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.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
europeward
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.
kellupweed
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
outweaponed
plugdrawer
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.
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
prewound
pseudosweating
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
puddingwife
puddingwives
pukeweed
pulldown
pulldown
noun
Alternative form of pull-down
pulpwood
pulpwood
noun
Wood, usually softwood, used for pulping to make paper.
pulpwoods
pulpwoods
noun
plural of pulpwood
punkwood
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
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
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
subwardenship
sulphurweed
sumpweed
sumpweed
noun
Chorisiva nevadensis
Iva annua, annual marsh elder, a North American herbaceous annual plant in the sunflower family.
sumpweeds
sumpweeds
noun
plural of sumpweed
superacknowledgment
superaward
supercrowned
superendow
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superpowered
superpowered
adj
Equipped with superpowers.
Possessing powers that are super.
Very highly powered.
superreward
superreward
noun
A relatively great or excessive reward.
superworldliness
superworldly
supperward
supperwards
supperwards
adv
Towards supper.
supraworld
trumpetweed
trumpetweed
noun
Any of the joe-pye weeds, herbaceous composite plants of genus Eutrochium, often having hollow stems, bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads, native to eastern North America.
The sea trumpet.
trumpetwood
trumpetwood
noun
A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the nettle family, whose hollow stems can be used for wind instruments.
tulipwood
tulipwood
noun
The striped, variegated wood of the tulip tree.
turnipweed
turnipwood
turpantineweed
turpentineweed
underpower
underpower
verb
(transitive) To supply with insufficient power.
underpowered
underpowered
adj
Having insufficient power for its operation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underpower
understewardship
understewardship
noun
The role or status of understeward.
underswamp
undersweep
undersweep
noun
A dance move where one leg is swept horizontally under the other.
An insufficient return eye movement during reading.
undersweeping
underswept
underwarp
underweapon
underwrap
underwrap
noun
(fishing) An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
(medicine) A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.
(medicine) A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.
(sewing) The portion of a garment that is overlapped by another portion, such as the hidden part of a wrap skirt or the edge that holds buttons which is hidden when a garment is buttoned up.
An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.
verb
To provide with a wrapping that will subsequently be covered or wrapped by something else.
To provide with an underwrap.
To provide with insufficient wrappings.
To underlap.
To wrap such that the wrapping does not go all the way to the edge.
To wrap the underside of something.
underwrapped
underwrapped
adj
(fishing) Having an underwrap.
(molecular biology, of a protein) Insufficiently desolvated.
Having an end that protrudes underneath.
Having an inner wrapping.
Having insufficient clothes or blankets.
Secret; under wraps.
Wrapped such that the wrapping does not go all the way to the edge.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underwrap
underwrapping
underwrapping
noun
(molecular biology) A state of being insufficiently desolvated, so that the main chain of hydrogen bonds in a protein are too accessible, rendering the protein unstable.
A material that forms an underwrapped layer.
The act of underwrapping something.
verb
present participle of underwrap
unempowered
unempowered
adj
Not empowered.
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
unimpawned
unimpowered
unimpowered
adj
Not impowered
uninwrapped
unoverpowered
unoverpowered
adj
Not overpowered.
unpathwayed
unpathwayed
adj
Without a path.
unpawed
unpawed
adj
Not pawed.
unpawned
unpawned
adj
Not having been pawned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpawn
unpillowed
unpillowed
adj
Not pillowed.
unplowed
unplowed
adj
Alternative spelling of unploughed
unpowdered
unpowdered
Adjective
Not powdered.
unpreviewed
unpreviewed
adj
That has not been previewed.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unspawned
unspawned
adj
Not having been spawned.
unspewed
unspewed
adj
Not spewed.
unswapped
unswapped
adj
Not swapped.
unwarped
unwarped
adj
Not warped
unweaponed
unweaponed
adj
Not armed with a weapon.
unwhelped
unwhelped
adj
Not whelped.
unwhipped
unwhipped
adj
Not whipped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwhip
unwhispered
unwhispered
adj
Not whispered.
unwiped
unwiped
adj
Not wiped.
unworshiped
unworshiped
adj
(US) Alternative form of unworshipped
unworshipped
unworshipped
adj
Not worshipped.
unwrapped
unwrapped
adj
Not wrapped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwrap
unwrappered
upcrowd
updraw
updraw
noun
An act of drawing up; an upward draw, pull, or attraction
verb
(transitive, rare) To draw up
upflowed
upflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upflow
uphillward
uphillward
adj
(obsolete) Heading uphill.
upsidedown
upsidedown
adj
Alternative spelling of upside down
upstreamward
upswelled
upswelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upswell
uptwined
upwafted
upwafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upwaft
upward
upward
adj
Directed toward a higher place.
adv
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin
In the upper parts; above.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
noun
(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
upwardly
upwardly
adv
In an upward manner.
Towards a higher level, position or status.
upwardness
upwardness
noun
Quality of being or going upward.
upwardnesses
upwardnesses
noun
plural of upwardness
upwards
upwards
adv
Backwards in time, into the past.
To a higher figure or amount.
To or into later life.
Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
upwelled
upwelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upwell
upwind
upwind
adj
exposed to the wind
adv
in the direction from which the wind is blowing
verb
(transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism).
(transitive, archaic) To wind upwards.
upwinds
upwinds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upwind
upwound
upwound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upwind
whumped
whumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whump
windup
windup
adj
Operated by a coiled spring that is wound by hand.
noun
(Britain) A practical joke or tease.
(US, figurative) A long explanation of some line of thought to reach a certain conclusion.
(baseball) The act of preparing for a certain style of pitching.
The act of ending or concluding something.
The last part of something; a conclusion.
windups
windups
noun
plural of windup
woodburytype
woodburytype
Noun
A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and pressed against a metal plate, producing an intaglio.
A print of this kind.
wraparound
wraparound
adj
(of clothing) Designed to be wrapped around the body and tied.
(of windows, lenses, etc.) That extends around a corner or bend.
Serving to surround or bookend something else.
noun
(countable) A garment that is wrapped around the body and tied.
(countable) A label or advertising display that wraps around a container.
(countable) Synonym of wraparound mortgage
(countable, computing) Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text on to the next line if it will not fit on the current one.
(countable, television, radio) A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person.
(countable, uncountable, programming) The wrapping of numerical value in case of underflow or overflow.
(often attributive) An extension to a property that combines side and rear extensions.