A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
agalwood
agalwood
noun
Alternative form of agarwood
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
aloewood
alsworth
alyworth
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
arrowlet
arrowlet
noun
A small arrow.
avowable
avowable
adj
Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
avowably
avowably
adv
In an avowable manner.
avowedly
avowedly
adv
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
awlworts
awlworts
noun
plural of awlwort
backblow
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
bailwood
balewort
ballgown
ballgown
noun
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
batfowls
behallow
behallow
verb
(transitive) To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
bestowal
bestowal
noun
The act of bestowing.
betallow
betallow
verb
(transitive) To cover with tallow.
blaewort
blauwbok
blauwbok
noun
The bluebuck (extinct mammal).
blowback
blowback
noun
(computing) Synonym of backscatter.
(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.
(rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
blowball
blowball
noun
The downy seed head of a dandelion, a dandelion clock.
blowcase
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
blowlamp
blowlamp
noun
A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
boleslaw
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
bulawayo
bulawayo
Proper noun
the second-largest city in Zimbabwe.
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.
calloway
callower
callower
adj
comparative form of callow: more callow
clamworm
clamworm
noun
Alternative form of clam worm
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
clownade
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
coalwood
cobewail
coldslaw
coldslaw
noun
Archaic form of coleslaw.
coleslaw
coleslaw
noun
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
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
cowardly
cowardly
adj
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
adv
(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
dataflow
dataflow
noun
Alternative spelling of data flow
dayglows
dayglows
noun
plural of dayglow
disallow
disallow
verb
(UK, law, historical) to overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
dollyway
dowmetal
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.
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downland
downland
noun
(UK) An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
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.
dowsabel
drawbolt
drawbolt
noun
(engineering) A coupling pin
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
encallow
enhallow
enwallow
fallowed
fallowed
adj
Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fallow
flagtown
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
fleawood
fleawort
fleawort
noun
A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.
Any of various unrelated plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
The lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
floodway
floodway
noun
An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
floorway
floorway
noun
An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
flowable
flowable
adj
That is able to flow.
flowages
flowages
noun
plural of flowage
foldaway
foldaway
adj
That may be folded away when not in use.
noun
A piece of furniture, of any kind, that can be folded away when not in use.
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
footwall
footwall
noun
(geology) The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
(mining) The under wall of an enclosed vein.
foreclaw
foreclaw
noun
A front claw.
fowliang
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
galewort
galloway
galloway
noun
A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.
gallwort
gangplow
garefowl
garefowl
noun
The great auk.
The razorbill
glowbard
godawful
gottwald
growable
growable
adj
Capable of growing
gundalow
gundalow
noun
A flat-bottomed cargo vessel once common in Maine and New England rivers.
hailwood
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
hallowed
hallowed
adj
Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hallow
hallower
hallower
noun
One who hallows or makes holy.
halltown
hallwood
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
holloway
holloway
noun
(UK) A road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by recent engineering but possibly of much greater age.
killawog
kiloware
kiloware
noun
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
knowable
knowable
adj
Capable of being known, understood or comprehended.
knowland
kotwalee
kotwalee
noun
Archaic form of kotwali.
kowalski
lacewood
lacewood
noun
Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
ladysnow
lakewood
lardworm
latewood
latewood
noun
wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lawbooks
lawbooks
noun
plural of lawbook
lawcourt
lawcourt
noun
Alternative form of law court
lawproof
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
leadwood
leadwood
noun
A southern African tree with exceptionally hard and dense wood, Combretum imberbe
leadwork
leadwork
noun
(lacemaking) small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
fittings made from lead (the metal)
leadwort
leadwort
noun
Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
leafwood
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
leafworm
leafworm
noun
Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
leeroway
limawood
loanword
loanword
noun
A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
longjaws
longwall
longwall
noun
(mining) A long wall of coal that is mined in a single slice.
longways
longways
adv
(manner) Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
lowballs
lowballs
noun
plural of lowball
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lowball
lowlands
lowlands
noun
plural of lowland
lowrance
malsworn
maltworm
maltworm
noun
A tippler; a drinker of alcohol.
mealworm
mealworm
noun
The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
moldwarp
molewarp
moonwalk
moonwalk
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
(dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.
An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot (by an astronaut).
verb
(intransitive) To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards.
(intransitive) To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces.
(intransitive) To walk on the surface of the Moon.
(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.
mulloway
mulloway
noun
Any of the species Argyrosomus japonicus of large fish, found along the eastern coast of Africa and the coasts of Australia, prized for sport.
nailwort
nailwort
noun
Any species of Paronychia, the whitlow-wort.
Draba verna, the shadflower.
Saxifraga tridactylites, the rue-leaved saxifrage.
narrowly
narrowly
adv
Closely; by a narrow margin.
In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.
obwalden
obwalden
Proper noun
A canton of Switzerland.
oklawaha
oldsquaw
oldsquaw
noun
(no longer official, deprecated, now possibly offensive) Clangula hyemalis, the long-tailed duck, a medium-sized seaduck.
onwardly
onwardly
Adverb
onward
ooltewah
orleways
outbawls
outbawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbawl