A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
campbelltown
campbeltown
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.
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
campward
campward
adv
Toward a camp, campwards
campwood
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
catawampous
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clappermaclaw
companionway
companionway
noun
(nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
dewdamp
disworkmanship
downtrampling
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
impawn
impawn
verb
(transitive) To place an item into pawn.
(transitive) To pledge an item of value in return for a loan, or a trade for money.
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
impawning
impawning
verb
present participle of impawn
impawns
impawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impawn
inswamp
inwrapment
lampflower
lampwick
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
manpowers
mapleview
maplewood
mapwise
mapwise
adv
In terms of a map.
In the manner of a map.
mawp
moldwarp
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
molewarp
mopehawk
mopehawk
noun
Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”)
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
mpangwe
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
newspaperman
newspaperman
noun
A man who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspapermen
newspapermen
noun
plural of newspaperman
newspaperwoman
newspaperwoman
noun
A woman who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspaperwomen
newspaperwomen
noun
plural of newspaperwoman
olympianwise
palmerworm
palmerworm
noun
(archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
palmerworms
palmerworms
noun
plural of palmerworm
palmwise
palmwise
adv
With the palm (of the hand) foremost.
palmwood
palmwood
noun
The wood of the coconut palm.
pamphletwise
pamphletwise
adv
In the form of a pamphlet.
pantrywoman
pantrywoman
noun
A female pantryman.
passwoman
passwoman
noun
A female passman.
patrolwoman
patrolwoman
noun
A female equivalent of a patrolman
patrolwomen
patrolwomen
noun
plural of patrolwoman
pawmark
penwoman
penwoman
noun
A female writer.
penwomanship
penwomanship
noun
A woman's skill in handwriting.
pewamo
pewmate
pewmate
noun
One who shares the same pew.
phosphowolframic
pickmaw
pickmaw
noun
(UK, regional) The black-headed gull.
pickwickianism
piecemealwise
piewoman
piewoman
noun
A woman who sells pies.
pillowmade
pirrmaw
placewoman
placewoman
noun
A female placeman.
plainswoman
plainswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a plainsman.
plainswomen
plainswomen
noun
plural of plainswoman
playwoman
playwomen
plowmaker
plowmaking
plowman
plowman
noun
A man who plows land with a plough.
plowmanship
plowmanship
noun
Alternative form of ploughmanship
plowwoman
plowwoman
noun
(US) A female plower, who plows land with a plow.
pointswoman
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
pomewater
pomewater
noun
A kind of sweet, juicy apple.
possumhaw
possumhaw
noun
Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua.
postwoman
postwoman
noun
(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
potawatami
potawatomi
potawatomi
Proper noun
A Native-American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.
Noun
A member of this people.
potawatomis
powderman
powderman
noun
A man in charge of gunpowder.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
presswoman
presswoman
noun
A female pressman.
prewarm
prewarm
verb
(computer graphics, of a particle system) To initialize with the illusion of prior activity.
(transitive) To warm in advance.
prewarmed
prewarmed
adj
(computer graphics, of a particle system) Initialized with the illusion of prior activity.
Warmed in advance.
prewarming
prewarming
verb
present participle of prewarm
prewarms
prewarms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewarm
pyramidwise
pyramidwise
adj
In the form of a pyramid.
shopwoman
shopwoman
noun
A woman employed in a shop.
showmanship
showmanship
noun
The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.
showmanships
showmanships
noun
plural of showmanship
snowmanship
snowmanship
noun
Skill in snowsport.
spacewoman
spacewoman
noun
A female astronaut.
spacewomen
spacewomen
noun
plural of spacewoman
spaewoman
spaewoman
noun
A female prophet or diviner.
spanworm
spanworm
noun
A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
spanworms
spanworms
noun
plural of spanworm
sparrowdom
sparrowdom
noun
The realm or sphere of sparrows.
spokeswoman
spokeswoman
noun
A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
spokeswomanship
spokeswomanship
noun
The position of being a spokeswoman.
sportswoman
sportswoman
noun
(UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.
sportswomanly
sportswomanship
sportswomanship
noun
(used of a woman) sportsmanship
stampweed
sulphowolframic
superacknowledgment
superwoman
superwoman
noun
(informal) A woman who looks after a home and children as well as being employed in a full-time job.
A woman with superhuman powers.
swamp
swamp
noun
(figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
verb
(figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
(figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
To drench or fill with water.
swampable
swampable
adj
Capable of being swamped.
swampberries
swampberry
swamped
swamped
adj
(informal) very busy; having too much to do
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swamp
swamper
swamper
noun
(Australia, slang) a person who travels by foot but has his belongings on a wagon.
(Canada, US, slang) A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.
(US) A handyman or general employee in a liquor saloon; a cook's assistant.
(US) A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp.
(US) A person who lives in a swampy area.
Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
swampers
swampers
noun
plural of swamper
swamphen
swamphen
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
swampier
swampier
adj
comparative form of swampy: more swampy
swampiest
swampiest
adj
superlative form of swampy: most swampy
swampine
swampiness
swampiness
noun
The quality of being swampy.
swampinesses
swamping
swamping
noun
An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
verb
present participle of swamp
swampish
swampish
adj
swampy
swampishness
swampishness
noun
The quality of being swampish.
swampland
swampland
noun
(countable, uncountable) Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.
(uncountable, physics) The set of all possible string theories.
swampless
swampless
adj
Without a swamp.
swamps
swamps
noun
plural of swamp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swamp
swampscott
swampside
swampside
noun
The land lying alongside a swamp.
swampweed
swampweed
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Hygrophila.
Any weed that is found in, or commonly grows in, a swamp.