(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
baklawas
baklawas
noun
plural of baklawa
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bikeways
bikeways
noun
plural of bikeway
bookways
bookwise
bookwise
adv
In the manner of a book.
bostwick
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
browsick
bucksaws
bucksaws
noun
plural of bucksaw
buckwash
bulwarks
bulwarks
noun
plural of bulwark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulwark
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
busywork
busywork
noun
Alternative spelling of busy work
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
catwalks
catwalks
noun
plural of catwalk
cheswick
cheswick
Proper noun
A village on the northern border of Bristol, England
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
clawsick
cowlicks
cowlicks
noun
plural of cowlick
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dworshak
eggwhisk
eggwhisk
noun
Alternative spelling of egg whisk.
ekpweles
ekpweles
noun
plural of ekpwele
eyewinks
eyewinks
noun
plural of eyewink
fastwalk
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
forkwise
forkwise
adv
In the manner of a fork.
gasworks
gasworks
noun
A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
godowsky
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
hacksaws
hacksaws
noun
plural of hacksaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hacksaw
haskwort
hawkeyes
hawkeyes
noun
plural of hawkeye
hawkings
hawkings
noun
plural of hawking
hawknose
hawknose
noun
A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.
hawkshaw
hawkshaw
noun
(dated, 19th century) A detective.
hawkwise
hookwise
huskanaw
huskanaw
noun
(historical) A Powhatan initiation ritual for boys, involving fasting and narcotics.
huskwort
inkwells
inkwells
noun
plural of inkwell
inkwoods
inkwoods
noun
plural of inkwood
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
jaworski
jaywalks
jaywalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk
kapowsin
kawasaki
kawasaki
Proper noun
A city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.
A Japanese motorcycle manufacturer
kennesaw
kewaskum
keywords
keywords
noun
plural of keyword
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
kisswise
knowhows
knowhows
noun
plural of knowhow
knowings
knowings
noun
plural of knowing
korsakow
kotowers
kotowers
noun
plural of kotower
kowalski
kunowsky
kurosawa
lawbooks
lawbooks
noun
plural of lawbook
legworks
legworks
noun
plural of legwork
likeways
likeways
adv
(Scotland, obsolete, manner) Likewise.
likewise
likewise
adv
(conjunctive) also; moreover; too.
(manner) In a similar manner.
The same to you; used as a response.
listwork
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
meshwork
meshwork
noun
A net; an assembly of meshes.
midweeks
midweeks
noun
plural of midweek
milewski
misknown
misknown
verb
past participle of misknow
misknows
misknows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow
muskwaki
muskwood
muskwood
noun
The wood of a West Indian tree of the mahogany family (Trichilia moschata).
The wood of an Australian tree (Olearia argophylla).
nashwauk
networks
networks
noun
plural of network
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of network
newshawk
newshawk
noun
(informal) A keen investigative reporter.
newspeak
newspeak
noun
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.
newsweek
olsewski
outwalks
outwalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwalk
outworks
outworks
noun
plural of outwork
parkways
parkways
noun
plural of parkway
pawhuska
pawhuska
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA
pawkiest
pawkiest
adj
superlative form of pawky: most pawky
pinworks
pinworks
noun
A factory that makes pins.
rajewski
rankwise
rankwise
adv
In order of rank
reawakes
reawakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reawake
rewakens
rewakens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewaken
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
rijswijk
rikshaws
rikshaws
noun
plural of rikshaw
rowlocks
rowlocks
noun
plural of rowlock
rushwork
sadowski
salework
salework
noun
(obsolete, historical) Goods made for general sale (as opposed to goods made specially to order).
saltwork
saltwork
noun
Synonym of saltworks
sawbucks
sawbucks
noun
plural of sawbuck
sawmaker
sawmaker
noun
Someone who makes saws.
scowbank
seatwork
seatwork
noun
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
sedgwick
setworks
setworks
noun
The mechanism in a sawmill that positions the log for the next cut.
plural of setwork
shewchuk
shipwork
shipwork
noun
The work of building and repairing ships.
shopwork
showfolk
showfolk
noun
showpeople
sidewalk
sidewalk
noun
(US) (usually) a paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians
(US, by extension) any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road
sidgwick
silkweed
silkweed
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
silkwood
silkwork
silkwork
noun
Goods or products manufactured from silk
silkworm
silkworm
noun
Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
skalawag
skewback
skewback
noun
(architecture) The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.
skewbald
skewbald
adj
(of horses) Marked with patches of white and non-black colours.
noun
A skewbald horse.
skewered
skewered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skewer
skewerer
skewerer
noun
One who, or that which, skewers.
skewings
skewings
noun
plural of skewing
skewness
skewness
noun
(statistics) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as scriptstyle 𝛾₁=(𝜇₃)/(𝜎³),! where 𝜇₃ is the third moment about the mean and 𝜎 is the standard deviation.
The property of being skew.
skewwise
skidways
skidways
noun
plural of skidway
skinworm
skipwith
skirwhit
skirwort
skiwears
skywalks
skywalks
noun
plural of skywalk
skywards
skywards
adv
In the direction of the sky; upwards.
skywrite
skywrite
verb
(education) To spell a word by tracing it in the air with one's finger.
To write a message in the sky using the trail of smoke from a moving airplane.
skywrote
skywrote
verb
simple past tense of skywrite
slawbank
sleswick
slitwork
slopwork
slopwork
noun
(figuratively) Hasty, slovenly work of any kind.
The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing.
slowback
slowback
noun
(archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
slowpoke
slowpoke
noun
(US, Canada, informal, mildly derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.
snowbank
snowbank
noun
A heap of snow.
snowlike
snowlike
adj
Resembling snow.
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
soakaway
soakaway
noun
(chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.