(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
boggstown
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
closewing
cogwheels
cogwheels
noun
plural of cogwheel
disowning
disowning
verb
present participle of disown
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downswing
downswing
noun
The portion of any movement along an arc or curve, heading in a lower direction.
drawtongs
drownings
drownings
noun
plural of drowning
dwellings
dwellings
noun
plural of dwelling
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
frewsburg
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
gablewise
gablewise
adv
In the manner or orientation of a gable.
gadswoons
gadswoons
intj
(archaic) Synonym of zounds
gaintwist
galliwasp
galliwasp
noun
Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.
gallowses
gallowses
noun
(rather rare) plural of gallows
gallywasp
gangplows
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatewards
gateworks
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gewgawish
gewgawish
adj
showy; gaudy
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
gibbstown
gigawatts
gigawatts
noun
plural of gigawatt
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
gipsywort
giveaways
giveaways
noun
plural of giveaway
glassware
glassware
noun
Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.
glassweed
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
glowflies
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
goffstown
golliwogs
golliwogs
noun
plural of golliwog
goodwills
goodwills
noun
plural of goodwill
goodwives
goodwives
noun
plural of goodwife
gooseweed
goosewing
goosewing
noun
(nautical) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.
goshawful
goshawful
adj
Euphemistic form of god-awful.
grainways
grapewise
grapewise
adv
In terms of grapes.
In the manner of a grape or grapes.
grassweed
grassweed
noun
Any weed that is a grass.
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
grassworm
gratewise
gratewise
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
grewsomer
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
grubworms
grubworms
noun
plural of grubworm
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guestwise
guestwise
adv
(obsolete) As a guest.
gulfwards
gulfweeds
gulfweeds
noun
plural of gulfweed
gypsyweed
gypsyweed
noun
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
gypsywise
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
hedgerows
hedgerows
noun
plural of hedgerow
hedgewise
hedgewise
adv
In the manner of a hedge.
highbrows
highbrows
noun
plural of highbrow
hingeways
hogwashes
hogwashes
noun
plural of hogwash
hoosegows
hoosegows
noun
plural of hoosegow
ingrowths
ingrowths
noun
plural of ingrowth
inswinger
inswinger
noun
Alternative form of in-swinger
jigsawing
jigsawing
verb
present participle of jigsaw
kingsdown
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
kingwoods
kingwoods
noun
plural of kingwood
lacewings
lacewings
noun
plural of lacewing
lawgivers
lawgivers
noun
plural of lawgiver
lewisburg
lewisburg
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Cass County, Indiana, USA.
a home-rule class city in Logan County, Kentucky, USA.
a village in Preble County, Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Union County.
a city in Tennessee, USA, and the county seat of Marshall County.
a city in West Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Greenbrier County.
lobbygows
lobbygows
noun
plural of lobbygow
lungworms
lungworms
noun
plural of lungworm
lungworts
lungworts
noun
plural of lungwort
megawatts
megawatts
noun
plural of megawatt
megawords
megawords
noun
plural of megaword
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
miswiring
miswiring
noun
incorrect wiring
newsagent
newsagent
noun
A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
The proprietor of such a business.
newsgirls
newsgirls
noun
plural of newsgirl
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
nonsawing
nonsawing
adj
That does not operate a saw.
outweighs
outweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweigh
overgrows
overgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overgrow
overswing
overswing
noun
An excessive swing
verb
(transitive) To swing too far.
overwages
owensburg
polliwogs
polliwogs
noun
plural of polliwog
pollywogs
pollywogs
noun
plural of pollywog
regrowths
regrowths
noun
plural of regrowth
reshowing
reshowing
noun
A second or subsequent showing
verb
present participle of reshow
rewashing
rewashing
verb
present participle of rewash
ridgewise
ridgewise
adv
In the manner of a ridge or ridges.
ringworms
ringworms
noun
plural of ringworm
roughhews
roughhews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roughhew
saberwing
saberwing
noun
Alternative form of sabrewing
sallowing
sallowing
verb
present participle of sallow
sawmaking
sawmaking
noun
The manufacture of saws.
scalawags
scalawags
noun
plural of scalawag
scalewing
scallawag
scallawag
noun
Alternative spelling of scalawag
scallywag
scallywag
noun
(derogatory, dated, chiefly UK) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
(informal, chiefly UK) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
schleswig
schleswig
Proper noun
The region between the rivers Eider/Ejder and Kongeå/Königsau, to the north of Holstein. The southern part of Jutland.
scrawling
scrawling
noun
Something scrawled.
verb
present participle of scrawl
sebewaing
sedgewake
sedgewick
sedgewick
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
sedgewinn
seesawing
seesawing
noun
A rising and falling, like that of a seesaw.
verb
present participle of seesaw
sewerages
sewerages
noun
plural of sewerage
shadowing
shadowing
noun
(computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
(education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
(espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
A faint representation; an adumbration.
The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
verb
present participle of shadow
showering
showering
noun
Something that falls in a shower.
verb
present participle of shower
showgirls
showgirls
noun
plural of showgirl
siegework
siegework
noun
A temporary fort where siege guns are mounted.
siwashing
skewering
skewering
noun
The act by which something is skewered.
verb
present participle of skewer
skowhegan
skowhegan
Proper noun
a town in Maine, USA
slowgoing
sorrowing
sorrowing
noun
The act of feeling sorrow.
verb
present participle of sorrow
sprawling
sprawling
adj
Expansive; extensive
That sprawls
noun
The act of one who sprawls.
verb
present participle of sprawl
squawking
squawking
noun
squawk, the sound of a squawk
verb
present participle of squawk
stagewise
stagewise
adj
In stages; one stage at a time.
subweight
sugartown
swaddling
swaddling
noun
Clothing of this kind.
The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement.
verb
present participle of swaddle
swagbelly
swagbelly
noun
(medicine) A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ; a physconia.