An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
beclowns
beclowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
caneware
caneware
noun
A form of traditional unglazed light-brown stoneware.
canewise
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cantwise
capetown
careworn
careworn
adj
Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
cashtown
casstown
cavetown
cawnpore
chawbone
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chindwin
chingpaw
chinhwan
chinwood
chowanoc
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
clownade
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
clownery
clownery
noun
The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clowring
cobbtown
comedown
comedown
noun
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cornrows
cornrows
noun
plural of cornrow
cornwall
cornwall
Proper noun
A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
the country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England, consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly
A town in Connecticut
A town in New York
A city in Ontario
A borough in Pennsylvania
A town in Prince Edward Island
A town in Vermont
cornwell
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowbinds
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowichan
cowichan
Noun
A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
Adjective
Of or relating to this tribe.
Of or relating to a form of distinctively-patterned heavy knitting developed by the tribe.
cowinner
cowinner
noun
A joint winner; somebody who is declared a winner along with somebody else.
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
cowpunch
cowpunch
noun
A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
cowsharn
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxwains
craneway
craneway
noun
An opening allowing cranes to pass in and out of an industrial building.
The area within which a crane operates or can move.
cranwell
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crenshaw
crewneck
crewneck
noun
Alternative form of crew neck
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crowners
crowners
noun
plural of crowner
crownets
crownets
noun
plural of crownet
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
crownlet
crownlet
noun
(poetic) A coronet.
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
cynewulf
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
diswench
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downcome
downcome
noun
A downpour of rain.
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
ducktown
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
encallow
enumclaw
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
fencerow
fencerow
noun
The land adjacent to a fence
flywinch
hangchow
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
kenwrick
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
kingchow
lacewing
lacewing
noun
Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia.
lawrence
lawrence
Proper noun
name, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.
a city in Kansas, USA
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
lowrance
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
nawrocki
neckward
neckwear
neckwear
noun
Articles of clothing or jewelry which hang from the neck, such as ties or necklaces.
neckweed
neckweed
noun
(humorous, archaic) The hemp plant, which furnishes ropes for hanging criminals.
An American annual weed (Veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.
newcombe
newcomen
newcomer
newcomer
noun
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
newscast
newscast
noun
(broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.
verb
(transitive) To broadcast the news.
newtonic
nicktown
nowhence
nowhence
adv
From no place; from nowhere.
oldwench
owerance
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
recrowns
recrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recrown
ricetown
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
schwaben
schwerin
schwerin
Proper noun
A city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, and capital of the region.
scottown
scowbank
scowling
scowling
noun
The act of giving a scowl.
verb
present participle of scowl
screwing
screwing
noun
The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
verb
present participle of screw
screwman
screwman
noun
A laborer who uses screws to make adjustments
scuddawn
showance
snowcaps
snowcaps
noun
plural of snowcap
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
swacking
swacking
adj
(slang) Huge; whopping.
Characteristic of a swack.
verb
present participle of swack
swanneck
swanwick
swanwick
Proper noun
A village in Hampshire, England
A village in Derbyshire, England
swelinck
szechwan
twopence
twopence
noun
(Britain, Ireland) (by extension) A small amount or value.
(Britain, Ireland) A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.
(Britain, Ireland) A cost or value of two pence.
uncallow
uncallow
verb
(UK, regional, obsolete) To remove the upper stratum of earth in order to reach the bed of gravel, chalk, or other substance beneath.
unchawed
unchawed
adj
Obsolete form of unchewed.
unchewed
unchewed
adj
That has not been chewed.
unclawed
unclawed
adj
Lacking claws.
uncrowns
uncrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uncrown
unscrews
unscrews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unscrew
unwicked
unwicked
adj
Not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.
Not wicked (fitted with a wick); wickless.
unwrench
unwrench
verb
(transitive) To wrench back out of place; to remove by wrenching.
upwrench
upwrench
verb
(transitive, poetic) To wrench upward; to tear up or uproot.
uwchland
wahconda
wainscot
wainscot
noun
(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
Any of various noctuid moths.
verb
To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
wanchese
wanchuan
wangchuk
wangrace
wardency
wardency
noun
The office / position of a warden
wariance
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
watchman
watchman
noun
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
watchmen
watchmen
noun
plural of watchman
watchung
wauconda
weinrich
welching
welching
verb
present participle of welch
welchman
wenchers
wenchers
noun
plural of wencher
wenching
wenching
verb
present participle of wench
wenchman
wenchman
noun
A marine food fish native to the subtropical and tropical western Atlantic/Caribbean, Pristipomoides aquilonaris, a type of snapper.
Misspelling of winchman.
wenchmen
wenchmen
noun
plural of wenchman
wenliche
whacking
whacking
adj
(informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).
verb
present participle of whack
wheencat
whinchat
whinchat
noun
A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.
whinnock
whinnock
noun
(UK, dialect) A milk-pail.
(UK, dialect) The smallest pig in a litter; the runt.