(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
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.
drawknot
ducktown
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
eniwetok
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
footwork
footwork
noun
(uncountable, music) A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.
fretwork
fretwork
noun
ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through
haskwort
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
huskwort
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
kelpwort
kelpwort
noun
The plant kali.
kentwood
killwort
killwort
noun
The plant Chelidonium majus.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
kirktown
knitwork
knitwork
noun
knitted material; a knitted object
knotweed
knotweed
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers
knotwork
knotwork
noun
A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot
An object composed of or using knots.
Work involving the tying of knots.
knotwort
knotwort
noun
A small, herbaceous, trailing plant of the species Illecebrum verticillatum (coral necklace).
knowlton
kollwitz
kotowers
kotowers
noun
plural of kotower
kotowing
kotowing
noun
Alternative form of kowtowing
verb
present participle of kotow
kotwalee
kotwalee
noun
Archaic form of kotwali.
kowtowed
kowtowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kowtow
kowtower
kowtower
noun
One who kowtows; a sycophant.
kutztown
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
listwork
milkwort
milkwort
noun
Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.
networks
networks
noun
plural of network
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of network
nicktown
outwalks
outwalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outwalk
outworks
outworks
noun
plural of outwork
pinkwort
pithwork
saltwork
saltwork
noun
Synonym of saltworks
seatwork
seatwork
noun
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
setworks
setworks
noun
The mechanism in a sawmill that positions the log for the next cut.
plural of setwork
skirwort
skywrote
skywrote
verb
simple past tense of skywrite
slitwork
stockbow
stopwork
studwork
studwork
noun
An arrangement of studs.
Upright timbers forming the framework of a wall.
swankpot
swankpot
noun
(slang, derogatory) A show-off.
takedown
takedown
noun
(martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
(slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
tanworks
tapework
tarworks
taskwork
taskwork
noun
Work done as a task.
Work done by the job; piece work.
teakwood
teakwood
noun
A wooded area with many teak trees.
An item of craftsmanship made from teak.
Wood of a teak tree.
teamwork
teamwork
noun
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
tentwork
tilework
tilework
noun
The arrangement of tiles on a surface.
timework
timework
noun
Work for which a certain rate is paid per unit of time.
tinworks
tinworks
noun
A factory where tin products are manufactured.
plural of tinwork
tokugawa
tokugawa
Proper noun
Any of a family of shoguns that ruled Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries.
tomahawk
tomahawk
noun
(basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
(field hockey) A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.
(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
An ax used by Native American warriors.
verb
(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.
(historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
tonkawan
topworks
topworks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of topwork
townfolk
townfolk
noun
Synonym of townsfolk
townlike
townlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a town.
tresckow
tryworks
tryworks
noun
Synonym of trywork
plural of trywork
tubework
tubework
noun
An assemblage of tubes.
twinoaks
walkouts
walkouts
noun
plural of walkout
wantroke
waterbok
waterbok
noun
Alternative form of waterbuck
westwork
westwork
noun
(architecture) The vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.
whetrock
whitlock
wipstock
wonkiest
wonkiest
adj
superlative form of wonky: most wonky
workboat
workboat
noun
A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat.
workmate
workmate
noun
Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.
workouts
workouts
noun
plural of workout
worktime
worktime
noun
The period, or daily hours, during which somebody works.
yorktown
yorktown
Proper noun
A town in southeastern Virginia, USA, and county seat of It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.