Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as knotted wrack.
Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack.
rockweeds
rockweeds
noun
plural of rockweed
rockwell
scalework
scalework
noun
Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish.
scowbanker
screenwork
screenwork
noun
(architecture) Work in the form of a screen.
Work done for film or television, such as directing.
screwstock
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shockwave
shockwave
noun
Alternative spelling of shock wave
sicklewort
sicklewort
noun
A plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods.
The heal-all (Prunella vulgaris).
sowbacked
stockertown
stockowner
stockwell
stockwell
Proper noun
a suburb in south London, England
stuccoworker
superacknowledgment
swashbucklerdom
terracework
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
tresckow
twodecker
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
vowinckel
waterlocked
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathercockish
weathercockish
adj
Fickle or changeable in one's views.
weathercockism
weathercocks
weathercocks
noun
plural of weathercock
weathercocky
weathercocky
adj
Synonym of weathercockish
wedlock
wedlock
noun
(obsolete) A wife; a married woman.
wedlocks
wedlocks
noun
plural of wedlock
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
weinstock
wenlock
wenlock
Adjective
Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 428 to 423 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the first corals.
Proper noun
The Wenlock epoch.
wenlockian
wheelock
whetrock
whipsocket
wickerwork
wickerwork
noun
A thing or things made of wicker.
wickerworked
wickerworked
adj
Made from or covered in wickerwork.
wickerworker
wickerworker
noun
Someone who makes things with wicker.
wickerworks
wickerworks
noun
plural of wickerwork
wicketwork
woehick
womanmuckle
wonderstruck
wonderstruck
adj
Filled or overcome with wonder.
woodcockize
woodcracker
woodcracker
noun
The nuthatch
woodhacker
woodhacker
Noun
The yaffle
woodknacker
woodknacker
noun
The yaffle
woodlocked
woodpeck
woodpeck
noun
Obsolete form of woodpecker.
woodpecker
woodpecker
noun
(military slang) Type 92 heavy machine gun
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
woodpeckers
woodpeckers
noun
plural of woodpecker
woonsocket
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.
workbenches
workbenches
noun
plural of workbench
workforce
workforce
noun
All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
workpiece
workpiece
noun
(machining, woodworking, etc.) The raw material or partially finished piece that is shaped by performing various operations.
workplace
workplace
noun
The place where someone works.
workspace
workspace
noun
(computing) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
(computing, graphical user interface) An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.
(computing, graphical user interface) Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
(robotics) The set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator
An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
wretchock
wretchock
noun
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.
yellowback
yellowback
noun
A cheap sensational novel.
yellowcake
yellowcake
noun
A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.