Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
caseworms
caseworms
noun
plural of caseworm
charmwise
churchwardenism
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crawlsome
crawlsome
adj
Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
discrownment
lawrenciums
lowerclassman
lowerclassman
noun
(US) Synonym of underclassman
lowerclassmen
lowerclassmen
noun
plural of lowerclassman
mcandrews
mcsherrystown
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
microbrewers
microbrewers
noun
plural of microbrewer
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
microwaves
microwaves
noun
plural of microwave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microwave
morrowspeech
newcomers
newcomers
noun
plural of newcomer
newcomerstown
schwarmerei
schwarmereis
screwman
screwman
noun
A laborer who uses screws to make adjustments
screwmatics
screwmatics
noun
(Britain, colloquial, dated) Rheumatism.
screwsman
screwstem
screwstem
noun
Any of the gentians in the genus Bartonia.
screwworm
screwworm
noun
The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screwworm). The larvae are parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals, unlike most maggots, which eat only dead flesh.
scrimshawed
scrimshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrimshaw
scrubwomen
scrubwomen
noun
plural of scrubwoman
servicewoman
servicewoman
noun
A woman who serves in the armed forces.
servicewomen
servicewomen
noun
plural of servicewoman
shrewmmice
superacknowledgment
swashbucklerdom
thermoswitch
thermoswitch
noun
(biochemistry) A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
thumbscrew
thumbscrew
noun
(figuratively) A weakness that can be taken advantage of.
A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers.
thumbscrews
thumbscrews
noun
plural of thumbscrew
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
weathercockism
welcomers
welcomers
noun
plural of welcomer
weltschmerz
weltschmerz
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Weltschmerz
westermarck
wiseacredom
wiseacredom
noun
The realm or sphere of wiseacres.
wiseacreism
wiseacreism
noun
The behaviour or utterance of a wiseacre; know-it-allism.