A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
antiwiretapping
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
beperiwigged
beperiwigged
adj
(archaic) Wearing a periwig.
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bewrapping
bewrapping
verb
present participle of bewrap
copperwing
disperiwig
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
enwrapping
enwrapping
noun
That which enwraps; a wrapping.
verb
present participle of enwrap
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
gawped
gawped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gawp
geswarp
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
gnapweed
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gospelwards
gowpen
gowpen
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
grapeflower
grapeview
grapewise
grapewise
adv
In terms of grapes.
In the manner of a grape or grapes.
grapewort
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
growingupness
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.
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
gypsyweed
gypsyweed
noun
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
gypsywise
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
hyperwrought
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
insweeping
interwrapping
interwrapping
verb
present participle of interwrap
minesweeping
minesweeping
noun
(nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
(slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
mpangwe
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
newspapering
newspapering
verb
present participle of newspaper
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
overpowering
overpowering
adj
That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
noun
The process of something being overpowered.
verb
present participle of overpower
overpoweringly
overpoweringly
adv
In an overpowering manner.
overpoweringness
overpoweringness
noun
The quality of being overpowering.
overwhipping
overwhipping
verb
present participle of overwhip
owlspiegle
pangwe
paperweight
paperweight
noun
(slang) A useless piece of equipment.
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Any object used for this purpose.
paperweights
paperweights
noun
plural of paperweight
partridgewood
passageway
passageway
noun
A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
Any way for passing in, out or through something.
passageways
passageways
noun
plural of passageway
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
passageworks
passageworks
noun
plural of passagework
pawnage
pawnage
noun
Alternative form of pannage
The process of pawning goods.
pawnages
pawnages
noun
plural of pawnage
pawnbrokerage
pawnbrokerage
noun
(countable) A pawnbroker's shop.
(uncountable) The business of pawnbroking.
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
pegwood
pennyweight
pennyweight
noun
A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pennyweights
pennyweights
noun
plural of pennyweight
penwright
periwig
periwig
noun
(now historical) A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women.
verb
(transitive) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig.
periwigged
periwigged
adj
Wearing a periwig.
periwigpated
periwigs
periwigs
noun
plural of periwig
pettigrew
pettigrew
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
pewage
pewing
pewing
verb
present participle of pew
pigeonweed
pigeonweed
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (“the plant Phytolacca americana”)
pigeonwing
pigeonwing
noun
(tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.
A certain fancy figure in skating.
A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
pigeonwings
pigeonwings
noun
plural of pigeonwing
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.
pigflower
pigmew
pigweabbits
pigweed
pigweed
noun
(uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium
Amaranthus species
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)
Portulaca bicolor, of Australia
pigweeds
pigweeds
noun
plural of pigweed
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.
pigwigeon
pigwiggen
pilgrimwise
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
plewgh
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.