(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backswing
backswing
noun
(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.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
bookwards
bookworms
bookworms
noun
plural of bookworm
brasswork
brasswork
noun
Work or ornamentation made of brass.
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buhlworks
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
busyworks
cakewalks
cakewalks
noun
plural of cakewalk
capeworks
caseworks
chadwicks
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chickasaw
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockwise
clockwise
adj
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
adv
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
cockcrows
cockcrows
noun
plural of cockcrow
cockswain
cockswain
noun
Alternative spelling of coxswain
cookstown
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
corkscrew
corkscrew
adj
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
noun
(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
verb
(intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
(transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
(transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
corkwoods
corkwoods
noun
plural of corkwood
coworkers
coworkers
noun
plural of coworker
cowsucker
cribworks
cribworks
noun
plural of cribwork
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
crowstick
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
dembowski
downlinks
downlinks
noun
plural of downlink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downlink
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
duckweeds
duckweeds
noun
plural of duckweed
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flatworks
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
footworks
footworks
noun
plural of footwork
foreknows
foreknows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreknow
fretworks
fretworks
noun
plural of fretwork
frostwork
frostwork
noun
Any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.
Any pattern that resembles a frost formation.
funkstown
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gateworks
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
hawkbills
hawkbills
noun
plural of hawkbill
hawkishly
hawkishly
adv
In a hawkish manner.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawknoses
hawknoses
noun
plural of hawknose
hawksbeak
hawksbill
hawksbill
noun
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
hawkshaws
hawkshaws
noun
plural of hawkshaw
hawksmoor
hawkweeds
hawkweeds
noun
plural of hawkweed
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
homeworks
homeworks
noun
plural of homework
hoodwinks
hoodwinks
noun
plural of hoodwink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink
hookstown
hookworms
hookworms
noun
plural of hookworm
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
ironworks
ironworks
noun
A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made
plural of ironwork
jackscrew
jackscrew
noun
A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackstraw
jackstraw
adj
(obsolete, of a person) Of no substance or worth.
Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface.
noun
(dated) An insignificant person.
(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks.
jawlensky
kalewives
kickshaws
kickshaws
noun
Alternative form of kickshaw
plural of kickshaw
kilowatts
kilowatts
noun
plural of kilowatt
kimmswick
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
kinswoman
kinswoman
noun
A female relative.
kinswomen
kinswomen
noun
plural of kinswoman
kiswahili
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
knotweeds
knotweeds
noun
plural of knotweed
knowperts
kowtowers
kowtowers
noun
plural of kowtower
kuskokwim
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
landowska
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
lawmakers
lawmakers
noun
plural of lawmaker
leadworks
leadworks
noun
A factory that processes lead (the metal).
plural of leadwork
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
linkworks
linkworks
noun
plural of linkwork
lookdowns
lookdowns
noun
plural of lookdown
lordswike
mackinaws
mackinaws
noun
plural of mackinaw
madawaska
markdowns
markdowns
noun
plural of markdown
marrowsky
marrowsky
noun
(rare) spoonerism
masonwork
masonwork
noun
Stonework done by a mason.
mawkishly
mawkishly
adv
In a mawkish manner.
meatworks
meatworks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
meshworks
meshworks
noun
plural of meshwork
milkweeds
milkweeds
noun
plural of milkweed
milkwoods
milkwoods
noun
plural of milkwood
milkworts
milkworts
noun
plural of milkwort
millworks
millworks
noun
The machinery and mechanisms of a mill.
mishawaka
moonwalks
moonwalks
noun
plural of moonwalk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moonwalk
mousehawk
mucksweat
muckworms
muckworms
noun
plural of muckworm
neckwears
neckwears
noun
plural of neckwear
newsbreak
newsbreak
noun
An instance of news broadcasting.
newspeaks
newspeaks
noun
plural of newspeak
oakenshaw
oakenshaw
noun
A grove of oaks.
openworks
openworks
noun
plural of openwork
overworks
overworks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwork
packwaxes
pawkiness
pawkiness
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
The quality of being pawky.
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
pickstown
pickwicks
plankways
plankways
noun
plural of plankway
plankwise
plankwise
adv
(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
plowbacks
pokeweeds
pokeweeds
noun
plural of pokeweed
porkwoods
potwhisky
presswork
presswork
noun
(cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
(metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.
Pottery produced by pressing clay into moulds.
Printed material.
The operation of a printing press.
prestwick
prestwick
Proper noun
a coastal town in council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport