Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bowstringing
bowstringing
verb
present participle of bowstring
bowstrings
bowstrings
noun
plural of bowstring
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
browningesque
brownnosing
brownnosing
verb
present participle of brownnose
brownsburg
browsage
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
verb
present participle of browse
burgettstown
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
cowgirls
cowgirls
noun
plural of cowgirl
cowgrass
discrowning
discrowning
verb
present participle of discrown
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
dowagers
dowagers
noun
plural of dowager
downgrades
downgrades
noun
plural of downgrade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downgrade
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawtongs
drownings
drownings
noun
plural of drowning
drowsing
drowsing
noun
The act of one who drowses.
verb
present participle of drowse
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
foreknowledges
foreknowledges
noun
plural of foreknowledge
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
fullgrownness
gabrilowitsch
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gallowsward
gallowsward
adv
Toward the gallows.
galsworthy
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gasworks
gasworks
noun
A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.
gateworks
gerrardstown
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
ghostwrite
ghostwrite
verb
(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
(authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwriters
ghostwriters
noun
plural of ghostwriter
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
ghostwriting
ghostwriting
noun
Writing for pay without the expectation of receiving credit by name.
verb
present participle of ghostwrite
ghostwritten
ghostwritten
adj
Written by a ghostwriter.
ghostwrote
ghostwrote
verb
simple past tense of ghostwrite
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
gipsywort
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassblowers
glassblowers
noun
plural of glassblower
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
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.
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
globeflowers
globeflowers
noun
plural of globeflower
glowers
glowers
noun
plural of glower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glower
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
godwards
godwards
adv
towards God
goldsworthy
goldwasser
goldwasser
noun
A Polish liqueur containing particles of gold leaf.
gooseflower
gospelwards
grassflower
grasswidow
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
greasewoods
greasewoods
noun
plural of greasewood
greenwoods
greenwoods
noun
plural of greenwood.
grewsome
grewsome
adj
Obsolete spelling of gruesome
grewsomely
grewsomeness
grewsomer
grewsomest
grewsomest
adj
superlative form of grewsome: most grewsome
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
griswold
groatsworth
groatsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel.
grocerwise
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
grosswardein
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundswells
groundswells
noun
plural of groundswell
groundwards
groundwards
adv
Towards the ground; groundward.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
groundwoods
groundwoods
noun
plural of groundwood
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
grouseward
grousewards
growers
growers
noun
plural of grower
growingupness
growleries
growleries
noun
plural of growlery
growlers
growlers
noun
plural of growler
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growliness
growliness
noun
The state or quality of being growly.
growlinesses
growls
growls
noun
plural of growl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of growl
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
grows
grows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grow
growse
growse
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To shiver; to have chills.
growsome
growsome
adj
(dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome
(dialectal) Characterised or marked by growth; apt to grow; conducive to growing
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
growthless
growthless
adj
Devoid of growth.
growths
growths
noun
plural of growth
grubworms
grubworms
noun
plural of grubworm
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
hagarstown
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
hedgerows
hedgerows
noun
plural of hedgerow
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
highbrows
highbrows
noun
plural of highbrow
hollingsworth
hornswaggle
hornswoggle
hornswoggle
noun
(slang) nonsense; humbug
verb
(transitive, slang) To deceive or trick.
hornswoggled
hornswoggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle
hornswoggles
hornswoggles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hornswoggle
hornswoggling
hornswoggling
verb
present participle of hornswoggle
horsedrawing
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).