(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antirailwayist
archswindler
aslantwise
aslantwise
adv
aslant; in a slanting orientation
aspinwall
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
baldwinsville
bellowsmaking
betweenwhiles
betweenwhiles
adv
from time to time; now and again
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
billowiness
billowiness
noun
The state or quality of being billowy.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blowiness
blowinesses
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowziness
blowziness
noun
Alternative form of blowsiness.
boswellian
boswellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer and writer, best known for his biography of
boswelliana
boswellizing
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowlines
bowlines
noun
plural of bowline
bowlings
bowmansville
brilliantwise
bronislaw
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brownistical
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
candlestickward
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
clewiston
closewing
clowneries
clowneries
noun
plural of clownery
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clownishly
clownishly
adv
In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
clownishness
clownishness
noun
the state of being clownish
clownishnesses
clownishnesses
noun
plural of clownishness
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
collingswood
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cornwallis
cornwallises
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
cowansville
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
crownsville
curwensville
cushionflower
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
dawsonville
dawsonville
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada.
a railway town in Kenya.
diagonalwise
diagonalwise
adj
In a diagonal fashion.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallowableness
disallowance
disallowance
noun
(law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the crown disallowing federal legislation.
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
disallowances
disallowances
noun
plural of disallowance
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disanswerable
disboweling
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
downhillers
downhillers
noun
plural of downhiller
downhills
downhills
noun
plural of downhill
downlinks
downlinks
noun
plural of downlink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downlink
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
downslide
downslide
noun
A slide downward; a worsening.
downsliding
downslip
downsville
drawlingness
drawlingness
noun
A drawling quality of the voice.
duinhewassel
duniewassal
duniwassal
duniwassal
noun
A gentleman of the Scottish Highlands.
dunniewassel
dwellings
dwellings
noun
plural of dwelling
dwindles
dwindles
noun
(colloquial) Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle
eatanswill
englishtown
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
entwistle
evilwishing
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
followings
followings
noun
plural of following
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
freewheelingness
friendliwise
funnelwise
funnelwise
adv
In the manner of a funnel.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
glassblowing
glassblowing
noun
The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.
glassblowings
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
glaswegian
glaswegian
Adjective
Of or relating to Glasgow in Scotland.
Noun
A native or resident of Glasgow.
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
growliness
growliness
noun
The state or quality of being growly.
growlinesses
hawkinsville
headlongwise
hinshelwood
hollingsworth
hornswoggling
hornswoggling
verb
present participle of hornswoggle
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
imlaystown
indwellingness
indwells
indwells
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell
inflows
inflows
noun
plural of inflow
inkwells
inkwells
noun
plural of inkwell
inswell
intertwistingly
interwhistle
interwhistled
interwhistling
inwalls
inwalls
noun
plural of inwall
jawlines
jawlines
noun
plural of jawline
jeewhillikens
jobbernowlism
jowlinesses
juliustown
klingerstown
knowlesville
lacewings
lacewings
noun
plural of lacewing
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.