One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
browningesque
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
bugleweed
bugleweed
noun
Ajuga, a group of herbs used for ground cover; bugle
Any of the aromatic herbs in genus Lycopus, especially Lycopus virginicus, water horehound
buglewort
bugweed
burgettstown
burgware
burgwell
burgwere
butterwright
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
concertgebouw
coughweed
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterthwarting
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighing
counterweighing
verb
present participle of counterweigh
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
counterwilling
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowtongue
cruiserweight
cruiserweight
noun
(boxing) A boxer weighing less than 200lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
(boxing, Britain, obsolete) light heavyweight
(wrestling) A wrestler weighing less than 210lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
curfewing
duenweg
edwardsburg
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
feuchtwanger
forewrought
forewrought
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of forework
frewsburg
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
fullgrownness
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
gauzewing
gluhwein
gluhwein
noun
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
goutweed
goutweed
noun
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
groundflower
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundswells
groundswells
noun
plural of groundswell
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
groundwave
groundwave
noun
(radio) A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
grouseward
grousewards
growingupness
gruhenwald
grunenwald
grunewald
grunswel
gudewife
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
guestwise
guestwise
adv
(obsolete) As a guest.
guffawed
guffawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of guffaw
guideway
guideway
noun
A track along which something is guided, such as a component in a machine, or an automated transit vehicle.
guidwife
guidwillie
guidwillie
noun
Alternative form of goodwilly
gulfweed
gulfweed
noun
sargassum; algae of the genus Sargassum.
gulfweeds
gulfweeds
noun
plural of gulfweed
gumchewer
gumflower
gumweed
gumweed
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Grindelia.
gumweeds
gumweeds
noun
plural of gumweed
gundelow
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
gunwale
gunwale
noun
The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.
gunwales
gunwales
noun
plural of gunwale
gunwhale
gutterwise
gutweed
gutweed
noun
Sonchus arvensis, a terrestrial plant.
Ulva intestinalis, a seaweed.
gutwise
guywire
gweduc
gweduck
gweduck
noun
Alternative form of geoduck
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
gweducs
gweducs
noun
plural of gweduc
gwerziou
haulageway
haulageway
noun
A track or road used for hauling materials.
heartwounding
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
houghsinew
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
hundredweight
hundredweight
noun
(Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).
(UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (8 st or 51 kg).
(historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
hundredweights
hundredweights
noun
plural of hundredweight
hungerweed
hyperwrought
interwrought
interwwrought
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
junglewood
lawrenceburg
lawrenceburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
lewisburg
lewisburg
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Cass County, Indiana, USA.
a home-rule class city in Logan County, Kentucky, USA.
a village in Preble County, Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Union County.
a city in Tennessee, USA, and the county seat of Marshall County.
a city in West Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Greenbrier County.
loungewears
ludewig
ludwigite
ludwigite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.
ludwigshafen
lungflower
mangelwurzel
mangelwurzel
noun
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
measuringworm
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
mugweed
mugweed
noun
A slender European weed (Galium cruciata); the crossweed.
mugwet
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multiviewing
newburg
newburgh
newground
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
outdwelling
outdwelling
verb
present participle of outdwell
outglowed
outglowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outglow
outgnawed
outgnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgnaw
outgrew
outgrew
verb
simple past tense of outgrow
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outswagger
outswagger
verb
(transitive) To surpass in swaggering.
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outswinger
outswinger
noun
(cricket) a ball that exhibits outswing
(cricket) a bowler that uses outswing
outtowering
outtowering
verb
present participle of outtower
outwearing
outwearing
verb
present participle of outwear
outwearying
outwearying
verb
present participle of outweary
outweaving
outweaving
verb
present participle of outweave
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
outweigh
outweigh
verb
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
outweighed
outweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweigh
outweighing
outweighing
verb
present participle of outweigh
outweighs
outweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweigh