(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
campwood
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
chipwood
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
codswallop
codswallop
intj
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Used to express disbelief: nonsense!; rubbish!
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
codswallops
copsewood
copsewood
noun
brushwood; coppice
copsewooded
cowslipped
cowslipped
adj
Adorned with cowslips.
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.
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
dispowder
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
disworkmanship
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
downpatrick
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downplay
downplay
verb
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downplayed
downplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downplay
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downplays
downplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay
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
downslip
downslope
downslope
adj
in a direction down a slope
adv
down a slope
noun
a descent or declivity
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.
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
downtrampling
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
dowp
dowp
noun
Alternative form of doup
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawpoint
drawstop
dropflower
dropsywort
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
dropworm
dropworm
noun
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.
dropwort
dropwort
noun
A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
Any plant of genus Oxypolis.
dropworts
dropworts
noun
plural of dropwort
drownproofing
drownproofing
verb
present participle of drownproof
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
fellowshiped
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
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.
hoopwood
hopwood
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
knopweed
knopweed
noun
Alternative form of knapweed
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.
maplewood
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
misworshiped
moldwarp
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
outweaponed
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
packwood
packwood
Proper noun
A ghost town in California.
A city in Iowa.
paddlewood
paddlewood
noun
The light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.
palmwood
palmwood
noun
The wood of the coconut palm.
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
pandowdy
pandowdy
noun
(US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish.
pantherwood
partridgewood
password
password
noun
(computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
verb
(computing, transitive) To protect with a password.
passwords
passwords
noun
plural of password
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of password
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peachwood
peachwood
noun
The wood of the peach tree.
pearwood
pearwood
noun
The wood of the pear tree.
peatwood
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
pegwood
pencilwood
pepperwood
pepperwood
noun
The California laurel.
petwood
pewdom
pewholder
pewholder
noun
One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
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.
pigeonweed
pigeonweed
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (“the plant Phytolacca americana”)
pigeonwood
pigeonwood
noun
An evergreen tree, Trema orientalis, which is widely distributed throughout much of the tropics.
Hedycarya arborea, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
pigwidgeon
pigwidgeon
noun
(rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
(rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.
pillowed
pillowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pillow
pillowmade
pilotweed
pilotweed
noun
Silphium laciniatum, a flowering plant in the aster family.
pinewood
pinewood
noun
(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation
(uncountable) The wood of a pine
pinewoods
pinewoods
noun
plural of pinewood
pineywoods
pinkwood
pinrowed
pipewood
pipewood
noun
An ericaceous shrub of the southern United States, whose wood can be used to make pipe bowls.
pitwood
playdown
playdown
noun
(sports) Any match that is part of a playoff.
playdowns
playdowns
noun
plural of playdown
plentywood
plentywood
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
plowed
plowed
adj
Alternative form of ploughed (“drunk”)
Alternative form of ploughed (“turned over with the blade of a plow”)
Alternative form of ploughed (“well-trodden or well-researched”)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plow
plowhead
plowhead
noun
Alternative form of ploughhead
plowheads
plowheads
noun
plural of plowhead
plowland
plowland
noun
Alternative spelling of ploughland
plowlands
plowlands
noun
plural of plowland
plywood
plywood
noun
(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
verb
(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.
plywoods
plywoods
noun
plural of plywood
pockweed
pockwood
pockwood
noun
(archaic) lignum vitae
podware
poisonweed
poisonwood
poisonwood
noun
Metopium toxiferum, a species of tree found in the American neotropics known for producing the irritant urushiol.
poisonwoods
poisonwoods
noun
plural of poisonwood
pokeweed
pokeweed
noun
A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.
pokeweeds
pokeweeds
noun
plural of pokeweed
polarward
polarward
adj
In the direction of the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
adv
Toward the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
poleward
poleward
adj
Towards a (north or south) pole
adv
Towards a pole of a planet
polewards
polewards
adj
Towards a pole.
pondweed
pondweed
noun
(most commonly) Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus
Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia
Charales, an order of green algae
Elodea, found in North America
opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.
pondweeds
pondweeds
noun
plural of pondweed
pondwort
pondwort
noun
A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).
A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
poorweed
popweed
popweed
noun
bladderpod
porkwood
porkwood
noun
The wood of the spekboom tree (Portulacaria afra).
porkwoods
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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.