(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
cabinetworking
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
fliegerabwehrkanone
frankewing
gaekwar
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gateworks
gawker
gawker
noun
Someone who gawks; someone who stares stupidly.
gawkers
gawkers
noun
plural of gawker
gawkhammer
gawkier
gawkier
adj
comparative form of gawky: more gawky
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
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.
headworking
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
kwarteng
lawbreaking
lawbreaking
adj
unlawful; illegal.
noun
The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
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
pawnbrokerage
pawnbrokerage
noun
(countable) A pawnbroker's shop.
(uncountable) The business of pawnbroking.
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
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
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
rangework
rangework
noun
Masonry consisting of horizontal rows of ashlar.
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
reawakening
reawakening
noun
A second or subsequent awakening.
verb
present participle of reawaken
reawakenings
reawakenings
noun
plural of reawakening
reawaking
reawaking
verb
present participle of reawake
rewakening
rewakening
noun
(archaic) reawakening
verb
present participle of rewaken
rewaking
rewaking
verb
present participle of rewake
sneckdrawing
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
superacknowledgment
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
tagwerk
tagwerk
noun
(historical) A unit of land area, the amount that could be ploughed in one day.
tanglewrack
trianglework
volkerwanderung
wafermaking
wagework
wagework
noun
Work done to earn a wage.
wageworker
wageworker
noun
A worker who earns a wage.
wageworkers
wageworkers
noun
plural of wageworker
wageworking
wageworking
adj
Working in order to earn a wage.
wagonmaker
wagonmaker
noun
A manufacturer of wagons.
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
waremaking
waremaking
noun
The manufacture of wares.
watermarking
watermarking
verb
present participle of watermark
waterskiing
waterskiings
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
whiskerage
whiskerage
noun
Whiskers.
wigmaker
wigmaker
noun
A person who makes wigs.
wigmakers
wigmakers
noun
plural of wigmaker
wiremaking
wiremaking
noun
The manufacture of wire.
wisecracking
wisecracking
adj
Making many wisecracks.
verb
present participle of wisecrack
wreaking
wreaking
noun
The act by which something is wreaked.
verb
present participle of wreak
wreathmaking
wreathmaking
noun
The construction of wreaths of flowers.
wreckage
wreckage
noun
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.