(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
archswindler
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
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.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
beaconwise
beaconwise
adv
Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brownistic
brownistical
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
buckwashing
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
cabinetworks
candlestickward
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
canewise
cantwise
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
centerwise
chainsawing
chainsawing
verb
present participle of chainsaw
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
chancewise
chancewise
adv
By chance; at random.
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chewinesses
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
churchwardenism
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
clewiston
closewing
clowneries
clowneries
noun
plural of clownery
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clownishly
clownishly
adv
In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
clownishness
clownishness
noun
the state of being clownish
clownishnesses
clownishnesses
noun
plural of clownishness
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
cockswain
cockswain
noun
Alternative spelling of coxswain
collingswood
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
consciencewise
consciencewise
adv
In terms of one's conscience, or moral scruples.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
contrariwise
contrariwise
adv
(literary) in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction
(literary) on the other hand
contrawise
contrawise
adv
Alternative form of contrariwise
cordwainers
cordwainers
noun
plural of cordwainer
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
cornerwise
cornerwise
adv
Diagonally.
cornwallis
cornwallises
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
countercurrentwise
countercurrentwise
adv
countercurrently
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
counterwitness
counterwitness
noun
A witness whose testimony contradicts that of another witness.
verb
To act as a counterwitness.
cowansville
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
cowbinds
cowinners
cowinners
noun
plural of cowinner
cowishness
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
cowskin
cowskin
noun
A whip made of that material.
Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxswained
coxswained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coxswain
coxswaining
coxswaining
verb
present participle of coxswain
coxswains
coxswains
noun
plural of coxswain
coxwains
crashworthiness
crashworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being crashworthy.
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crescentwise
crescentwise
adv
In the form of a crescent.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
crosswind
crosswind
noun
A wind blowing across a line of travel.
crosswiseness
crownsville
currentwise
currentwise
adv
In the manner of a current.
curtainwise
curtainwise
adv
In the manner of a curtain.
curwensville
cushionflower
darwinistic
darwinistic
Adjective
Relating to Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
dawsoniaceae
dawsoniaceous
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallowance
disallowance
noun
(law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the crown disallowing federal legislation.
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
disallowances
disallowances
noun
plural of disallowance
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
discrowned
discrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discrown
discrowning
discrowning
verb
present participle of discrown
discrownment
discrowns
discrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discrown
diswench
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
drawcansir
drawcansir
noun
(now rare) A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
frenchwise
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
inchworms
inchworms
noun
plural of inchworm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inchworm
jinrickshaw
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
lacewings
lacewings
noun
plural of lacewing
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
lawrenciums
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
mackinaws
mackinaws
noun
plural of mackinaw
mcewensville
mcknightstown
mechanicstown
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misallowance
misallowance
noun
A bad or wrong allowance; something allotted in error.
newscasting
newscasting
noun
The production of newscasts
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
oceanwise
oceanwise
adv
(rare) Towards or along an ocean.
pestilenceweed
pestilencewort
pickstown
pickwickianism
pinwrenches
processionwise
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
racewalkings
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
sandwiched
sandwiched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sandwich
sandwiches
sandwiches
noun
plural of sandwich
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sandwich
sandwiching
sandwiching
verb
present participle of sandwich
scalewing
scenewright
scenewright
noun
A person who works in scenecraft.
scewing
schwarzian
schwarzian
Noun
A particular operator that, when applied to a function yields a function <math>x\mapsto\frac{f'(x)}{f'(x)}-\frac32\left(\frac{f(x)}{f'(x)}\right)^2</math>
Any image of that operator.
schweinfurt
schwendenerian
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
schwerin
schwerin
Proper noun
A city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, and capital of the region.
schwing
schwing
intj
(slang, US) An exclamation of excitement or attraction.