A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
brainpowers
brainpowers
noun
plural of brainpower
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
dewanship
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
disworkmanship
downplays
downplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawspan
drawspan
noun
(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
enwraps
enwraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enwrap
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
gangplows
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
impawns
impawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impawn
inswamp
inwraps
inwraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inwrap
kapowsin
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
lapwings
lapwings
noun
plural of lapwing
manpowers
nawabship
nawabship
noun
The rank or condition of a nawab.
newspaper
newspaper
noun
(countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
verb
(intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism
(transitive) To cover with newspaper.
(transitive, obsolete) To harass somebody through newspaper articles.
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
newspapered
newspapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaper
newspaperese
newspaperese
noun
journalese
newspapering
newspapering
verb
present participle of newspaper
newspaperish
newspaperish
adj
(humorous) Overly professionalist; palpably mechanical in execution.
Prone to using cliché phrases.
Resembling or characteristic of a newspaper.
newspaperized
newspaperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaperize
newspaperman
newspaperman
noun
A man who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspapermen
newspapermen
noun
plural of newspaperman
newspapers
newspapers
noun
plural of newspaper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of newspaper
newspaperwoman
newspaperwoman
noun
A woman who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
newspaperwomen
newspaperwomen
noun
plural of newspaperwoman
newspapery
newspapery
adj
Synonym of newspaperish
newspeak
newspeak
noun
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.
newspeaks
newspeaks
noun
plural of newspeak
olympianwise
painsworthy
painsworthy
adj
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
panelwise
panelwise
adv
In the manner of a panel.
pantywaist
pantywaist
adj
(informal, especially of a male person) Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual.
noun
(informal, dated) An undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband.
(informal, derogatory) An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.
pantywaists
pantywaists
noun
plural of pantywaist
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
passionwise
passionwort
passwoman
passwoman
noun
A female passman.
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
patternwise
pawkiness
pawkiness
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
The quality of being pawky.
pawkinesses
pawkinesses
noun
plural of pawkiness
pawnages
pawnages
noun
plural of pawnage
pawnbrokeress
pawnbrokeress
noun
A female pawnbroker.
pawnbrokers
pawnbrokers
noun
plural of pawnbroker
pawnbrokings
pawnees
pawnees
noun
plural of pawnee
pawners
pawners
noun
plural of pawner
pawnors
pawnors
noun
plural of pawnor
pawns
pawns
noun
plural of pawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pawn
pawnshop
pawnshop
noun
The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security
pawnshops
pawnshops
noun
plural of pawnshop
pawsner
penwomanship
penwomanship
noun
A woman's skill in handwriting.
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
piankashaw
pickwickianism
pinwales
pinwales
noun
plural of pinwale
plainswoman
plainswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a plainsman.
plainswomen
plainswomen
noun
plural of plainswoman
plankways
plankways
noun
plural of plankway
plankwise
plankwise
adv
(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
playdowns
playdowns
noun
plural of playdown
playwritings
playwritings
noun
plural of playwriting
plowlands
plowlands
noun
plural of plowland
plowmanship
plowmanship
noun
Alternative form of ploughmanship
pointswoman
pointways
ponhaws
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
postwoman
postwoman
noun
(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
powerplants
powerplants
noun
plural of powerplant
praiseworthiness
praiseworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
praisworthiness
praisworthiness
noun
The state of being praiseworthy
prawners
prawners
noun
plural of prawner
prawns
prawns
noun
plural of prawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prawn
prayingwise
predawns
predawns
noun
plural of predawn
prelawfulness
presswoman
presswoman
noun
A female pressman.
prewarns
prewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewarn
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
proteanwise
pseudosweating
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
punxsutawney
pushwainling
sapanwood
sapanwood
noun
Alternative form of sappanwood
sappanwood
sappanwood
noun
The wood of Caesalpinia sappan, a flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
sapphirewing
schwanpan
sepawn
sharptown
shipshewana
shopwoman
shopwoman
noun
A woman employed in a shop.
showmanship
showmanship
noun
The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.
showmanships
showmanships
noun
plural of showmanship
shwanpan
shwanpans
shwanpans
noun
plural of shwanpan
slaveownership
slaveownership
noun
The role or status of a slaveowner.
sleepwaking
sleepwaking
noun
The state of one who is mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
sleepwalking
sleepwalking
noun
The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.
verb
present participle of sleepwalk
snapweed
snapweed
noun
(botany) Certain species of Impatiens.
Cardamine spp. (bittercress, shotweed)
snapweeds
snapweeds
noun
plural of snapweed
snapwood
snapwort
snowcap
snowcap
noun
A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
snowcapped
snowcapped
adj
Alternative form of snow-capped
snowcaps
snowcaps
noun
plural of snowcap
snowmanship
snowmanship
noun
Skill in snowsport.
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
snowpacks
snowpacks
noun
plural of snowpack
snowscape
snowscape
noun
A landscape dominated by snow.
spacewalking
spacewalking
verb
present participle of spacewalk
spacewoman
spacewoman
noun
A female astronaut.
spacewomen
spacewomen
noun
plural of spacewoman
spaewoman
spaewoman
noun
A female prophet or diviner.
spanaway
spanghew
spanghew
verb
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause to fly in the air.
‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’
spanworm
spanworm
noun
A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
spanworms
spanworms
noun
plural of spanworm
sparrowtongue
spavinaw
spawling
spawling
noun
That which is spawled, or spat out.
spawn
spawn
noun
(by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
(horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
(video games) The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.
Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
verb
(ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
(intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
(intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
(transitive) To bring forth in general.
(transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
(transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
(transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
spawneater
spawned
spawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spawn
spawner
spawner
noun
(computing) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
(fishing) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
(video games) An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
spawners
spawners
noun
plural of spawner
spawning
spawning
noun
The process by which something spawns.
verb
present participle of spawn
spawns
spawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spawn
spawny
spawny
adj
(slang) lucky
In some way like or resembling spawn.
splashdown
splashdown
noun
The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
splashdowns
splashdowns
noun
plural of splashdown
splashwing
splineway
spokeswoman
spokeswoman
noun
A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.