(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
bellowsmaker
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.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bywalker
cakewalker
cakewalker
noun
A performer of the cakewalk dance.
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
candlestickward
cankerflower
chalkworker
clawker
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
cracklewares
cracklewares
noun
plural of crackleware
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fliegerabwehrkanone
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
forebackwardly
foreknowable
foreknowable
adj
That may be known in advance.
foreknowableness
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jaywalkers
jaywalkers
noun
plural of jaywalker
kelpware
kelpware
noun
kelp
kiloware
kiloware
noun
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.
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
lakeward
lakeward
adj
Located, facing or moving toward a lake.
adv
Toward a lake.
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
landwreck
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
lawbreak
lawbreaker
lawbreaker
noun
One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
lawbreakers
lawbreakers
noun
plural of lawbreaker
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
lawmaker
lawmaker
noun
One who makes or enacts laws.
lawmakers
lawmakers
noun
plural of lawmaker
lawyerlike
lawyerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lawyer.
leadwork
leadwork
noun
(lacemaking) small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
fittings made from lead (the metal)
leadworks
leadworks
noun
A factory that processes lead (the metal).
plural of leadwork
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
leatherworker
leatherworker
noun
A person who makes things from leather.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
linewalker
linewalker
noun
A person employed to walk along an oil or gas pipeline in search of leaks and other problems.
lukeward
lukewarm
lukewarm
adj
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmly
lukewarmly
adv
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
maskflower
meadowlark
meadowlark
noun
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
meadowlarks
meadowlarks
noun
plural of meadowlark
metalwork
metalwork
noun
Objects made of metal.
The act of shaping metal, metalworking.
metalworker
metalworker
noun
A person who shapes metal.
metalworkers
metalworkers
noun
plural of metalworker
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
metalworks
metalworks
noun
A factory where metal is processed.
plural of metalwork
moonwalker
moonwalker
noun
One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
One who performs the moonwalk dance.
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nonwrinkleable
overwalk
overwalk
verb
To walk over or upon.
overweakly
packwaller
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
pipewalker
plasterwork
plasterwork
noun
Architectural work executed in plaster.
plasterworks
plasterworks
noun
plural of plasterwork
platework
plateworker
plowmaker
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
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
rainbowlike
rainbowlike
adj
Resembling a rainbow; displaying a range of colours.
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
reklaw
rockafellow
ropewalk
ropewalk
noun
A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope.
A place where rope is made, a rope factory.
Any narrow walkway that has rope handrails.
ropewalker
ropewalker
noun
An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.
ropewalkers
ropewalkers
noun
plural of ropewalker
ropewalks
ropewalks
noun
plural of ropewalk
salework
salework
noun
(obsolete, historical) Goods made for general sale (as opposed to goods made specially to order).
saltworker
saltworker
noun
A worker in a saltworks.
scalework
scalework
noun
Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish.
sheepwalker
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
slateworks
sleepwaker
sleepwaker
noun
One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
sleepwalker
sleepwalker
noun
Someone who walks about in their sleep.
sleepwalkers
sleepwalkers
noun
plural of sleepwalker
snakeflower
spacewalker
spacewalker
noun
An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
spacewalkers
spacewalkers
noun
plural of spacewalker
sparrowlike
sparrowlike
adj
Resembling a sparrow in some way; vivacious, chirpy, frail, etc.
Similar to that of a sparrow.
splatterwork
splatterwork
noun
(art) The creation of a design on a surface by spattering colouring matter upon it.
strawberrylike
strawberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).
strawlike
strawlike
adj
Resembling straw.
strawwalker
streetwalker
streetwalker
noun
(now rare) Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
streetwalkers
streetwalkers
noun
plural of streetwalker
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
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
tallowmaker
tallowmaker
noun
A manufacturer of tallow.
tanglewrack
thrawartlike
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.