(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
downtrampling
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
glareworm
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
glowworm
glowworm
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
grewsomely
gromwell
gromwell
noun
Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
gumflower
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
lawmonger
lawmonger
noun
(derogatory) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
lugworm
lugworm
noun
black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
lugworms
lugworms
noun
plural of lugworm
lungworm
lungworm
noun
Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
lungworms
lungworms
noun
plural of lungworm
lurgworm
melongrower
melongrower
noun
A person or company that grows melons.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
overwhelming
overwhelming
adj
Extreme.
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
Very great or intense.
noun
A situation of being overwhelmed.
verb
present participle of overwhelm
overwhelmingly
overwhelmingly
adv
In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.
overwhelmingness
overwhelmingness
noun
The property of being overwhelming.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prewelcoming
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rumbowling
superacknowledgment
twaddlemonger
twaddlemonger
noun
(rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle
wealthmonger
wealthmonger
noun
(derogatory) A rich person.
withergloom
wolfgram
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.
wormling
wormling
noun
(by extension) Any weak, mean, or lowly creature.
A little worm.
wranglesome
wranglesome
adj
Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.