(masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
verb
present participle of brown
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
verb
present participle of browse
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clowring
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crowning
crowning
adj
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
noun
(obstetrics) The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
A coronation.
The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
verb
present participle of crown
doweling
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
drowning
drowning
noun
An instance of a person or animal being drowned.
An instance of a person or animal drowning.
verb
present participle of drown
drowsing
drowsing
noun
The act of one who drowses.
verb
present participle of drowse
elbowing
elbowing
noun
A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
verb
present participle of elbow
embowing
embowing
verb
present participle of embow
endowing
endowing
verb
present participle of endow
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
forewing
forewing
noun
Alternative spelling of fore wing
fowliang
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
frowning
frowning
noun
The act of giving a frown.
verb
present participle of frown
geistown
goodwine
growling
growling
adj
Producing a growl.
noun
(jazz) The technique of producing a low-pitched growling or rumbling sound on a wind instrument.
A sustained instance of growls or guttural noises.
verb
present participle of growl
hightown
howdying
howdying
verb
present participle of howdy
indowing
indowing
verb
present participle of indow
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
kingchow
kingwood
kingwood
noun
(uncountable) The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking.
Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.
knowings
knowings
noun
plural of knowing
knowling
kotowing
kotowing
noun
Alternative form of kowtowing
verb
present participle of kotow
lilongwe
lilongwe
Proper noun
The capital city of Malawi.
lingwood
lingwort
longview
longwise
longwise
adv
Lengthwise; longways; lengthways.
lowering
lowering
adj
(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
Lurking, skulking, menacing.
That lowers or frowns.
noun
Alternative form of louring.
The act of something being lowered.
verb
present participle of lower
miaowing
miaowing
noun
Alternative form of meowing
verb
present participle of miaow
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misgrown
misgrown
adj
Grown out of shape; misshapen.
verb
past participle of misgrow.
nosewing
nosewing
noun
The arch of cartilage on either side of the nose.
outawing
outswing
outswing
noun
(cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.
outwring
outwring
verb
(poetic, transitive) To wring out.
overwing
overwing
adj
Over the wing of an aircraft.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
prowling
prowling
noun
The act of one who prowls.
verb
present participle of prowl
resowing
resowing
noun
A second or subsequent sowing.
verb
present participle of resow
ringtown
ringwood
ringwood
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
ringworm
ringworm
noun
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
roweling
roweling
verb
present participle of rowel
scowling
scowling
noun
The act of giving a scowl.
verb
present participle of scowl
showings
showings
noun
plural of showing
strowing
strowing
noun
Obsolete form of strewing.
verb
present participle of strow
swobbing
swobbing
verb
present participle of swob
swooning
swooning
noun
A swoon or faint.
verb
present participle of swoon
swooping
swooping
adj
That swoops or swoop.
noun
The motion of something that swoops.
verb
present participle of swoop
swopping
swopping
noun
Alternative form of swapping
verb
present participle of swop
swording
swording
noun
Slashing or fighting with a sword.
verb
present participle of sword
swotting
swotting
verb
present participle of swot
swouning
throwing
throwing
noun
The act by which something is thrown.
The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
verb
present participle of throw
toweling
toweling
noun
Alternative form of towelling
towering
towering
adj
Very tall or high, so as to dwarf anything around it.
noun
The act or condition of being high above others.
verb
present participle of tower
townling
townling
Noun
An inhabitant of a town.
unbowing
unbowing
verb
present participle of unbow
wagoning
wagoning
verb
present participle of wagon
waygoing
waygoing
adj
Alternative form of way-going
weendigo
weendigo
noun
Alternative spelling of wendigo
wendigos
wendigos
noun
plural of wendigo.
whomping
whomping
verb
present participle of whomp
whoofing
whoofing
verb
present participle of whoof
whooping
whooping
noun
Alternative form of whupping
verb
present participle of whoop
whopping
whopping
adj
(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
adv
(colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.
noun
A beating.
verb
present participle of whop.
widgeons
widgeons
noun
plural of widgeon
widowing
widowing
verb
present participle of widow
windigos
windigos
noun
plural of windigo (alternative spelling of wendigos).
wingbows
wingover
wingover
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.
wingpost
winograd
wobbling
wobbling
noun
The motion of something that wobbles.
verb
present participle of wobble
wogulian
wolfling
wolfling
noun
A wolf cub.
womaning
womaning
verb
present participle of woman
woodring
wooingly
wooingly
adv
In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.
woolding
woolding
noun
(nautical) A rope used for binding masts and spars.
(nautical) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope.
woomping
woopsing
wooshing
wooshing
verb
present participle of woosh
wordings
wordings
noun
plural of wording
workings
workings
noun
The internal mechanism of some device or system.
The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.
plural of working.
wormling
wormling
noun
(by extension) Any weak, mean, or lowly creature.
A little worm.
worrying
worrying
adj
Inducing worry.
noun
The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
verb
present participle of worry
worsting
worsting
verb
present participle of worst
worthing
worthing
verb
present participle of worth
woulding
woulding
noun
(obsolete) An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.
wounding
wounding
noun
An instance of being wounded.
The act of inflicting a wound.
verb
present participle of wound
wowening
wronging
wronging
noun
An act by which somebody is wronged.
verb
present participle of wrong
wrongish
wrongish
adj
Somewhat wrong.
yowlring
yowlring
noun
(Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of yoldring (“yellowhammer”)