(nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
adv
Alternative form of athwartships
athwartships
athwartships
adv
(nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
beworship
bretwaldaship
brewership
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
dishwiper
dishwiper
noun
(slang, chiefly New England) A dish towel.
disworkmanship
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
fellowheirship
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
harpwise
heroworshipper
horsepower
horsepower
noun
(uncountable) Power derived from the motion of a horse.
(uncountable) Strength.
A metric unit (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
A nonmetric unit of power (symbol hp) with various definitions, for different applications. The most common of them is probably the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
horsepowers
horsepowers
noun
plural of horsepower
horsewhip
horsewhip
noun
A whip for use on horses.
verb
(transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
horsewhipped
horsewhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip
horsewhipper
horsewhipper
noun
One who horsewhips.
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
horsewhips
horsewhips
noun
plural of horsewhip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horsewhip
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
hydropowers
interownership
interownership
noun
The ownership of a resource by multiple parties.
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
lawyership
lawyership
noun
The state or business of a lawyer.
misworship
misworship
noun
False or wrong worship; mistaken practices in religion.
verb
(transitive) To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.
misworshiped
misworshiper
misworshipper
misworshipper
noun
One who worships incorrectly.
morrowspeech
newspaperish
newspaperish
adj
(humorous) Overly professionalist; palpably mechanical in execution.
Prone to using cliché phrases.
Resembling or characteristic of a newspaper.
nonworship
nonworship
noun
Lack of worship.
overwhisper
overworship
overworship
noun
Excessive worship.
verb
To worship excessively.
ownership
ownership
noun
(business) Responsibility for something.
The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
ownerships
ownerships
noun
plural of ownership
painsworthy
painsworthy
adj
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
paperweights
paperweights
noun
plural of paperweight
parishwide
paschflower
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
pennyworths
pennyworths
noun
plural of pennyworth
peshawar
peshawar
Proper noun
The capital of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, situated near Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
phosphowolframic
pinwrenches
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
plowshare
plowshare
noun
(American spelling) The cutting edge of a plow, typically a metal blade.
plowshares
plowshares
noun
plural of plowshare
postworkshop
postworkshop
adj
After a workshop (educational course or conference).
powerhouse
powerhouse
noun
(card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win.
(figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration
A power station; the building housing a power station
powerhouses
powerhouses
noun
plural of powerhouse
praiseworthily
praiseworthily
adv
In a praiseworthy manner.
praiseworthiness
praiseworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
praiseworthy
praiseworthy
adj
Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
praisworthily
praisworthiness
praisworthiness
noun
The state of being praiseworthy
prattshollow
preshadow
preshow
preshow
noun
A lesser show that occurs before the main entertainment.
verb
(transitive) To show in advance.
preshowed
preshowed
verb
simple past tense of preshow
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
preshown
preshown
verb
past participle of preshow
preshows
preshows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preshow
prestwich
prestwich
Proper noun
a town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.
prewash
prewash
noun
A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly.
verb
To rinse something before washing it properly.
prewashed
prewashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prewash
prewashes
prewashes
noun
plural of prewash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewash
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
preworship
preworship
adj
Prior to worship.
preworthiness
prophetstown
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
prowfishes
prowfishes
noun
plural of prowfish
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
respectworthy
respectworthy
adj
Worthy of or deserving respect; respectable.
rewhisper
rewhisper
verb
To whisper again.
sapphirewing
sawsharper
schwarzkopf
screwship
shadowgraph
shadowgraph
noun
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
verb
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shadowgraphs
shadowgraphs
noun
plural of shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowgraphy
noun
The creation of shadowgraph images.
The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form of entertainment.
sharpsaw
sharptown
sharpware
sheepwalker
shepherdstown
shipowner
shipowner
noun
(nautical) Someone who owns a ship.
shipward
shipward
adv
toward a ship
shipwards
shipwards
adv
Towards a ship.
shipwork
shipwork
noun
The work of building and repairing ships.
shipworm
shipworm
noun
Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.
shipworms
shipworms
noun
plural of shipworm
shipwreck
shipwreck
noun
(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
verb
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
shipwrecks
shipwrecks
noun
plural of shipwreck
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
shipwright
shipwright
noun
A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
shipwrightery
shipwrightery
noun
The work of a shipwright.
shipwrightry
shipwrightry
noun
Alternative form of shipwrightery
shipwrights
shipwrights
noun
plural of shipwright
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
shopwear
shopwear
noun
The condition of being shopworn; minor damage through being stored and handled in a retail outlet.
shopwork
shopworker
shopworker
noun
A person who works in a shop; a shop assistant
shopworn
shopworn
adj
(figuratively) Not fresh; tired or cliché.
Faded.
Having been used, as a sample item in a retail store.
showerproof
showerproof
adj
That does not absorb water during light rainfall.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to light rainfall.
showstopper
showstopper
noun
(computing) A software bug that must be fixed before any further development is possible.
A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
showstoppers
showstoppers
noun
plural of showstopper
sixpennyworth
sixpennyworth
noun
(dated) A portion worth sixpence.
slaveownership
slaveownership
noun
The role or status of a slaveowner.
spaewright
sparhawk
sparhawk
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of sparrow hawk
sparrowbush
sparrowhawk
sparrowhawk
noun
(falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
Alternative form of sparrow hawk; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
Any of numerous other relatively small Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
sparrowish
sparrowish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sparrow.
speechwriter
speechwriter
noun
someone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession
sportswomanship
sportswomanship
noun
(used of a woman) sportsmanship
stewardship
stewardship
noun
Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.
The act of caring for or improving with time.
The rank or office of a steward.
stewardships
stewardships
noun
plural of stewardship
subwardenship
sulphowolframic
sulphurweed
sulphurwort
sulphurwort
noun
the plant hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)
supergrowth
supergrowth
noun
(countable) A growth upon something else.
(uncountable) Very rapid growth.
supergrowths
supergrowths
noun
plural of supergrowth
superhighway
superhighway
noun
(US) An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.
(by extension) A major route that carries most of the traffic going in a given direction by a specified mode of transportation.
(metaphoric) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway.
superhighways
superhighways
noun
plural of superhighway
superwealthy
superwealthy
adj
Very wealthy
superwrought
sweepwasher
sweepwasher
noun
(dated) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where those metals are used.
sweetheartship
sweetheartship
noun
The state of being a sweetheart or lover.
swindlership
swindlership
noun
(rare) The state of being a swindler.
swineherdship
swineherdship
noun
The role or status of swineherd.
switchkeeper
swordmanship
swordmanship
noun
Alternative form of swordsmanship
swordsmanship
swordsmanship
noun
the skill of using a sword
thistlewarp
thistlewarp
noun
(obsolete) The goldfinch.
thwartship
thwartships
tidewaitership
tidewaitership
noun
The state or business of a tide waiter (customs inspector).