Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
aforeward
afterblow
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
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.
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterwork
afterwort
agalawood
agalwoods
agilawood
ainsworth
ainsworth
Proper noun
A village in Greater Manchester, England
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
airworthy
airworthy
adj
Meeting standards for safe flight
allentown
allenwood
allhallow
allhallow
Proper noun
The evening before All Hallows'; Halloween.
allowable
allowable
adj
(obsolete) Praiseworthy.
Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
noun
permitted amount or activity.
allowably
allowably
adv
In an allowable manner.
allowance
allowance
noun
(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.
(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
(obsolete) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete) License; indulgence.
A child's allowance; pocket money.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
Acknowledgment.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
verb
(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
allowedly
allowedly
adv
admittedly
allworthy
almswoman
almswoman
noun
(archaic) A woman who depends on the receipt of alms; a female beggar.
almswomen
almswomen
noun
plural of almswoman
aloeswood
aloeswood
noun
agalloch (Aquilaria malaccensis)
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.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
antiwoman
antiwoman
adj
Opposed to women.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
applewood
applewood
Noun
The wood of the apple tree.
archcrown
archilowe
armorwise
armyworms
armyworms
noun
plural of armyworm
arrowbush
arrowhead
arrowhead
noun
(symbol) The pointed part of an arrow.
(weaponry) The pointed part of an arrow.
Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
arrowleaf
arrowleaf
adj
(in plant names) Having arrow-like leaves.
arrowless
arrowless
adj
Without an arrow.
arrowlike
arrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an arrow.
arrowroot
arrowroot
noun
(countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
(countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
(uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
arrowweed
arrowwood
arrowwood
noun
(US) Any of several species of genus Viburnum of eastern North America and other viburnums that have naturalized in North America.
arrowworm
arrowworm
noun
(zoology) A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.
assawoman
asterwort
asterwort
noun
aster (any of several plants of the genus Aster)
automower
automower
noun
An automatic lawnmower.
awesomely
awesomely
adv
In a manner inspiring awe.
aylsworth
backarrow
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
bairnwort
baldcrown
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
balsawood
balsawood
noun
The wood of the balsa tree.
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bandytown
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
barleymow
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
barrytown
bashawdom
basswoods
basswoods
noun
plural of basswood
batchtown
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
bawdstrot
beachwood
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bearwoods
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
becowards
becrowded
becrowded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrowd
bedewoman
bedfellow
bedfellow
noun
(by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
One with whom one shares a bed.
bedflower
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
beeflower
beefwoods
beefwoods
noun
plural of beefwood
beflowers
beflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bellowers
bellowers
noun
plural of bellower
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
bellworts
bellworts
noun
plural of bellwort
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
berkowitz
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowals
bestowals
noun
plural of bestowal
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestrowed
bestrowed
verb
simple past tense of bestrow
betowered
bewelcome
bewelcome
verb
(transitive, intensive) To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.
beworming
beworried
beworried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beworry
beworries
beworries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworship
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
billowier
billowier
adj
comparative form of billowy: more billowy
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birthwort
birthwort
noun
Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
Birthroot, Trillium erectum
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blockwood
bloodweed
bloodwite
bloodwite
noun
A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.
bloodwood
bloodwood
noun
(Australia) Certain eucalypts
(Jamaica) A loblolly bay (tree) (Gordonia haematoxylon).
(uncountable) The wood of such trees.
Any of several trees from the genus Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.
Brosimum paraense, a tree found in Central and South America.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowhole
blowiness
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
blowproof
blowproof
adj
Resistant to being blown.
blowsiest
blowsiest
adj
superlative form of blowsy: most blowsy
blowspray
blowtorch
blowtorch
noun
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
verb
To apply a blowtorch to something.
blowtubes
blowtubes
noun
plural of blowtube
blowziest
blowziest
adj
superlative form of blowzy: most blowzy
bluewoods
bluewoods
noun
plural of bluewood
blushwort
blushwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Aeschynanthus.
boardwalk
boardwalk
noun
A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
boatowner
boatowner
noun
Someone who owns a boat
boatswain
boatswain
noun
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
The tropicbird.
boatwoman
boatwoman
noun
A woman who manages a boat.
bobwhites
bobwhites
noun
plural of bobwhite
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
boggstown
bollworms
bollworms
noun
plural of bollworm
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bondwomen
bondwomen
noun
plural of bondwoman
bookwards
bookworms
bookworms
noun
plural of bookworm
boomtowns
boomtowns
noun
plural of boomtown
borrowers
borrowers
noun
plural of borrower
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.