(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
baywoods
bedways
bendways
bendways
adv
Bendwise.
bodywise
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
breadthways
breadthways
adv
breadthwise
broadways
broadways
noun
plural of broadway
byrdstown
byrewards
bywoods
bywords
bywords
noun
plural of byword
causewayed
causewayed
adj
Having a causeway
citywards
citywards
adv
Towards a city
daisytown
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
dayglows
dayglows
noun
plural of dayglow
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
depthways
dewsbury
dewsbury
Proper noun
a minster town in West Yorkshire, England.
dewyrose
disavowedly
dishwatery
dishwatery
adj
Resembling dishwater.
donkeyworks
doorways
doorways
noun
plural of doorway
dowdyish
dowdyish
adj
Like a dowdy; frumpy.
dowdyism
dowdyism
noun
(dated) A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
downcastly
downcastly
adv
In a downcast manner.
downplays
downplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
doylestown
doylestown
Proper noun
a village in Ohio, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
drewsey
driveways
driveways
noun
plural of driveway
dropsywort
drowsily
drowsily
adv
In a drowsy manner.
drowsy
drowsy
adj
Boring.
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
Dull; stupid.
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
drywalls
drywalls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dyeweeds
dyewoods
dyewoods
noun
plural of dyewood
eastwardly
eastwardly
adj
(Blowing) from the east.
Towards the east.
adv
In or from an easterly direction.
edgeways
edgeways
adv
With the edge facing in the direction of movement.
With the edge uppermost.
noun
plural of edgeway
endways
endways
adv
endwise
fadeaways
fadeaways
noun
plural of fadeaway
floodways
floodways
noun
plural of floodway
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
godowsky
goldsworthy
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.
gypsyweed
gypsyweed
noun
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
haywards
haywards
noun
plural of hayward
headways
headways
noun
plural of headway
hideaways
hideaways
noun
plural of hideaway
hollywoodish
hollywoodish
Adjective
Resembling some aspect of Hollywood; Hollywoodesque.
honeydews
honeydews
noun
plural of honeydew
hydropowers
keywords
keywords
noun
plural of keyword
ladysnow
landways
mayweeds
mayweeds
noun
plural of mayweed
midways
midways
noun
(plural only) midway briefs.
plural of midway
newlyweds
newlyweds
noun
A recently married couple
plural of newlywed
northeastwardly
northeastwardly
adv
Towards the northeast.
northwestwardly
northwestwardly
adv
Towards the northwest.
nowadays
nowadays
adv
At the present time; in the current era.
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
pineywoods
playdowns
playdowns
noun
plural of playdown
plywoods
plywoods
noun
plural of plywood
powsoddy
powsowdy
powsowdy
noun
Alternative form of powsowdie
pyramidwise
pyramidwise
adj
In the form of a pyramid.
roadways
roadways
noun
plural of roadway
rowdyish
rowdyish
adj
Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.
rowdyishly
rowdyishly
adv
In a rowdyish manner.
rowdyishness
rowdyishness
noun
The quality of being rowdyish.
rowdyism
rowdyism
noun
The state of being rowdy.
rowdyisms
rowdyisms
noun
plural of rowdyism
sallywood
sassywood
sassywood
noun
A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil.
The ordeal tree itself, the bark of which is used in the sassywood procedure.
sawdusty
sawdusty
adj
Resembling, or covered in, sawdust.
scurvyweed
seawardly
seawardly
adv
Toward the sea.
seaweedy
seaweedy
adj
Containing seaweed.
semiwildly
semiwoody
semiwoody
adj
Somewhat or partly woody.
shadowgraphy
shadowgraphy
noun
The creation of shadowgraph images.
The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form of entertainment.
shadowily
shadowily
adv
In a shadowy manner.
shadowishly
shadowishly
adv
In a shadowish manner.
shadowly
shadowy
shadowy
adj
(figurative) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
(of character) Dark, obscure.
(rare, dated) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
sherwynd
shoddyward
shoddywards
showyard
showyard
noun
An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
shrewdly
shrewdly
adv
In a shrewd manner.
shrewdy
sidesway
sideway
sideway
noun
A byway.
A footpath near a road.
sideways
sideways
adj
(chiefly US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
(informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
(informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
(usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
Moving or directed toward one side.
adv
(informal) Neither upward nor downward.
Askance; sidelong.
Towards one side.
With a side to the front.
noun
plural of sideway
skidway
skidway
noun
A skid road.
skidways
skidways
noun
plural of skidway
skyward
skyward
adj
Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.
adv
At or toward the sky.
skywards
skywards
adv
In the direction of the sky; upwards.
slideway
slideway
noun
Any form of track along which things can slide.
slideways
slideways
noun
plural of slideway
slowwittedly
southeastwardly
southeastwardly
adv
Toward the southeast.
southwardly
southwardly
adv
southwards, towards the south
southwestwardly
southwestwardly
adv
Toward the southwest.
speedaway
speedaway
noun
A team game combining elements of soccer, American football, and basketball.
speedway
speedway
noun
(chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
(uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.
(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
speedways
speedways
noun
plural of speedway
standaway
standaway
adj
(clothing) Denoting a kind of rolled collar that stands away from the neck.
stewardly
stewardly
adj
Befitting a steward.
Managing; careful; provident.
adv
With or as with the care of a steward; prudently; providently.
stewardry
stewardry
noun
stewardship; the role of a steward
straddleways
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
strawyard
strideways
strideways
adv
(dialect, obsolete) Astride.
styward
subwayed
subwayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subway
superworldly
swaddy
swaddy
noun
A soldier, especially a militiaman.
swardy
swardy
adj
(archaic) Covered with sward or grass.
swaybacked
swaybacked
adj
(figuratively) Old.
Having a sagged back.
Having sagged or hollow surface.
swayder
swayed
swayed
adj
Bent backwards, as in swayback
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sway
swindlery
swindlery
noun
Swindling; roguery.
swindlingly
swindlingly
adv
In a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.
switchyard
switchyard
noun
Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
switchyards
switchyards
noun
plural of switchyard
swiveleyed
swordfishery
swordplay
swordplay
noun
fighting with a sword
swordplayer
swordplayer
noun
One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
swordplayers
swordplayers
noun
plural of swordplayer
systemwide
systemwide
adj
Throughout a system.
tiddledywinks
tiddledywinks
noun
Alternative form of tiddlywinks
plural of tiddledywink
tiddlywinks
tiddlywinks
noun
(figuratively) Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.
plural of tiddlywink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tiddlywink
tideways
tideways
noun
plural of tideway
twistedly
twistedly
adv
In a twisted manner.
undersawyer
undersawyer
noun
A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.
unshrewdly
unswayed
unswayed
adj
Without being swayed, unconvinced, not having changed opinion.