Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
overwwrought
pishquow
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
ploughwright
ploughwright
noun
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of plowwright
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
possumhaw
possumhaw
noun
Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua.
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
powerhouse
powerhouse
noun
(card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win.
(figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration
A power station; the building housing a power station
powerhouses
powerhouses
noun
plural of powerhouse
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
punchbowl
punchbowl
noun
A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
pushdown
pushdown
adj
(computing) Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
noun
A pushdown automaton.
pushdowns
pushdowns
noun
plural of pushdown
quoteworthy
quoteworthy
adj
Worthy of being quoted; quotable.
rewarehouse
rewarehouse
verb
(transitive) To move (goods) to another warehouse.
(transitive) To return (goods) to a warehouse.
rewrought
rewrought
adj
wrought again
roughdraw
roughhew
roughhew
verb
Alternative form of rough-hew
roughhewed
roughhewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughhew
roughhewer
roughhewer
Noun
One who roughhews.
roughhewing
roughhewing
verb
present participle of roughhew
roughhewn
roughhewn
adj
Alternative form of rough-hewn
roughhews
roughhews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roughhew
roughwork
roughwork
verb
(dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
roughwrought
rushwork
schouw
scoutwatch
scoutwatch
noun
(archaic) A scout or spy.
(archaic) The act of scouting or spying.
scutcheonwise
showerful
showerful
adj
Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
noun
A quantity that falls in a shower.
showful
showful
adj
(archaic) showy; gaudy
noun
Enough to fill a show.
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
showup
showup
noun
The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.
shrewmouse
shrewmouse
noun
A shrew, especially the common show (also called the erd shrew).
shrubwood
shrubwood
noun
A wood (woodland) that is mostly composed of shrubs
shurwood
shutdown
shutdown
noun
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive.
A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
shutdowns
shutdowns
noun
plural of shutdown
slowhound
slowhound
noun
A sleuthhound (type of dog).
slowmouthed
snowbrush
snowbrush
noun
A brush for dislodging accumulated snow.
Ceanothus velutinus, a rhamnaceous shrub native to western North America.
snowbrushes
snowbrushes
noun
plural of snowbrush
snowbush
snowbush
noun
Breynia disticha, a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae.
snowbushes
snowbushes
noun
plural of snowbush
snowhouse
snowhouse
noun
Alternative form of snow house
snowplough
snowplough
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of snowplow
southdown
southdown
Noun
One of a particular English breed of small sheep with short wool and no horns.
southeastward
southeastward
adj
In or toward the southeast
adv
Toward the southeast
southeastwardly
southeastwardly
adv
Toward the southeast.
southeastwards
southeastwards
adj
southeastward
southernward
southernwards
southernwood
southernwood
noun
An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
southpaw
southpaw
noun
(baseball) A left-handed pitcher.
(informal, idiomatic) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.
A boxer who leads with the right hand and guards with the left
southpaws
southpaws
noun
plural of southpaw
southward
southward
adj
Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.
adv
Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
noun
The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
southwardly
southwardly
adv
southwards, towards the south
southwards
southwards
adv
In a southerly direction; towards the south.
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
southwest
southwest
adj
Coming from the southwest; southwesterly.
Of, in or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
Situated toward or in the direction of the southwest; southwestward; southwesterly.
adv
Towards or in the direction of the southwest; southwestwards.
noun
The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
southwester
southwester
noun
(more often sou'wester) A long raincoat, often worn at sea.
(more often sou'wester) A waterproof hat, often of oilskin and with a long brim at the back covering the neck, designed to repel wind and rain.
A strong wind blowing from the southwest.
southwesterlies
southwesterlies
noun
plural of southwesterly
southwesterly
southwesterly
adj
(chiefly of a wind) coming from the southwest
situated in, or pointing to, the southwest
adv
From the southwest
noun
A strong wind or storm from the southwest.
southwestern
southwestern
adj
Of or pertaining to the southwest.
southwesterner
southwesterner
noun
a person from the southwest part of a geographic region
southwesterners
southwesterners
noun
plural of southwesterner
southwesternmost
southwesternmost
adj
Farthest southwest.
southwesters
southwesters
noun
plural of southwester
southwests
southwests
noun
plural of southwest
southwestward
southwestward
adj
In or toward the southwest
adv
Toward the southwest
southwestwardly
southwestwardly
adv
Toward the southwest.
southwestwards
southwestwards
adj
southwestward
southwood
southworth
sparrowbush
stewhouse
sulphowolframic
sulphurwort
sulphurwort
noun
the plant hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)
supergrowth
supergrowth
noun
(countable) A growth upon something else.
(uncountable) Very rapid growth.
supergrowths
supergrowths
noun
plural of supergrowth
superwrought
swarthout
swashbucklerdom
sweathouse
sweathouse
noun
sweat lodge
sweetmouthed
swough
swough
Noun
A sound; a groan or moan; a sough.
A swoon.
thoroughgrowth
thoroughwax
thoroughwax
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
The thoroughwort.
thoroughway
thoroughway
noun
A thoroughfare.
A way through, passageway.
thoroughwort
thoroughwort
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium.
The common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).
thoughtway
thoughtway
noun
The practices and underlying assumptions dictating how the members of a given society or culture think.
thoughtways
thoughtways
noun
plural of thoughtway
thousandweight
throughgrow
throughknow
throughway
throughway
noun
(US) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
throughways
throughways
noun
plural of throughway
throwout
throwout
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead assuming the untaxed transaction is taxed in the originating state in a notional proportion to other taxable transactions.
(printing) A folded sheet that opens out to one side; half a gatefold.
(rare) One who has been rejected by society; an outcast.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwback
thrumwort
thrumwort
noun
(obsolete) A species of flowering marsh plant, Damasonium alisma.
A kind of amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus).
thunderflower
thundershower
thundershower
noun
A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
thundershowers
thundershowers
noun
plural of thundershower
thunderwood
thunderworm
thunderworm
noun
A small burrowing snake-like lizard (Rhineura floridana) native to Florida.
thunderwort
thurlow
thwarteous
touchdown
touchdown
noun
(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
touchdowns
touchdowns
noun
plural of touchdown
touchwood
touchwood
noun
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
townhouse
townhouse
noun
(chiefly US, Canada) A row house or terraced house.
(dated) A town hall.
A house in an urban setting.
townhouses
townhouses
noun
plural of townhouse
troughway
troughwise
troughwise
adv
In the manner of a trough.
trustworthier
trustworthier
adj
comparative form of trustworthy: more trustworthy
trustworthiest
trustworthiest
adj
superlative form of trustworthy: most trustworthy
trustworthily
trustworthily
adv
In a trustworthy manner.
trustworthiness
trustworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable.
trustworthinesses
trustworthy
trustworthy
adj
Deserving of trust, reliable.
unblameworthiness
unblameworthy
unblameworthy
Adjective
Not blameworthy.
undergrowth
undergrowth
noun
The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).
undergrowths
undergrowths
noun
plural of undergrowth
underwrought
underwrought
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of underwork
unfaithworthiness
unfaithworthy
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
unhallow
unhallow
verb
To profane; to desecrate.
unhallowed
unhallowed
adj
Not hallowed or blessed; unholy.
unhallowedness
unhallowedness
noun
The quality of being unhallowed.
unhallowing
unhallowing
verb
present participle of unhallow
unhallows
unhallows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unhallow
unharrowed
unharrowed
adj
Not harrowed.
unhollow
unhollowed
unhollowed
adj
Not hollowed.
unhoodwink
unhoodwink
verb
To disabuse of a deception.
To remove a blindfold or blinder from.
unhoodwinked
unhoodwinked
adj
Not hoodwinked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoodwink