(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
cropweed
crowstepped
crowstepped
adj
(architecture) Having a crowstep.
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.
dispowder
dropflower
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
edwardsport
empowered
empowered
adj
(US) Acting with confidence.
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Having been given powers.
noun
One who is empowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
europeward
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gospelwards
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.
horsewhipped
horsewhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip
hydropower
hydropower
noun
hydroelectric power
hydropowers
impowered
impowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impower
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
leopardwood
leopardwood
noun
Flindersia maculosa, a tree in the citrus family.
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
misworshiped
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
overpowered
overpowered
adj
Overly powerful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpower
overweaponed
overweaponed
adj
Having too many weapons; overarmed.
overwhipped
overwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhip
overwiped
overwiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwipe
pantherwood
partridgewood
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pearwood
pearwood
noun
The wood of the pear tree.
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
pepperwood
pepperwood
noun
The California laurel.
pewholder
pewholder
noun
One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
phrenoward
piepowder
piepowder
noun
(Britain, law, historical) In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.
(obsolete) Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
pinrowed
podware
poleward
poleward
adj
Towards a (north or south) pole
adv
Towards a pole of a planet
polewards
polewards
adj
Towards a pole.
poorweed
povertyweed
powder
powder
noun
(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
(informal) Ellipsis of powder snow.; light, dry, fluffy snow.
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
Ellipsis of powder blue.; the colour powder blue.
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
verb
(intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
(intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
(intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
(obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
(transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
powderable
powderable
adj
That can be powdered.
powdered
powdered
adj
(obsolete) Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup)
which has been made into a powder
verb
simple past tense and past participle of powder
powderer
powderer
noun
Agent noun of powder; one who powders.
powderers
powderers
noun
plural of powderer
powderhorn
powderhorn
noun
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
powderies
powderiness
powderiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being powdery
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
powderize
powderize
verb
(intransitive) To be reduced to powder
(transitive) To reduce to powder
powderizer
powderizer
noun
A machine that powderizes.
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
powderly
powderman
powderman
noun
A man in charge of gunpowder.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
powders
powders
noun
plural of powder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of powder
powdery
powdery
adj
Of or pertaining to powder.
powdery drink
powered
powered
adj
(of a device) Having its own source of power, or a named source.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of power
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pregwood
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
preshadow
preshowed
preshowed
verb
simple past tense of preshow
prewelcomed
prewonder
prewonderment
preworldliness
preworldly
preworldly
adj
(metaphysics) precosmic
prewound
princewood
princewood
noun
The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including those of species Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthus, and Exostema caribaeum.
prowarden
prowed
prowed
adj
Having a (specified kind of) prow.
prowessed
prowessed
adj
(poetic, rare) Distinguished by prowess.
prowled
prowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prowl
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
replowed
replowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of replow
repowder
repowered
repowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repower
rewardproof
scorpionweed
scorpionweed
noun
Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
screwpod
serpentwood
serpentwood
noun
The tree Rauwolfia serpentina or its extracts, an important ingredient in Indian traditional medicine.
shepherdstown
spadework
spadework
noun
(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
Work done by digging with a spade.
sparrowcide
sparrowcide
noun
(countable) One who kills sparrows.
The killing of sparrows.
spearwood
spearwood
noun
(Australia) The erect woody evergreen shrub Kunzea ericifolia, endemic to Western Australia.
(Australia) The eucalypt Eucalyptus doratoxylon.
(Australia) The flowering vine Pandorea doratoxylon.
(Australia) The shrub Acacia doratoxylon.
spellword
spellword
noun
A word that acts as a magic spell.
spiderflower
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
spiderwort
spiderwort
noun
A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
spiderworts
spiderworts
noun
plural of spiderwort
spindleworm
spindleworm
noun
(rare) The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of maize, sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
spotwelder
superacknowledgment
supercrowned
superendow
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superpowered
superpowered
adj
Equipped with superpowers.
Possessing powers that are super.
Very highly powered.
superworldliness
superworldly
sweepboard
sweepforward
swordplayer
swordplayer
noun
One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
swordplayers
swordplayers
noun
plural of swordplayer
swordslipper
toothpowder
toothpowder
noun
Alternative form of tooth powder
topworked
topworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of topwork
trumpetwood
trumpetwood
noun
A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the nettle family, whose hollow stems can be used for wind instruments.
underpower
underpower
verb
(transitive) To supply with insufficient power.
underpowered
underpowered
adj
Having insufficient power for its operation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underpower
underweapon
unempowered
unempowered
adj
Not empowered.
unimpowered
unimpowered
adj
Not impowered
unoverpowered
unoverpowered
adj
Not overpowered.
unpowdered
unpowdered
Adjective
Not powdered.
unworshiped
unworshiped
adj
(US) Alternative form of unworshipped
unworshipped
unworshipped
adj
Not worshipped.
waterdrop
waterdrop
noun
A single drop of water.
waterproofed
waterproofed
adj
Having been made waterproof
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waterproof
weatherproofed
weatherproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof
weedproof
weedproof
adj
Resistant to weeds.
weedsport
wereleopard
wereleopard
noun
(fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
whisperhood
whisperhood
noun
(rare) The state of being a whisper; the initial condition of a rumour (a mere whisper or insinuation)
widowership
widowership
noun
The state of being a widower.
windowpeeper
wirephotoed
woodburytype
woodburytype
Noun
A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and pressed against a metal plate, producing an intaglio.
A print of this kind.
woodchopper
woodchopper
noun
A person who chops wood; a lumberjack
A person who woodchops as a sport
woodchoppers
woodchoppers
noun
plural of woodchopper
woodcreeper
woodcreeper
noun
Any of many neotropical passerine birds of the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae.
woodpecker
woodpecker
noun
(military slang) Type 92 heavy machine gun
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
woodpeckers
woodpeckers
noun
plural of woodpecker
wordperfect
wordprocessors
wordprocessors
noun
plural of wordprocessor
wordspinner
wordspite
worshiped
worshiped
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of worship