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
airscrews
airscrews
noun
plural of airscrew
altarwise
altarwise
adj
Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall.
answerers
answerers
noun
plural of answerer
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
anywheres
anywheres
adv
(US, nonstandard, slang or dialectal) anywhere
archsewer
armorwise
armyworms
armyworms
noun
plural of armyworm
arrisways
arriswise
arriswise
adv
(tiling) Diagonally, tiles so laid relative to walls or walkway.
(timber) method of sawing lengthwise a timber beam of rectangular cross section, diagonally from corner to corner, to form two beams of triangular cross section.
arrowbush
arrowless
arrowless
adj
Without an arrow.
asterwort
asterwort
noun
aster (any of several plants of the genus Aster)
awakeners
awakeners
noun
plural of awakener
awareness
awareness
noun
The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
The state or quality of being aware of something.
awestrike
awestrike
verb
(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
aylsworth
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.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
barbwires
barbwires
noun
plural of barbwire
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
bawdstrot
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bearwoods
becowards
bedstraws
bedstraws
noun
plural of bedstraw
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
bewailers
bewailers
noun
plural of bewailer
bewearies
bewrayers
bewrayers
noun
plural of bewrayer
blowhards
blowhards
noun
plural of blowhard
blowspray
bookwards
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brasstown
brassware
brassware
noun
Articles made from brass, treated as a group.
brasswork
brasswork
noun
Work or ornamentation made of brass.
bratwurst
bratwurst
noun
A small pork sausage, usually served fried.
brawliest
brawliest
adj
superlative form of brawly: most brawly
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
broadways
broadways
noun
plural of broadway
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
bronislaw
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
browbeats
browbeats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of browbeat
byrewards
canewares
canewares
noun
plural of caneware
capeworks
carassows
carassows
noun
plural of carassow
carraways
carraways
noun
plural of carraway
carwashes
carwashes
noun
plural of carwash
caseworks
caseworms
caseworms
noun
plural of caseworm
cassowary
cassowary
noun
A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.
charmwise
citywards
citywards
adv
Towards a city
clamworms
clamworms
noun
plural of clamworm
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
claywares
claywares
noun
plural of clayware
coastward
coastward
adj
towards the coast
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
coswearer
cowardish
cowardish
adj
(obsolete) cowardly
crawfoots
crawliest
crawliest
adj
superlative form of crawly: most crawly
crawlsome
crawlsome
adj
Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
crawlways
crawlways
noun
plural of crawlway
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
crossways
crossways
adv
transversely; crosswise
noun
plural of crossway
cruiseway
cruiseway
noun
(UK) A waterway designated for the use of recreational boat traffic.
curassows
curassows
noun
plural of curassow
cutwaters
cutwaters
noun
plural of cutwater
dameworts
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darwinism
darwinism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.
darwinist
darwinist
Noun
A believer in Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
delawares
disavower
disavower
noun
One who disavows.
dishwares
dishwares
noun
plural of dishware
dishwater
dishwater
noun
(by extension) Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour.
Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.
diswarren
diswarren
verb
(transitive) To deprive (land) of the character of a warren.
downshare
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
downwards
downwards
adv
Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
drawbores
drawbores
noun
plural of drawbore
drawdowns
drawdowns
noun
plural of drawdown
drawhorse
drawliest
drawliest
adj
superlative form of drawly: most drawly
drawnness
drawnness
noun
The quality of being drawn.
drawshave
drawshave
noun
A drawing knife.
drawsheet
drawsheet
noun
Alternative form of draw sheet
drawtongs
drawtubes
drawtubes
noun
plural of drawtube
dreamwise
driveways
driveways
noun
plural of driveway
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dwarfness
dwarfness
noun
The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen.
eastwards
eastwards
adv
eastward.
edwardsia
elsewards
elsewards
adv
Alternative form of elseward.
entryways
entryways
noun
plural of entryway
eyewaters
eyewaters
noun
plural of eyewater
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
farewells
farewells
noun
plural of farewell
flatwares
flatwares
noun
plural of flatware
flatworks
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
fleaworts
fleaworts
noun
plural of fleawort
foldwards
foldwards
adv
(poetic) Towards a sheepfold.
foofaraws
foofaraws
noun
plural of foofaraw
footwears
footwears
noun
plural of footwear
foreswear
foreswear
verb
Alternative spelling of forswear
foresweat
forewarns
forewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn
forswears
forswears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
fromwards
fromwards
prep
(now dialectal) away from
frontways
frontways
adv
towards the front; forward
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatewards
gateworks
glassware
glassware
noun
Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
grainways
grapewise
grapewise
adv
In terms of grapes.
In the manner of a grape or grapes.
grassweed
grassweed
noun
Any weed that is a grass.
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
grassworm
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
gulfwards
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
hairworms
hairworms
noun
plural of hairworm
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
hallowers
hallowers
noun
plural of hallower
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
handwrist
hanswurst
hanswurst
Noun
A clown-like character popular in German and Austrian plays during the 18th century, sometimes called the pickled-herring.