(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Used to express disbelief: nonsense!; rubbish!
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
copperware
copperware
noun
Articles made from copper.
copperwing
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
cowperitis
cowperitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of Cowper's gland
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
cowslipped
cowslipped
adj
Adorned with cowslips.
crowhopper
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crownpiece
crownpiece
noun
A strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.
dewdropper
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disworship
disworship
noun
(obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
verb
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
downplayed
downplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downplay
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
dropflower
dropsywort
elbowpiece
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
europeward
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
helpworthy
helpworthy
adj
Deserving or worthy of help.
horsepower
horsepower
noun
(uncountable) Power derived from the motion of a horse.
(uncountable) Strength.
A metric unit (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
A nonmetric unit of power (symbol hp) with various definitions, for different applications. The most common of them is probably the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
horsewhips
horsewhips
noun
plural of horsewhip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horsewhip
hydropower
hydropower
noun
hydroelectric power
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
keepworthy
keepworthy
adj
Worth keeping.
lampflower
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
misworship
misworship
noun
False or wrong worship; mistaken practices in religion.
verb
(transitive) To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.
nipplewort
nipplewort
noun
A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.
nonworship
nonworship
noun
Lack of worship.
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
overpowers
overpowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpower
owlspiegle
ownerships
ownerships
noun
plural of ownership
paddlewood
paddlewood
noun
The light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.
palmerworm
palmerworm
noun
(archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
parrotwise
parrotwise
adv
In parrot fashion; with thoughtless repetition.
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
pawnbroker
pawnbroker
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
pawneerock
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
pencilwood
pennyworth
pennyworth
noun
(dated) A good bargain.
A small value or quantity.
The amount that can be bought for a penny.
pepperwood
pepperwood
noun
The California laurel.
pepperwort
pepperwort
noun
Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family.
Any of various species of plant in the genus Marsilea, especially Marsilea minuta.
peterstown
pewterwort
pewterwort
noun
Equisetum arvense, the field horsetail or common horsetail.
phrenoward
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
pigeonweed
pigeonweed
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (“the plant Phytolacca americana”)
pigeonwing
pigeonwing
noun
(tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.
A certain fancy figure in skating.
A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
pigeonwood
pigeonwood
noun
An evergreen tree, Trema orientalis, which is widely distributed throughout much of the tropics.
Hedycarya arborea, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
pigwidgeon
pigwidgeon
noun
(rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
(rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.
pillowbeer
pillowbeer
noun
A pillowcase.
pillowbere
pillowcase
pillowcase
noun
A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
pillowless
pillowless
adj
Without a pillow.
pillowlike
pillowlike
adj
Resembling a pillow.
pillowmade
pillowslip
pillowslip
noun
A pillow case.
pillowwork
pineywoods
pistolwise
placewoman
placewoman
noun
A female placeman.
playfellow
playfellow
noun
(dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
plentywood
plentywood
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
plowgraith
plowjogger
plowmaking
plowshares
plowshares
noun
plural of plowshare
plowwright
plowwright
noun
a person who builds and repairs plows.
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
poisonweed
poisonwood
poisonwood
noun
Metopium toxiferum, a species of tree found in the American neotropics known for producing the irritant urushiol.
possumwood
possumwood
noun
Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.
potawatami
potawatomi
potawatomi
Proper noun
A Native-American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.
Noun
A member of this people.
potwalling
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
powderable
powderable
adj
That can be powdered.
powderhorn
powderhorn
noun
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
powderizer
powderizer
noun
A machine that powderizes.
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
powerboats
powerboats
noun
plural of powerboat
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
powerhouse
powerhouse
noun
(card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win.
(figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration
A power station; the building housing a power station
preknowing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presswoman
presswoman
noun
A female pressman.
presswomen
presswomen
noun
plural of presswoman
preswallow
preswallow
adj
Before swallowing.
prewelcome
preworldly
preworldly
adj
(metaphysics) precosmic
preworship
preworship
adj
Prior to worship.
princewood
princewood
noun
The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including those of species Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthus, and Exostema caribaeum.
printworks
printworks
noun
Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial publisher or a building where printing takes place.
Synonym of printing press, the machinery involved in printing.
probowling
prowersite
prowessful
prowfishes
prowfishes
noun
plural of prowfish
prowlingly
prowlingly
adv
In a prowling manner.
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
purplewort
purplewort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Trifolium.
repowering
repowering
verb
present participle of repower
ropewalker
ropewalker
noun
An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.
rowdyproof
sappanwood
sappanwood
noun
The wood of Caesalpinia sappan, a flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
scowlproof
scrapworks
shipowning
shipowning
adj
Owning a ship.
noun
Ownership of a ship or ships.
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
shopwindow
shopwindow
noun
Alternative form of shop window
shopworker
shopworker
noun
A person who works in a shop; a shop assistant
showpieces
showpieces
noun
plural of showpiece
showplaces
showplaces
noun
plural of showplace
slopworker
snowcapped
snowcapped
adj
Alternative form of snow-capped
snowplough
snowplough
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of snowplow
snowplowed
snowplowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snowplow
spacewoman
spacewoman
noun
A female astronaut.
spacewomen
spacewomen
noun
plural of spacewoman
sparrowdom
sparrowdom
noun
The realm or sphere of sparrows.
sparrowish
sparrowish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sparrow.
spelldowns
spelldowns
noun
plural of spelldown
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
spiderwort
spiderwort
noun
A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
spiritwood
splashdown
splashdown
noun
The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
spleenwort
spleenwort
noun
Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.
splintwood
spongeware
spongeware
noun
Traditional pottery decorated by spattering or sponging on colour
spongewood
sportswear
sportswear
noun
casual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; activewear.
spottswood
spotwelder
springtown
springwood
springwood
noun
The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour.