
cowflops
noun
plural of cowflop
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
cowpat
cowpat
noun
A dropping of cow dung.
cowpath
cowpath
noun
A path made by, or used by, cows.
cowpats
cowpats
noun
plural of cowpat
cowpea
cowpea
noun
Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
cowpeas
cowpeas
noun
plural of cowpea
cowpen
cowper
cowper
noun
(obsolete) A cooper.
cowperian
cowperian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
cowperitis
cowperitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of Cowper's gland
cowpie
cowpie
noun
A single pile of cow excrement.
cowpies
cowpies
noun
plural of cowpie
cowplop
cowplop
noun
(colloquial) cow excrement
cowplops
cowplops
noun
plural of cowplop
cowpock
cowpock
noun
Obsolete form of cowpox.
cowpoke
cowpoke
noun
(US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.
(US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
cowpony
cowpony
noun
A horse ridden by cowboys when controlling cattle
cowpox
cowpox
noun
A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
cowpoxes
cowpoxes
noun
plural of cowpox
cowpunch
cowpunch
noun
A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
cowslip
cowslip
noun
(Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
cowslipped
cowslipped
adj
Adorned with cowslips.
cowslips
cowslips
noun
plural of cowslip
cropplecrown
cropweed
cropwell
crowhop
crowhopper
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
crowncapping
crownpiece
crownpiece
noun
A strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.
crowstep
crowstep
noun
(architecture) A stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building.
crowstepped
crowstepped
adj
(architecture) Having a crowstep.
crowsteps
crowsteps
noun
plural of crowstep
cupflower
cupflower
noun
Any plant of the genus Nierembergia.
dewdrop
dewdrop
noun
(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.
A droplet of water formed as dew.
The plant Dalibarda repens.
dewdropper
dewdrops
dewdrops
noun
plural of dewdrop
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.
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
dispowder
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
disworkmanship
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
downpatrick
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downplay
downplay
verb
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downplayed
downplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downplay
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downplays
downplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downpouring
downpouring
noun
The act of something being poured down.
verb
present participle of downpour
downpours
downpours
noun
plural of downpour
downslip
downslope
downslope
adj
in a direction down a slope
adv
down a slope
noun
a descent or declivity
downspout
downspout
noun
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
downtrampling
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
dowp
dowp
noun
Alternative form of doup
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawpoint
drawstop
dropflower
dropsywort
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
dropworm
dropworm
noun
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.