(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
dewanship
dishwiping
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
disworkmanship
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
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawpoint
drawspan
drawspan
noun
(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
drownproofing
drownproofing
verb
present participle of drownproof
endsweep
enwrapped
enwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enwrap
gnapweed
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
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.
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
interwrapped
interwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwrap
inwrapped
inwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inwrap
knapweed
knapweed
noun
Any of various common weeds of the genus Centaurea
especially Centaurea nigra.
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
knopweed
knopweed
noun
Alternative form of knapweed
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
newspapered
newspapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaper
newspaperized
newspaperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaperize
outweaponed
overweaponed
overweaponed
adj
Having too many weapons; overarmed.
paddywacking
pandlewhew
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
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
pawned
pawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pawn
pedricktown
pencilwood
periwinkled
periwinkled
adj
(poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
pestilenceweed
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
phrenoward
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.
pigwidgin
pincerweed
pineweed
pineweed
noun
A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum sarothra), common in sandy soil in the eastern United States.
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
pinkweed
pinkwood
pinrowed
pinweed
pinweed
noun
Any of the genus Lechea of low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
pinweeds
pinweeds
noun
plural of pinweed
plainward
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
plowland
plowland
noun
Alternative spelling of ploughland
plowlands
plowlands
noun
plural of plowland
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
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).
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
powderhorn
powderhorn
noun
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
powderiness
powderiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being powdery
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
powderman
powderman
noun
A man in charge of gunpowder.
prawned
prawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prawn
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
predawn
predawn
adj
Before dawn.
noun
The period immediately preceding dawn.
predawns
predawns
noun
plural of predawn
predrawing
predrawn
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
presweetened
presweetened
adj
sweetened in advance
prewarned
prewarned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prewarn
prewonder
prewonderment
preworldliness
prewound
princewood
princewood
noun
The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including those of species Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthus, and Exostema caribaeum.
prowarden
pseudosweating
puddingwife
puddingwives
pulldown
pulldown
noun
Alternative form of pull-down
punkwood
pushdown
pushdown
adj
(computing) Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
noun
A pushdown automaton.
pushdowns
pushdowns
noun
plural of pushdown
putdown
putdowns
putdowns
noun
plural of putdown
rawalpindi
rawalpindi
Proper noun
A city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.
sapanwood
sapanwood
noun
Alternative form of sappanwood
sappanwood
sappanwood
noun
The wood of Caesalpinia sappan, a flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
scorpionweed
scorpionweed
noun
Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
serpentwood
serpentwood
noun
The tree Rauwolfia serpentina or its extracts, an important ingredient in Indian traditional medicine.
shepherdstown
shopwindow
shopwindow
noun
Alternative form of shop window
shopwindows
shopwindows
noun
plural of shopwindow
sideswiping
sideswiping
verb
present participle of sideswipe
snapweed
snapweed
noun
(botany) Certain species of Impatiens.
Cardamine spp. (bittercress, shotweed)
snapweeds
snapweeds
noun
plural of snapweed
snapwood
snowcapped
snowcapped
adj
Alternative form of snow-capped
snowdrop
snowdrop
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).
Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
verb
(Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
snowdrops
snowdrops
noun
plural of snowdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snowdrop
snowplowed
snowplowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snowplow
spawned
spawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spawn
speedwriting
spelldown
spelldown
noun
A type of spelling bee in which participants sit down as they are eliminated.
spelldowns
spelldowns
noun
plural of spelldown
spellingdown
spiderwebbing
spiderwebbing
verb
present participle of spiderweb
spindlewise
spindlewise
adv
In the manner of a spindle.
spindlewood
spindleworm
spindleworm
noun
(rare) The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of maize, sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
splashdown
splashdown
noun
The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.