(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
bahawalpur
bahawalpur
Proper noun
A city in West Punjab in Pakistan.
The district surrounding this city.
The administrative division of Pakistan which contains this district.
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.
bullwhip
bullwhip
noun
A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a bullwhip.
bullwhipped
bullwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullwhip
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bullwhips
bullwhips
noun
plural of bullwhip
catawampous
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
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
cowpunch
cowpunch
noun
A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
cupflower
cupflower
noun
Any plant of the genus Nierembergia.
depauw
dewcup
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
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.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
europeward
followup
followup
noun
Alternative spelling of follow-up
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
growingupness
grownup
grownup
noun
Alternative form of grown-up
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
harpwaytuning
housewifeship
housewifeship
noun
The management of a household; housewifery.
The role or status of a housewife.
hyperwrought
joukerypawkery
kellupweed
lilliwaup
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
mugwump
mugwump
noun
(by extension) A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.
(by extension) One who switches from supporting one political party to another, especially for personal benefit.
(by extension, colloquial, somewhat derogatory) A person who stays neutral or non-committal; a fence sitter; also, a person who maintains an aloof and often self-important demeanour.
(chiefly humorous) A (male) leader; an important (male) person.
(historical) A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).
verb
(intransitive) To behave like a mugwump.
(intransitive) To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics.
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
mugwumpish
mugwumpish
adj
(US, politics, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a mugwump.
mugwumpism
mugwumpism
Noun
The acts and views of the mugwumps.
mugwumps
mugwumps
noun
plural of mugwump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mugwump
newburyport
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outsweep
outsweep
noun
(swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm outward, away from the body.
verb
To sweep outward.
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outwallop
outweapon
outweaponed
outweep
outweep
verb
(transitive) To weep more than.
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
outweeps
outweeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweep
outwept
outwept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweep
outwwept
overpowerful
overpowerful
adj
Excessively powerful.
overpowerfully
overpowerfulness
owerloup
paauw
paauw
noun
(South Africa) A kind of bustard.
packwaukee
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
pasturewise
paulownia
paulownia
noun
Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
pauwles
pawcatuck
pawhuska
pawhuska
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA
pawtucket
pawtucket
Proper noun
A large city in Rhode Island.
pewaukee
pewful
pewful
noun
An amount sufficient to fill a pew.
phulwa
phulwara
pishquow
piwut
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
plugdrawer
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.
polonnaruwa
possumhaw
possumhaw
noun
Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua.
possumwood
possumwood
noun
Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.
poulticewise
poulticewise
adv
In the manner of a poultice.
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
powerful
powerful
adj
(mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
Leading to many or important deductions.
adv
(Southern US) Synonym of very
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
powerfulness
powerfulness
noun
The quality of being powerful.
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
prelawful
prelawfully
prelawfulness
prewound
prowessful
pseudosweating
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
puddingwife
puddingwives
puffwig
pukeweed
pukwana
pulldown
pulldown
noun
Alternative form of pull-down
pulpwood
pulpwood
noun
Wood, usually softwood, used for pulping to make paper.
pulpwoods
pulpwoods
noun
plural of pulpwood
pulwar
pulwar
noun
A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.
pumpwell
pumpwright
punchbowl
punchbowl
noun
A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
punkwood
punxsutawney
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
purplewort
purplewort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Trifolium.
purview
purview
noun
(law) The enacting part of a statute.
(law) The scope of a statute.
Range of understanding.
Scope or range of interest or control.
purviews
purviews
noun
plural of purview
purwannah
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
pushwainling
putdown
putdowns
putdowns
noun
plural of putdown
puttyblower
puttywork
pyruwl
quapaw
quapaw
Noun
Any member of a Native American people who once lived in the Arkansas river valley.
Proper noun
The dialect of Dhegiha spoken by these people.
A town in Oklahoma.
rawlplug
roupingwife
rupturewort
rupturewort
noun
A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides), somewhat resembling burstwort.
A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially Herniaria glabra, formerly used in the treatment of hernia and for other medicinal purposes.
screwup
screwup
noun
(colloquial) A person who is mentally or emotionally damaged.
(colloquial) A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler.
(colloquial) A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
screwups
screwups
noun
plural of screwup
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.
shuswap
shuswap
Noun
A member of a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Proper noun
The traditional language of these people.
The tribe which this people constitutes.
slowup
slumpwork
snowplough
snowplough
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of snowplow
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