The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
agueweeds
agueweeds
noun
plural of agueweed
alpenglow
alpenglow
noun
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
anglewing
anglewing
noun
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.
anglewise
anglewise
adv
With respect to an angle; angularly.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
antiwedge
awakening
awakening
adj
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
noun
(figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
The act of becoming aware of something.
verb
present participle of awaken
bagwigged
bagwigged
adj
Wearing a bag wig.
bangweulu
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
beewinged
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bewigging
bewigging
verb
present participle of bewig
beworming
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigwigged
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowlegged
bowlegged
adj
Alternative spelling of bow-legged
bridgeway
bugleweed
bugleweed
noun
Ajuga, a group of herbs used for ground cover; bugle
Any of the aromatic herbs in genus Lycopus, especially Lycopus virginicus, water horehound
buglewort
chengchow
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
clogwheel
clogwheel
noun
(obsolete, Yorkshire) A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
closewing
cogwheels
cogwheels
noun
plural of cogwheel
coughweed
cowtongue
curfewing
dewooling
dewooling
verb
present participle of dewool
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
dogwinkle
dowelling
dowelling
noun
(construction) A dowel.
The use of dowels in manufacture.
verb
present participle of dowel
downgrade
downgrade
noun
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
(computing) To revert software back to an older version.
(meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
(transitive) To disparage.
To place lower in position.
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
downgyved
downgyved
adj
(poetic, obsolete) Alternative form of down-gyved
downrange
downrange
adj
In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downweigh
downweigh
verb
(transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
drawglove
dwellings
dwellings
noun
plural of dwelling
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
eagletown
eaglewood
eaglewood
noun
Synonym of agarwood
earwigged
earwigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earwig
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edgewater
edgeworth
englewood
entwining
entwining
noun
The action or situation of something that entwines.
verb
present participle of entwine
enweaving
enwinding
enwinding
verb
present participle of enwind
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fevertwig
fightwite
fightwite
noun
(historical, law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for disturbing the peace with a fight or quarrel.
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
fleetwing
flowerage
flowerage
noun
State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
fogertown
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
frewsburg
gablewise
gablewise
adv
In the manner or orientation of a gable.
gagwriter
gagwriter
noun
One who writes jokes.
gallowses
gallowses
noun
(rather rare) plural of gallows
galwegian
galwegian
Noun
Someone from Galloway.
Someone from Galway.
gangwayed
gangwayed
adj
Of a railway carriage: furnished with a gangway.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gangway
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
garewaite
garewaite
noun
(mineralogy) An ultrabasic rock consisting mostly of olivine and augite.
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatewards
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gateworks
gauzewing
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gearwheel
gearwheel
noun
Alternative spelling of gear wheel
gewgawish
gewgawish
adj
showy; gaudy
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
giveaways
giveaways
noun
plural of giveaway
glareworm
glassware
glassware
noun
Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.
glassweed
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
gleewoman
gleewoman
noun
A female gleeman.
glendower
glenwhite
glidewort
glowering
glowering
noun
The act of giving a glower.
verb
present participle of glower
glowflies
goldwater
goodwater
goodwives
goodwives
noun
plural of goodwife
gooseweed
goosewing
goosewing
noun
(nautical) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.
gracewood
grandview
grapeview
grapewise
grapewise
adv
In terms of grapes.
In the manner of a grape or grapes.
grapewort
grassweed
grassweed
noun
Any weed that is a grass.
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graveward
graveward
adv
Toward the grave.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greenaway
greenlawn
greentown
greenview
greenwald
greenware
greenware
noun
(ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
(ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
greenweed
greenweed
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Genista, related to broom
greenwell
greenwich
greenwich
Proper noun
A town on the south bank of the River Thames in London through which the prime meridian passes.
A London Borough within Greater London.
greenwing
greenwing
noun
A common and widespread duck in North America, Anas carolinensis or Anas crecca carolinensis
greenwood
greenwood
noun
A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
greenwort
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
grewsomer
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
grotewohl
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
grovetown
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
grunewald
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guestwise
guestwise
adv
(obsolete) As a guest.
gulfweeds
gulfweeds
noun
plural of gulfweed
gumchewer
gumflower
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.