Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
backwatered
backwatered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwater
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
backwoodser
blackware
blackware
noun
Any pottery of a black or nearly black colour.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
bladderwrack
bladderwrack
noun
Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
buckwasher
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
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.
cakewalker
cakewalker
noun
A performer of the cakewalk dance.
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
candlestickward
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
cankerweed
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
cawker
cawker
noun
Alternative form of calker
chalkworker
chewbark
clawker
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
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
counterbreastwork
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
cracklewares
cracklewares
noun
plural of crackleware
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
deckswabber
duckwater
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.
forebackwardly
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
hardwicke
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
jackscrew
jackscrew
noun
A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackscrews
jackscrews
noun
plural of jackscrew
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
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
landwreck
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
neckward
neckwear
neckwear
noun
Articles of clothing or jewelry which hang from the neck, such as ties or necklaces.
neckwears
neckwears
noun
plural of neckwear
packwaller
packware
packware
noun
Goods carried in a pack, especially those for sale by a peddler.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pawneerock
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
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
racewalkers
racewalkers
noun
plural of racewalker
racewalking
racewalking
noun
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
verb
present participle of racewalk
racewalkings
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rockafellow
scalework
scalework
noun
Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish.
scharwenka
schweizerkase
scowbanker
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
sneckdrawing
sneckdrawn
spacewalker
spacewalker
noun
An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
spacewalkers
spacewalkers
noun
plural of spacewalker
stickwater
stickwater
noun
A solution of proteins and other bio-nutrients obtained as a coproduct in the processing of animal by-products; typically produced at a slaughterhouse, or at rendering facilities which processes fishmeal or meat and bone meal. Stickwater is furthermore processed and added to animal feeds as a source of nutrients.
strawstacker
superacknowledgment
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbucklerdom
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
switchbacker
tanglewrack
terracework
thwacker
thwacker
noun
A club, rod, stick, etc., used to thwack.
A person who strikes a resounding blow with an object.
thwackers
thwackers
noun
plural of thwacker
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
trackwalkers
trackwalkers
noun
plural of trackwalker
wacker
wacker
adj
comparative form of wack: more wack
noun
(UK, Liverpudlian) A Liverpudlian; a resident of Liverpool, England.
wackier
wackier
adj
comparative form of wacky: more wacky
warbeck
warwickite
warwickite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron magnesium titanium borate mineral occurring as brown to black prismatic orthorhombic crystals.
warwickshire
warwickshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmaker
watchmaker
noun
A person who repairs (and originally made) watches.
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
waterbuck
waterbuck
noun
A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
waterbucks
waterbucks
noun
plural of waterbuck
waterlocked
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathercockish
weathercockish
adj
Fickle or changeable in one's views.
weathercockism
weathercocks
weathercocks
noun
plural of weathercock
weathercocky
weathercocky
adj
Synonym of weathercockish
weathersick
westermarck
whacker
whacker
noun
(informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”)