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
blowlamp
blowlamp
noun
A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
blowspray
bophuthatswana
bophuthatswana
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
brainpower
brainpower
noun
Intelligent people considered as a group.
Mental ability; intelligence.
brainpowers
brainpowers
noun
plural of brainpower
breastplow
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.
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
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
copperware
copperware
noun
Articles made from copper.
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
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
cowperian
cowperian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
crowncapping
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
disworkmanship
downpatrick
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
downtrampling
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawpoint
drawstop
edwardsport
europeward
forepaw
forepaw
noun
Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
forwrap
forwrap
verb
(transitive, archaic) To wrap up or about; muffle.
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
gangplow
gangplows
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
gospelwards
grapeflower
grapewort
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
harwichport
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
jawrope
joukerypawkery
kapowsin
kwapong
lampflower
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
lapwork
lapwork
noun
Work in which one part overlaps another.
lawproof
leopardwood
leopardwood
noun
Flindersia maculosa, a tree in the citrus family.
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
manpowers
maplewood
moldwarp
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
molewarp
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
newspaperwoman
newspaperwoman
noun
A woman who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspaperwomen
newspaperwomen
noun
plural of newspaperwoman
nonplantowning
olympianwise
outwallop
outweapon
outweaponed
overweaponed
overweaponed
adj
Having too many weapons; overarmed.
overwrap
overwrap
noun
A secondary wrapper covering an item.
verb
(transitive) To wrap in a secondary wrapper.
To provide with too many wrappings.
To wrap such that the wrapping goes beyond the edge.
packwood
packwood
Proper noun
A ghost town in California.
A city in Iowa.
paddlewood
paddlewood
noun
The light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.
pailow
painsworthy
painsworthy
adj
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
palmerworm
palmerworm
noun
(archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
palmerworms
palmerworms
noun
plural of palmerworm
palmwood
palmwood
noun
The wood of the coconut palm.
palsywort
palsywort
noun
The cowslip (Primula veris)..
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
pandowdy
pandowdy
noun
(US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish.
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
panowie
pantherwood
pantrywoman
pantrywoman
noun
A female pantryman.
paotow
paperwork
paperwork
noun
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
routine work involving written documents
written documents
parowan
parowan
Proper noun
a city in Utah, USA, and the county seat of Iron County.
parrotwise
parrotwise
adv
In parrot fashion; with thoughtless repetition.
parsleywort
partlow
partridgewood
pasahow
paschflower
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
passageworks
passageworks
noun
plural of passagework
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
passionwise
passionwort
passwoman
passwoman
noun
A female passman.
password
password
noun
(computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
verb
(computing, transitive) To protect with a password.
passwords
passwords
noun
plural of password
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of password
passworts
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
patrolwoman
patrolwoman
noun
A female equivalent of a patrolman
patrolwomen
patrolwomen
noun
plural of patrolwoman
paulownia
paulownia
noun
Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
pawnbroker
pawnbroker
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.