Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
capshaw
cartwhip
cartwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a cart.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a cartwhip.
chapelward
chapelward
adv
Toward a chapel.
chappow
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
chingpaw
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippewa
chippewa
Noun
A member of the Ojibwe people.
Proper noun
The Ojibwe language.
Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin.
chippewas
chippeway
chippeways
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
cowpath
cowpath
noun
A path made by, or used by, cows.
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
harwichport
hawsepiece
paddywatch
paddywhack
paddywhack
noun
(dated) A blow; a slap.
(dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
(slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds).
verb
(dated, transitive) To slap.
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
paschflower
patchwise
patchwise
adj
in patches
adv
one patch at a time
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
peachblow
peachblow
adj
(ceramics) Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style of Chinese porcelain.
peachwood
peachwood
noun
The wood of the peach tree.
peachwort
phosphowolframic
scapewheel
schwanpan
schwarzkopf
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
showplace
showplace
noun
A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.
A location kept for display only.
showplaces
showplaces
noun
plural of showplace
speechway
stopwatch
stopwatch
noun
A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
stopwatches
stopwatches
noun
plural of stopwatch
sulphowolframic
wachapreague
walpurgisnacht
walpurgisnacht
Noun
Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
wapinschaw
wapinschaw
noun
(Scotland, historical) A volunteer meeting or shooting competition inspired by this traditional exhibition of weapons.
(Scotland, historical) An exhibition of weapons, according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
wappenschaw
wappenschawing
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmanship
watchmanship
noun
The state or business of a watchman.
watchstrap
watchstrap
noun
A strap of leather, metal etc that holds a wristwatch in place; a watchband.
weapschawing
whipcat
whipcrack
whipcrack
noun
The crack of a whip.
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.
whipjack
whitecap
whitecap
noun
(US, historical) A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.
A wave having a white crest; a breaker
Any of several birds having a white patch on the head
whitecapper
whitecapper
noun
(US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”)
whitecapping
whitecapping
noun
(US, historical) The vigilante actions carried out by whitecaps.
whitecaps
whitecaps
noun
plural of whitecap
whitechapel
whitechapel
Proper noun
A district in east London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood.
whitespace
whitespace
noun
(often attributive) Alternative spelling of white space