(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwoodser
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
backwort
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
brickwork
brickwork
noun
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
brockway
brockwell
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
browsick
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
caseworker
caseworker
noun
a social worker
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
caseworks
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
cementwork
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chalkworker
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clockwork
clockwork
adj
Driven by clockwork.
Very smooth and regular.
noun
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
clockworked
clockworks
clockworks
noun
plural of clockwork
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coachwork
coachwork
noun
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
cobwork
cobwork
noun
construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
cockcrow
cockcrow
noun
The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light
cockcrower
cockcrowing
cockcrowing
noun
The crowing sound of a cock.
cockcrow; daybreak
cockcrows
cockcrows
noun
plural of cockcrow
cocksparrow
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cofferwork
cofferwork
noun
(masonry) rubblework faced with stone
coforeknown
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cookware
cookware
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
corkscrew
corkscrew
adj
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
noun
(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
verb
(intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
(transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
(transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
corkscrewed
corkscrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
corkscrews
corkscrews
noun
plural of corkscrew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corkscrew
corkscrewy
corkscrewy
adj
Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
corkwood
corkwood
noun
Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.
Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.
Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.
Duboisia, a genus with species found in Australia.
Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.
Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.
Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.
Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.
Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.
Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.
Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.
The wood of Quercus suber, the cork oak.
corkwoods
corkwoods
noun
plural of corkwood
counterbreastwork
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.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
coworker
coworker
noun
Somebody with whom one works.
coworkers
coworkers
noun
plural of coworker
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
cowsucker
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
cragwork
crakow
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
cribwork
cribwork
noun
cribbing (structural members)
cribworks
cribworks
noun
plural of cribwork
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
crosswalks
crosswalks
noun
plural of crosswalk
crosswicks
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownwork
crownwork
noun
(dentistry) The addition of a crown.
A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
crowstick
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cutwork
cutwork
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
downpatrick
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
forebackwardly
fredericktown
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gedecktwork
hackbarrow
hackbarrow
noun
(historical) A kind of wheelbarrow used to carry new-made bricks to the hacks or racks where they are dried.
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hickorywithe
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
housewrecker
icework
icework
noun
(geology) Glacier action.
Art or building work using ice as a material.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
knockwurst
knockwurst
noun
Alternative spelling of knackwurst
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
laceworker
laceworker
noun
Synonym of lacemaker
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
lacwork
lacwork
noun
Ornamentation by means of lacquer.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
lockwork
lockwork
noun
(firearms) The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.
muckworm
muckworm
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.