A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
verb
(intransitive, UK, live action role-playing games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
bangalow
bangalow
noun
bangalow palm
barnwell
beclowns
beclowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown
bellwind
bellwine
blowdown
blowdown
noun
(aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
(chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
(industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowiron
blowline
blowzing
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
boildown
boildown
noun
The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
boweling
bowingly
bowingly
adv
in a bowing manner
bowlines
bowlines
noun
plural of bowline
bowlings
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brawnily
brawnily
adv
In a brawny manner.
brinklow
brownell
brownlee
brownley
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungwall
bungwall
noun
A species of fern, Telmatoblechnum indicum, native to Australia and Southeast Asia.
burnwell
bylawman
clownade
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
clownery
clownery
noun
The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clowring
cornwall
cornwall
Proper noun
A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
the country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England, consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly
A town in Connecticut
A town in New York
A city in Ontario
A borough in Pennsylvania
A town in Prince Edward Island
A town in Vermont
cornwell
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
cranwell
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crownlet
crownlet
noun
(poetic) A coronet.
cynewulf
dawdling
dawdling
noun
gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
verb
present participle of dawdle
dawnlike
dawnlike
adj
Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
dilltown
dingwall
doweling
downdale
downfall
downfall
noun
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
An act of falling down.
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
verb
(intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
downflow
downflow
noun
A downward flow.
downfold
downfold
noun
(geology) A syncline.
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downhill
downhill
adj
(by extension) Easy.
Going down a slope or a hill.
Located down a slope or hill.
adv
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
Down a slope.
noun
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
verb
To take part in downhill skiing.
downland
downland
noun
(UK) An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
downless
downless
adj
Of a bird, lacking down feathers.
downlier
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downline
downline
adj
Alternative spelling of down-line
noun
Alternative spelling of down line
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
download
download
noun
A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.
A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
verb
(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
(transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
downplay
downplay
verb
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downslip
drawling
drawling
noun
The act of speaking with a drawl.
verb
present participle of drawl
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
dwelling
dwelling
noun
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
verb
present participle of dwell
dwindled
dwindled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwindle
dwindles
dwindles
noun
(colloquial) Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle
dwinnell
elbowing
elbowing
noun
A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
verb
present participle of elbow
elsewhen
elsewhen
adv
(archaic) At some other time or times; somewhen else.
encallow
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enfollow
enhallow
enumclaw
enwallow
enwheels
enwheels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enwheel
enwingly
erlewine
evenglow
fairlawn
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
flagtown
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flyblown
flyblown
adj
contaminated with flyblows
sordid, squalid
tainted
flywinch
fowliang
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
frownful
frownful
adj
Frowning; scowling
fwelling
gangplow
giinwale
gladwyne
glenshaw
glenview
glenwild
glenwood
glenwood
Proper noun
A town which spans Fairview Township and Orange Township in as well as Union Township, all in Indiana, United States.
A city in Iowa, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
gluhwein
gluhwein
noun
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
gnawable
gnawable
adj
Capable of being gnawed.
grnewald
growling
growling
adj
Producing a growl.
noun
(jazz) The technique of producing a low-pitched growling or rumbling sound on a wind instrument.
A sustained instance of growls or guttural noises.
verb
present participle of growl
grunswel
gundalow
gundalow
noun
A flat-bottomed cargo vessel once common in Maine and New England rivers.
gundelow
gunwales
gunwales
noun
plural of gunwale
gunwhale
halltown
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
henslowe
hilltown
hilltown
noun
Alternative form of hill town
hounslow
hounslow
Proper noun
a town in west London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
hurlwind
hurlwind
noun
(obsolete) whirlwind
indrawal
indwells
indwells
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell
inkwells
inkwells
noun
plural of inkwell
inwalled
inwalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inwall
inwardly
inwardly
adv
(obsolete) Completely, fully.
In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.
jawlines
jawlines
noun
plural of jawline
jeweling
knowable
knowable
adj
Capable of being known, understood or comprehended.
knowland
knowling
knowlton
kynewulf
lacewing
lacewing
noun
Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia.
ladysnow
landward
landward
adj
(Scotland) Of the country as opposed to the city, rural; agricultural.
Located, facing or moving in the direction of the land, as opposed to the sea.
adv
Toward the land.
noun
The side facing land.
landwash
landways
landwehr
landwhin
landwire
laneview
lapwings
lapwings
noun
plural of lapwing
lauwines
lauwines
noun
plural of lauwine
lawlants
lawndale
lawnleaf
lawnlike
lawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
lawnside
lawrence
lawrence
Proper noun
name, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.
a city in Kansas, USA
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
lawsonia
laywoman
laywoman
noun
(by extension) A woman who is not a professional in a given field.
A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
laywomen
laywomen
noun
plural of laywoman
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
letdowns
letdowns
noun
plural of letdown
lewdness
lewdness
noun
The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
lewellen
lewendal
lewisian
lewisian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1963), writer and theologian, known for the children's fantasy series and for non-fictional Christian apologetics.
lewisohn
lewisson
lewisson
noun
A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones.