(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
copsewood
copsewood
noun
brushwood; coppice
copsewooded
cowslipped
cowslipped
adj
Adorned with cowslips.
cropweed
crowstepped
crowstepped
adj
(architecture) Having a crowstep.
dewdrop
dewdrop
noun
(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.
A droplet of water formed as dew.
The plant Dalibarda repens.
dewdropper
dewdrops
dewdrops
noun
plural of dewdrop
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
dispowder
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downplayed
downplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downplay
downslope
downslope
adj
in a direction down a slope
adv
down a slope
noun
a descent or declivity
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
dropflower
dropwise
dropwise
adj
One drop at a time
adv
In drops; one drop at a time
edwardsport
empowered
empowered
adj
(US) Acting with confidence.
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Having been given powers.
noun
One who is empowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
europeward
fellowshiped
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gospelwards
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
horsewhipped
horsewhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip
hydropower
hydropower
noun
hydroelectric power
hydropowers
impowered
impowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impower
knopweed
knopweed
noun
Alternative form of knapweed
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
leopardwood
leopardwood
noun
Flindersia maculosa, a tree in the citrus family.
maplewood
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
misworshiped
newspaperdom
newspaperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
outweaponed
overpowered
overpowered
adj
Overly powerful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpower
overweaponed
overweaponed
adj
Having too many weapons; overarmed.
overwhipped
overwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhip
overwiped
overwiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwipe
paddlewood
paddlewood
noun
The light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
pantherwood
partridgewood
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peachwood
peachwood
noun
The wood of the peach tree.
pearwood
pearwood
noun
The wood of the pear tree.
peatwood
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
pegwood
pencilwood
pepperwood
pepperwood
noun
The California laurel.
petwood
pewdom
pewholder
pewholder
noun
One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
phrenoward
piepowder
piepowder
noun
(Britain, law, historical) In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.
(obsolete) Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
pigeonweed
pigeonweed
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (“the plant Phytolacca americana”)
pigeonwood
pigeonwood
noun
An evergreen tree, Trema orientalis, which is widely distributed throughout much of the tropics.
Hedycarya arborea, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
pigwidgeon
pigwidgeon
noun
(rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
(rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.
pillowed
pillowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pillow
pillowmade
pilotweed
pilotweed
noun
Silphium laciniatum, a flowering plant in the aster family.
pinewood
pinewood
noun
(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation
(uncountable) The wood of a pine
pinewoods
pinewoods
noun
plural of pinewood
pineywoods
pinrowed
pipewood
pipewood
noun
An ericaceous shrub of the southern United States, whose wood can be used to make pipe bowls.
plentywood
plentywood
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
plowed
plowed
adj
Alternative form of ploughed (“drunk”)
Alternative form of ploughed (“turned over with the blade of a plow”)
Alternative form of ploughed (“well-trodden or well-researched”)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plow
plowhead
plowhead
noun
Alternative form of ploughhead
plowheads
plowheads
noun
plural of plowhead
pockweed
podware
poisonweed
pokeweed
pokeweed
noun
A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.
pokeweeds
pokeweeds
noun
plural of pokeweed
poleward
poleward
adj
Towards a (north or south) pole
adv
Towards a pole of a planet
polewards
polewards
adj
Towards a pole.
pondweed
pondweed
noun
(most commonly) Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus
Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia
Charales, an order of green algae
Elodea, found in North America
opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.
pondweeds
pondweeds
noun
plural of pondweed
poorweed
popweed
popweed
noun
bladderpod
povertyweed
powder
powder
noun
(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
(informal) Ellipsis of powder snow.; light, dry, fluffy snow.
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
Ellipsis of powder blue.; the colour powder blue.
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
verb
(intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
(intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
(intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
(obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
(transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
powderable
powderable
adj
That can be powdered.
powdered
powdered
adj
(obsolete) Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup)
which has been made into a powder
verb
simple past tense and past participle of powder
powderer
powderer
noun
Agent noun of powder; one who powders.
powderers
powderers
noun
plural of powderer
powderhorn
powderhorn
noun
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
powderies
powderiness
powderiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being powdery
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
powderize
powderize
verb
(intransitive) To be reduced to powder
(transitive) To reduce to powder
powderizer
powderizer
noun
A machine that powderizes.
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
powderly
powderman
powderman
noun
A man in charge of gunpowder.
powderpuff
powderpuff
adj
Being or relating to a division of a traditionally male sport that is reserved for females.
powders
powders
noun
plural of powder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of powder
powdery
powdery
adj
Of or pertaining to powder.
powdery drink
powdike
powdike
noun
(UK, dialect) A dike; a marsh or fen.
powered
powered
adj
(of a device) Having its own source of power, or a named source.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of power
powhead
powwowed
powwowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of powwow
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pregwood
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
preshadow
preshowed
preshowed
verb
simple past tense of preshow
prewelcomed
prewonder
prewonderment
preworldliness
preworldly
preworldly
adj
(metaphysics) precosmic
prewound
princewood
princewood
noun
The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including those of species Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthus, and Exostema caribaeum.
prowarden
prowed
prowed
adj
Having a (specified kind of) prow.
prowessed
prowessed
adj
(poetic, rare) Distinguished by prowess.
prowled
prowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prowl
pseudosweating
pseudowhorl
pseudowhorl
noun
(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl
purplewood
purplewood
noun
The purpleheart tree
replowed
replowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of replow
repowder
repowered
repowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repower
rewardproof
scorpionweed
scorpionweed
noun
Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
screwpod
serpentwood
serpentwood
noun
The tree Rauwolfia serpentina or its extracts, an important ingredient in Indian traditional medicine.