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arawakan

arawakan

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.

arkansaw

artworks

artworks

noun

  1. plural of artwork

askewgee

astakiwi

awabakal

awabakal

Noun

  1. A people indigenous to New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

  1. The language spoken by these people.

awakable

awakable

adj

  1. Able to be awoken.

awakened

awakened

adj

  1. Aroused or activated.
  2. Having been woken up.

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of awaken

awakener

awakener

noun

  1. One who, or that which, awakens.

awakings

awakings

noun

  1. plural of awaking

backblow

backdown

backdown

noun

  1. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

backflow

backflow

noun

  1. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.

verb

  1. To flow in the wrong or backward direction.

backsaws

backsaws

noun

  1. plural of backsaw

backwall

backwall

noun

  1. (sports) Alternative form of back wall

backward

backward

adj

  1. (chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
  2. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
  3. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
  4. (figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
  5. (figuratively) Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
  6. (figuratively) Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
  7. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
  8. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
  9. Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
  10. Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
  11. Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
  12. Late or behindhand.
  13. Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
  14. Reversed in order or sequence.
  15. Situated toward or at the rear of something.

adv

  1. (figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
  2. (obsolete) In the past.
  3. At, near or towards the rear of something.
  4. By way of reflection; reflexively.
  5. In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
  6. In a reversed order or sequence.
  7. In a reversed orientation; back to front.
  8. Toward or into the past;

noun

  1. The state behind or past.

backwash

backwash

noun

  1. (economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
  2. (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
  3. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
  4. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
  5. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.

verb

  1. (transitive) To affect with backwash.
  2. To clean the oil from wool after combing.
  3. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

backwind

backwind

noun

  1. (nautical) The flow of air so deflected

verb

  1. (nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
  2. (transitive) To wind backwards.

backwood

backwood

adj

  1. Native to or located in a remote rural location.
  2. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.

backword

backword

noun

  1. A contention, retort, or reply.
  2. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
  3. A section of commentary at the end of a book.

backworm

backworm

noun

  1. (obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.

backwort

backwrap

backwrap

noun

  1. (computing, dated) A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
  2. A portion of something that is wrapped backward.

verb

  1. (computing, dated) To restore a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
  2. To wrap around the back of something.

bakeware

bakeware

noun

  1. Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven.

bakewell

bakewell

noun

  1. Alternative form of Bakewell

baklawas

baklawas

noun

  1. plural of baklawa

ballhawk

ballhawk

noun

  1. (baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
  2. (sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully

bandwork

bandwork

noun

  1. (art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.

bankweed

bawcocks

bawcocks

noun

  1. plural of bawcock

bawdrick

beadwork

beadwork

noun

  1. Decorative work involving beads.

beamwork

beckwith

beckwith

Proper noun

  1. of origin.

berewick

berewick

noun

  1. (now historical) An outlying estate.

bethwack

bethwack

verb

  1. (transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.

bikeways

bikeways

noun

  1. plural of bikeway

biweekly

biweekly

adj

  1. Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
  2. Occurring twice a week.

adv

  1. Every two weeks.
  2. Twice a week (but see the Usage notes).

noun

  1. Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

blauwbok

blauwbok

noun

  1. The bluebuck (extinct mammal).

blowback

blowback

noun

  1. (computing) Synonym of backscatter.
  2. (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
  3. (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
  4. (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
  5. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.

blowcock

bodywork

bodywork

noun

  1. A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
  2. The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
  3. The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
  4. The repair of a such body.

boltwork

bonework

bonework

noun

  1. The art or process of making objects from bone.

bookward

bookways

bookwise

bookwise

adv

  1. In the manner of a book.

bookwork

bookwork

noun

  1. (chiefly University of Cambridge) The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought.
  2. Accounting work; book keeping.
  3. The art and science of formatting books.
  4. Work done with the aid of textbooks.

bookworm

bookworm

noun

  1. (figurative) An avid book reader.
  2. Any of various insects that infest books.

bostwick

bowknots

bowknots

noun

  1. plural of bowknot

bowllike

bowllike

adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.

bowmaker

bowmaker

noun

  1. Alternative form of bow maker

brinklow

brockway

browsick

bucksaws

bucksaws

noun

  1. plural of bucksaw

buckwash

buhlwork

buhlwork

noun

  1. (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work

bullwork

bulwarks

bulwarks

noun

  1. plural of bulwark

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulwark

bushwack

bushwack

verb

  1. Alternative spelling of bushwhack

busywork

busywork

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of busy work

bywalker

cagework

cagework

noun

  1. A cage or cage-like structure.

cakewalk

cakewalk

noun

  1. (historical) A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
  2. (idiomatic) Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge.
  3. (music) The style of music associated with such a contest.
  4. (performing arts) The dance, or strutting style of dance associated with such a contest.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To perform the cakewalk dance.

canework

canework

noun

  1. Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).

capework

capework

noun

  1. The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull

casework

casework

noun

  1. The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).

catwalks

catwalks

noun

  1. plural of catwalk

chadwick

chawbuck

chawbuck

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.

checkrow

checkrow

verb

  1. (agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.

cheewink

cheewink

noun

  1. Alternative form of chewink

cheswick

cheswick

Proper noun

  1. A village on the northern border of Bristol, England

chewbark

chewinks

chewinks

noun

  1. plural of chewink

chickwit

clawback

clawback

noun

  1. (US law of evidence) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled.
  2. (US taxation law) Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
  3. (US, business) Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
  4. (obsolete) A flatterer or sycophant.

clawlike

clawlike

adj

  1. Resembling a claw

clawsick

cockawee

cockawee

noun

  1. Synonym of long-tailed duck

cockcrow

cockcrow

noun

  1. The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

cockweed

cockweed

noun

  1. (slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.
  2. (uncountable) peppergrass

cokewold

cookware

cookware

noun

  1. The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking

corkwing

corkwing

noun

  1. corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)

corkwood

corkwood

noun

  1. Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.
  2. Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.
  3. Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.
  4. Duboisia, a genus with species found in Australia.
  5. Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.
  6. Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.
  7. Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.
  8. Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.
  9. Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.
  10. Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.
  11. Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
  12. Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.
  13. The wood of Quercus suber, the cork oak.

cowlicks

cowlicks

noun

  1. plural of cowlick

coworker

coworker

noun

  1. Somebody with whom one works.

cowpokes

cowpokes

noun

  1. plural of cowpoke

cowquake

cowquake

noun

  1. quaking grass; Briza media

cowskins

cowskins

noun

  1. plural of cowskin

crackjaw

crackjaw

adj

  1. Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

cragwork

crewneck

crewneck

noun

  1. Alternative form of crew neck

cribwork

cribwork

noun

  1. cribbing (structural members)

cutworks

cutworks

noun

  1. plural of cutwork

darktown

darktown

noun

  1. (US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.

dawnlike

dawnlike

adj

  1. Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.

dayworks

dayworks

noun

  1. plural of daywork

deadwork

deadwork

noun

  1. Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.

doorhawk

dorhawks

dorhawks

noun

  1. plural of dorhawk

dowhacky

downlike

downlike

adj

  1. Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.

downlink

downlink

noun

  1. (telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
  2. (telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.

verb

  1. To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.

downtake

downtake

noun

  1. An outlet for conveying something downward.
  2. Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.

downtick

downtick

noun

  1. (finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
  2. A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.

drawback

drawback

noun

  1. A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
  2. A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
  3. The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.

drawknot

drawlink

drawlink

noun

  1. (rail transport) drawbar

ducktown

duckwalk

duckwalk

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of duck walk

verb

  1. (intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
  2. (intransitive) To walk while squatting.

duckweed

duckweed

noun

  1. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.

duckwife

duckwing

duckwing

noun

  1. Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch

ductwork

ductwork

noun

  1. The system of ducts in a particular building.

dworshak

eggwhisk

eggwhisk

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of egg whisk.

ekpweles

ekpweles

noun

  1. plural of ekpwele

enewetak

eniwetok

eyewinks

eyewinks

noun

  1. plural of eyewink

facework

facework

noun

  1. (mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
  2. (sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
  3. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.

fastwalk

fawkener

fawnlike

fawnlike

adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.

fawnskin

fawnskin

noun

  1. The skin of a fawn

feltwork

feltwork

noun

  1. (medicine) A fibrous network
  2. (medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils

firework

firework

noun

  1. A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

flatwork

flatwork

noun

  1. (construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.

fluework

fluework

noun

  1. A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.

folkways

folkways

noun

  1. plural of folkway

footwalk

footwalk

noun

  1. A pedestrian walkway.

footwork

footwork

noun

  1. (uncountable, music) A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
  2. Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.

foreknew

foreknew

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of foreknow

foreknow

foreknow

verb

  1. To have knowledge of beforehand.

forkwise

forkwise

adv

  1. In the manner of a fork.

formwork

formwork

noun

  1. (construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured

forwaked

forwaked

adj

  1. (obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching

fretwork

fretwork

noun

  1. ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through

gasworks

gasworks

noun

  1. A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.

gawkiest

gawkiest

adj

  1. superlative form of gawky: most gawky

godowsky

goldwork

goldwork

noun

  1. Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.

goshawks

goshawks

noun

  1. plural of goshawk

gowdnook

gowkedly

gweducks

gweducks

noun

  1. plural of gweduck

hacksaws

hacksaws

noun

  1. plural of hacksaw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hacksaw

hackwood

hackwork

hackwork

noun

  1. Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.

hairwork

hairwork

noun

  1. Jewellery made from human hair.

handwork

handwork

noun

  1. Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.

verb

  1. (transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.