(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
bitewing
bitewing
noun
(dentistry) A radiograph taken to visualize the crowns of the posterior teeth and the height of the alveolar bone in relation to the cementoenamel junctions, commonly used to examine for interdental caries and recurrent caries under existing restorations.
bragwort
bungtown
dewlight
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
downgate
drawgate
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
flagtown
frogwort
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
galewort
gallwort
gateward
gateways
gateways
noun
plural of gateway
gatewise
gatewise
adv
Arranged to resemble a gate.
gatewood
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
geistown
getaways
getaways
noun
plural of getaway
ghatwazi
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
gigawatt
gigawatt
noun
One thousand million (10⁹) watts, abbreviated as GW.
gleiwitz
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
gottwald
goutweed
goutweed
noun
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
goutwort
goutwort
Noun
goutweed,
graytown
grondwet
gwenette
gwenneth
gwinnett
hightown
howgates
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
inweight
kotowing
kotowing
noun
Alternative form of kowtowing
verb
present participle of kotow
kwantung
kwarteng
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
lingwort
longwort
lowigite
lungwort
lungwort
noun
Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)
Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
megawatt
megawatt
noun
One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
mugworts
mugworts
noun
plural of mugwort
newlight
outawing
outglows
outglows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outglow
outgnawn
outgnaws
outgnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgnaw
outgrown
outgrown
verb
past participle of outgrow
outgrows
outgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgrow
outswing
outswing
noun
(cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.
outswung
outswung
adj
swung outward
outweigh
outweigh
verb
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
outwring
outwring
verb
(poetic, transitive) To wring out.
outwrung
outwrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwring
owllight
owllight
Noun
glimmering or imperfect light
plowgate
plowgate
noun
Alternative form of ploughgate
ragworts
ragworts
noun
plural of ragwort
regrowth
regrowth
noun
That which has been regrown after removal.
The process of regrowing.
reweight
reweight
verb
(horseracing) To adjust or reassign the handicap weight.
(mathematics, statistics) To adjust the weighting given to a value.
To replace or adjust weights that are attached to something.
ringtaws
ringtown
sightsaw
sightsaw
verb
simple past tense of sightsee
slitwing
stagworm
stagworm
noun
The larva of Cephenemyia auribarbis, which infests the stag.
stowages
stowages
noun
plural of stowage
strawing
strawing
verb
present participle of straw
strewage
strewage
noun
Material that is strewn around.
strewing
strewing
noun
Material that is strewn.
The act of scattering or spreading.
verb
present participle of strew
strowing
strowing
noun
Obsolete form of strewing.
verb
present participle of strow
swagerty
swathing
swathing
noun
A wrapping.
verb
present participle of swathe
swatting
swatting
noun
(US, slang) The action of making an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location.
A motion or gesture that swats; a swat.
verb
present participle of swat
sweating
sweating
adj
Giving off sweat.
noun
(botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
(cooking) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
verb
present participle of sweat
sweeting
sweeting
noun
(obsolete) A darling; term of endearment.
(obsolete) A sweet apple.
verb
present participle of sweet
swotting
swotting
verb
present participle of swot
tallywag
tallywag
noun
(archaic, slang) The penis .
(obsolete, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle .
(uncommon) The black sea bass, Centropristis striata.
thrawing
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
tightwad
tightwad
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas.
togawise
togawise
adv
In the manner of a toga.
tokugawa
tokugawa
Proper noun
Any of a family of shoguns that ruled Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries.
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
towngate
townling
townling
Noun
An inhabitant of a town.
trawling
trawling
noun
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat.
A laborious search.
verb
present participle of trawl
twangers
twangers
noun
plural of twanger
twangier
twangier
adj
comparative form of twangy: more twangy
twanging
twanging
adj
(of a sound) twangy
noun
A sound that twangs.
verb
present participle of twang
twangled
twangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twangle
twangler
twangler
noun
One who makes a twangling sound.
twangles
twangles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twangle
twanking
twanking
verb
present participle of twank
tweaking
tweaking
noun
A tweak; a minor modification.
verb
present participle of tweak
tweeting
tweeting
noun
(Internet) The posting of tweets (microblogging messages)
A noise that tweets.
verb
present participle of tweet
tweezing
tweezing
verb
present participle of tweeze
twiggier
twiggier
adj
comparative form of twiggy: more twiggy
twigging
twigging
verb
present participle of twig
twigless
twigless
adj
Having no twigs.
twiglike
twiglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a twig; thin and brittle.
twigsome
twigsome
adj
Full of twigs; twiggy.
twilight
twilight
adj
Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
noun
(astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To illuminate faintly.
twilling
twilling
noun
Twilled fabric or patterning, or the process which produces this.
twinging
twinging
verb
present participle of twinge
twinight
twinight
adj
(of a baseball double-header) that begins in the late afternoon
twinling
twinling
noun
A small or young twin, especially a twin lamb.
A twin.
twinning
twinning
adj
biparous
noun
(crystallography) the formation of twin crystals
(transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
action of the verb to twin
giving birth to twins
the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
verb
present participle of twin
twirling
twirling
noun
The motion of something that twirls.
verb
present participle of twirl
twisting
twisting
adj
Having many twists
noun
(countable) gerund of twist
(uncountable) The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.
verb
present participle of twist
twitting
twitting
noun
The act of one who twits or teases.
verb
present participle of twit
unweight
unweight
verb
To remove a statistical weighting from.
To temporarily remove the body's weight from a ski when making a turn.
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
waftages
waftages
noun
plural of waftage
wagstaff
wagtails
wagtails
noun
plural of wagtail
wagwants
wagwants
noun
plural of wagwant
waisting
waisting
noun
A failure in mechanical testing, where part of the testpiece becomes narrow.
That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
waitings
waitings
noun
plural of waiting
waltzing
waltzing
noun
gerund of waltz: the motion of one who waltzes.
verb
present participle of waltz
wantages
wartburg
warthogs
warthogs
noun
plural of warthog
wastages
wastages
noun
plural of wastage
watchdog
watchdog
noun
(electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
A guard dog.
verb
(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
watchung
waterage
waterage
noun
(shipping, transport) A fee for transporting goods by water.
waterdog
waterdog
noun
A mudpuppy.
A small irregular floating cloud supposed to indicate rain.
An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).
watering
watering
noun
An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.
verb
present participle of water
waterlog
waterlog
verb
(transitive) To saturate with water.
(transitive, nautical) To make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water.
waterrug
wattages
wattages
noun
plural of wattage
wattling
wattling
noun
An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle.
The act of making such a mesh.
waughted
waughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waught
weatings
weatogue
wedgiest
wedgiest
adj
superlative form of wedgy: most wedgy
wegotism
wegotism
noun
(colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun we.
weighted
weighted
adj
(graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
(statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.