A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bangwaketsi
bargainwise
beggarweeds
beggarweeds
noun
plural of beggarweed
beggingwise
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
boguslawsky
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bridgewards
bridgewards
adv
Towards a bridge.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brownnosing
brownnosing
verb
present participle of brownnose
buckwashing
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
chainsawing
chainsawing
verb
present participle of chainsaw
coxswaining
coxswaining
verb
present participle of coxswain
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disboweling
discrowning
discrowning
verb
present participle of discrown
disendowing
disendowing
verb
present participle of disendow
dishwashing
dishwashing
noun
The act of cleaning the dishware.
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
downsinking
downsitting
downsitting
noun
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
downsliding
drawbridges
drawbridges
noun
plural of drawbridge
drawstrings
drawstrings
noun
plural of drawstring
edwardsburg
englishtown
evilwishing
fawningness
fawningness
noun
Tendency to fawn; obsequious behaviour.
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
gallowglass
gallowglass
noun
(historical) A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century.
gallowsness
gallowsness
noun
(slang, rare, archaic) recklessness
gallowsward
gallowsward
adv
Toward the gallows.
gardenwards
gardenwards
adv
Towards a garden.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
gawkinesses
gawkinesses
noun
plural of gawkiness
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
goldsworthy
goodwillies
goodwillies
noun
plural of goodwilly
gooseflower
goosewinged
goosewinged
adj
(nautical) Having a goosewing; said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other.
gospelwards
grassflower
greasewoods
greasewoods
noun
plural of greasewood
greenswards
greenswards
noun
plural of greensward
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
groatsworth
groatsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel.
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundwards
groundwards
adv
Towards the ground; groundward.
groundwoods
groundwoods
noun
plural of groundwood
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
grousewards
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
hornswaggle
hornswoggle
hornswoggle
noun
(slang) nonsense; humbug
verb
(transitive, slang) To deceive or trick.
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
ingrownness
ingrownness
noun
The quality of being ingrown.
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
knightstown
knightswort
knowingness
knowingness
noun
Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.
The quality or state of being knowing.
kuskwogmiut
landownings
landownings
noun
plural of landowning
loungewears
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lozengeways
lozengeways
adv
(heraldry) Lozengewise.
lozengewise
lozengewise
adv
(heraldry) Placed like a lozenge (a diamond).
ludwigsburg
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
millwrights
millwrights
noun
plural of millwright
misawarding
misawarding
verb
present participle of misaward
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
narrowsburg
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
newmanising
newscasting
newscasting
noun
The production of newscasts
newsmongers
newsmongers
noun
plural of newsmonger
newsmongery
newsmongery
noun
Journalism, especially the type that is sensationalist.
The act of spreading gossip.
newswriting
newswriting
noun
writing for the news media
nonbrowsing
nonbrowsing
adj
Not relating to the browsing of the Internet.
That does not feed by browsing.
nonswearing
nonswearing
adj
Not swearing; not making an oath.
Not swearing; not using bad language.
nonsweating
nonswimming
nonswimming
adj
Not of or pertaining to swimming.
orangewoods
oswegatchie
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outswimming
outswimming
verb
present participle of outswim
outswinging
outswinging
adj
(cricket) Moving with outswing
(soccer) Moving so as to curve away from the goal or centre
Of or pertaining to doors or windows that open in the outwards direction.
overgrowths
overgrowths
noun
plural of overgrowth
overstowage
overweights
overweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overweight
owingsville
owingsville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
passageways
passageways
noun
plural of passageway
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
pigeonwings
pigeonwings
noun
plural of pigeonwing
pigweabbits
pilgrimwise
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
prayingwise
prewritings
prewritings
noun
plural of prewriting
rainwashing
rainwashing
verb
present participle of rainwash
reshowering
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
sandwiching
sandwiching
verb
present participle of sandwich
scallawaggy
scenewright
scenewright
noun
A person who works in scenecraft.
shadowgraph
shadowgraph
noun
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
verb
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
shingletown
shinglewise
shinglewise
adv
Laid out in an overlapping arrangement like shingles.
shinglewood
shipwrights
shipwrights
noun
plural of shipwright
shortwaving
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
sideswiping
sideswiping
verb
present participle of sideswipe
sightworthy
sightworthy
adj
Worth seeing, or visiting in order to see.
skywritings
sleepwaking
sleepwaking
noun
The state of one who is mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
snowballing
snowballing
verb
present participle of snowball
snowplowing
snowplowing
verb
present participle of snowplow
snowshoeing
snowshoeing
noun
The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes.
verb
present participle of snowshoe
songwriters
songwriters
noun
plural of songwriter
songwriting
songwriting
noun
(authorship) The work of a songwriter.
sorrowingly
sorrowingly
adv
While sorrowing; sorrowfully, woefully.
spongewares
spongewares
noun
plural of spongeware
sprawlingly
sprawlingly
adv
In a sprawling manner; widely and haphazardly.
springwater
springwater
noun
Water originating from a spring.
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.
springwoods
springwoods
noun
plural of springwood
squawkingly
squawkingly
adv
In a squawking way; with squawking noises.
stageworthy
stageworthy
adj
(theater) Worthy, fit, or deserving of stage presentation; stageable.
stagewright
stagewright
noun
A playwright.
staggerweed
staggerwort
staggerwort
noun
Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea), a kind of ragwort.
steerageway
steerageway
noun
(nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
stockwright
straightway
straightway
adv
(dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately).