To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disperiwig
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
hawsepiece
horsewhips
horsewhips
noun
plural of horsewhip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horsewhip
insweeping
lawyership
lawyership
noun
The state or business of a lawyer.
nephewship
nephewship
noun
The role or status of a nephew.
newsprints
newsprints
noun
plural of newsprint
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
owlspiegle
ownerships
ownerships
noun
plural of ownership
paderewski
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
parcelwise
parcelwise
adj
In parcels or allotments; piecemeal, fragmented.
adv
In a parcelwise fashion.
parishwide
parrotwise
parrotwise
adv
In parrot fashion; with thoughtless repetition.
peshwaship
peshwaship
noun
The role or status of a peshwa.
pillarwise
pillowcase
pillowcase
noun
A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
pillowless
pillowless
adj
Without a pillow.
pineywoods
pipsissewa
pipsissewa
noun
Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila; the prince's pine; in particular, the umbellate wintergreen, Chimaphila umbellata.
pistolwise
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
poisonweed
prayerwise
prayerwise
adv
In the manner of a prayer.
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
prewitness
preworship
preworship
adj
Prior to worship.
prowersite
prowfishes
prowfishes
noun
plural of prowfish
pyrewinkes
resweeping
resweeping
verb
present participle of resweep
shipwrecks
shipwrecks
noun
plural of shipwreck
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
showpieces
showpieces
noun
plural of showpiece
sideswiped
sideswiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sideswipe
sideswiper
sideswiper
noun
A type of telegraph key, similar to a straight (pump) key, but whose keying action is in a side-to-side, rather than an up-and-down, motion.
One who sideswipes.
sideswipes
sideswipes
noun
plural of sideswipe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sideswipe
spaewright
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
spiderwort
spiderwort
noun
A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
spinwriter
spiralwise
spiralwise
adj
In a spiral shape or motion.
spiritweed
spiritweed
noun
The perennial herb Eryngium foetidum.
sprawliest
sprawliest
adj
superlative form of sprawly: most sprawly
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
staplewise
swampiness
swampiness
noun
The quality of being swampy.
sweepingly
sweepingly
adv
In an encompassing manner.
swinepoxes
triplewise
turnipwise
typewrites
typewrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of typewrite
upsidedown
upsidedown
adj
Alternative spelling of upside down
upsweeping
upsweeping
verb
present participle of upsweep
upswelling
upswelling
noun
That which upswells.
verb
present participle of upswell
viewpoints
viewpoints
noun
plural of viewpoint
waitership
wampsville
wardenship
wardenship
noun
the state of being a warden
wardership
wardership
noun
The role or status of warder.
weaponries
weaponries
noun
plural of weaponry
weaselship
weitspekan
wellspring
wellspring
noun
(figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.
The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
westphalia
westphalia
Proper noun
Westfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Westfalen, a region of Germany in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
A former realm of Germany
A city in Iowa.
A city in Kansas.
A village in Michigan.
A city in Missouri.
whiplashes
whiplashes
noun
plural of whiplash
whipmaster
whipmaster
noun
Synonym of whipman
whippiness
whippiness
noun
The state or condition of being whippy.
whipsawyer
whipsawyer
noun
A whipsaw operator.
whipsocket
whipstaves
whipstaves
noun
plural of whipstaff
whispering
whispering
adj
associated with whispers
that whispers
noun
Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
verb
present participle of whisper
whisperous
whisperous
adj
whispery
whitespace
whitespace
noun
(often attributive) Alternative spelling of white space
widespread
widespread
adj
Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
willpowers
willpowers
noun
plural of willpower
wimpleless
wingspread
wingspread
noun
The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.
wirephotos
wirephotos
noun
plural of wirephoto
worshipers
worshipers
noun
plural of worshiper
worshipped
worshipped
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of worship
worshipper
worshipper
noun
A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
writership
writership
noun
(now historical) The position or office of a writer in the East India Company.