(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
bawdiest
bawdiest
adj
superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
bedstraw
bedstraw
noun
(obsolete) straw put into a bed
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
beltways
beltways
noun
plural of beltway
bestowal
bestowal
noun
The act of bestowing.
boatwise
boatwise
adv
In the manner of a boat.
botswana
bowstaff
bowstave
bowstave
noun
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bywaters
cantwise
cashtown
casstown
castaway
castaway
adj
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
Shipwrecked.
noun
(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
A discarded person or thing.
An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
catawbas
catawbas
noun
plural of catawba
catspaws
catspaws
noun
plural of catspaw
catwalks
catwalks
noun
plural of catwalk
choctaws
cutaways
cutaways
noun
plural of cutaway
dewaters
dewaters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dewater
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.
drawstop
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
eastward
eastward
adj
Situated or directed towards the east.
noun
The direction or area lying to the east.
eastwood
elsewhat
elsewhat
pron
(obsolete) Something else; anything else.
enswathe
enswathe
verb
(transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
fastwalk
fawniest
feastraw
flatwash
flatways
flatways
adv
Alternative form of flatwise
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flawiest
footways
footways
noun
plural of footway
forwaste
forwaste
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.
(transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
fretsaws
fretsaws
noun
plural of fretsaw
fretways
gateways
gateways
noun
plural of gateway
gatewise
gatewise
adv
Arranged to resemble a gate.
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
getaways
getaways
noun
plural of getaway
haskwort
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
howgates
inswathe
inswathe
verb
Archaic spelling of enswathe.
jawsmith
jawsmith
noun
(US, slang) A union organizer; later especially of the International Workers of the World.
(US, slang) An orator, especially a demagogue.
lawlants
lawsuits
lawsuits
noun
plural of lawsuit
madworts
madworts
noun
plural of madwort
mastwood
mastwood
noun
The evergreen plant Calophyllum inophyllum.
matthews
matthews
Proper noun
derived from the given name Matthew.
mostwhat
mostwhat
adv
(obsolete) mostly; for the most part
mowstead
newsbeat
newsboat
newsboat
noun
(historical) A boat used to relay news from one place to another.
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.
newstand
outbawls
outbawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbawl
outdraws
outdraws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdraw
outfawns
outfawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfawn
outgnaws
outgnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgnaw
outsware
outswarm
outswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm in greater numbers than.
outswear
outswear
verb
(transitive) To swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
outwaits
outwaits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwait
outwalks
outwalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwalk
outwards
outwards
adv
(obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
outwaste
outwaste
noun
A remote wasteland.
The infrastructure for the removal of waste material.
Waste or detritus left behind (e.g. by a glacier)
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To waste entirely.
outwears
outwears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwear
pathways
pathways
noun
plural of pathway
pawkiest
pawkiest
adj
superlative form of pawky: most pawky
plaistow
playstow
playstow
noun
(UK dialectal) A place for play; playground.
postward
postward
adv
Toward the winning post in a race.
ragworts
ragworts
noun
plural of ragwort
restowal
restward
restward
adj
Toward rest.
ringtaws
rowboats
rowboats
noun
plural of rowboat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rowboat
saltweed
saltweed
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Atriplex.
saltwife
saltwork
saltwork
noun
Synonym of saltworks
saltwort
saltwort
noun
Batis spp.
Halogeton spp.
Lysimachia maritima (syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea milkweed), which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
Salsola and related genera within subfamily Salsoloideae
Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
Tecticornia spp.
especially, Batis maritima, turtleweed, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
of family Bataceae
of family Primulaceae (primroses)
sandwort
sandwort
noun
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
sapowith
sawdusts
sawdusts
noun
plural of sawdust
sawdusty
sawdusty
adj
Resembling, or covered in, sawdust.
sawlshot
sawsmith
sawsmith
noun
A person who makes saw blades.
sawteeth
sawteeth
noun
plural of sawtooth
sawtelle
sawtooth
sawtooth
noun
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.
scabwort
scabwort
noun
The plant elecampane.
scawtite
scawtite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
schwartz
sealwort
sealwort
noun
A variety of pearlwort, Sagina procumbens
Synonym of Solomon's seal
seatwork
seatwork
noun
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
seawants
seawants
noun
plural of seawant
seawater
seawater
adj
(not comparable) Associated in some way with seawater, or intended for dealing with seawater.
(not comparable) Consisting of seawater.
noun
The saltwater of a sea or ocean.
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shawabti
showboat
showboat
noun
(US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
(informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.
verb
(informal, chiefly US) To show off.
sightsaw
sightsaw
verb
simple past tense of sightsee
snapwort
snowmast
soapwort
soapwort
noun
Any perennial herb of the genus Saponaria.
software
software
noun
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
(military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.