(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
awkwardest
awkwardest
adj
superlative form of awkward: most awkward
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
bakerstown
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
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
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
breakwater
breakwater
noun
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breakwaters
breakwaters
noun
plural of breakwater
breakweather
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
candlestickward
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterbreastwork
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
dawnstreak
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
duckwater
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gateworks
intranetwork
intranetwork
adj
Within a network.
noun
(computing) An intranet.
jerkwater
jerkwater
adj
(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
noun
(US, historical) A train on a branch line.
A jerkwater town.
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
knitwear
knitwear
noun
knitted garments
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
krautweed
kwarteng
kwarterka
kwartje
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
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.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
marketwise
marketwise
adj
In terms of the financial market.
masterwork
masterwork
noun
(obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel.
(obsolete) An act of primary importance.
A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master.
A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.
masterworks
masterworks
noun
plural of masterwork
meatworks
meatworks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
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
metanetwork
metanetwork
noun
(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.
newmarket
newmarket
Proper noun
A market town in Suffolk, England, with a famous racecourse.
Noun
A long, close-fitting cloak.
A card game in which players try to play their cards in a sequence selected by cards from a second deck.
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
plasterwork
plasterwork
noun
Architectural work executed in plaster.
plasterworks
plasterworks
noun
plural of plasterwork
platework
plateworker
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
quakertown
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
reawakenment
reawakenment
noun
A reawakening.
saltworker
saltworker
noun
A worker in a saltworks.
sarawakite
seatwork
seatwork
noun
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
seatworks
slateworks
snakewort
spatterwork
spatterwork
noun
Art produced by spattering ink or paint against a surface.
splatterwork
splatterwork
noun
(art) The creation of a design on a surface by spattering colouring matter upon it.
starkweather
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.
strawberrylike
strawberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).
strawlike
strawlike
adj
Resembling straw.
strawstacker
strawwalker
streakwise
streakwise
adj
In a streak or streaks.
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
sweetmaker
sweetmaker
noun
A manufacturer of confectionery.
switchbacker
tagwerk
tagwerk
noun
(historical) A unit of land area, the amount that could be ploughed in one day.
tallowmaker
tallowmaker
noun
A manufacturer of tallow.
tanglewrack
tapework
teamwork
teamwork
noun
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
teamworks
terracework
thankworthiness
thankworthiness
noun
The quality or state of being thankworthy.
thrawartlike
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
tomahawker
tomahawker
noun
One who uses a tomahawk as a weapon.
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
trackwalkers
trackwalkers
noun
plural of trackwalker
traversework
traweek
trianglework
trowelbeak
twanker
tweaker
tweaker
noun
(slang) A person addicted to methamphetamine.
A person who tweaks something.
A tool, especially a screwdriver, for making small adjustments.
tweakier
tweakier
adj
comparative form of tweaky: more tweaky
twinemaker
twinemaker
noun
A manufacturer of twine.
unstewardlike
unwaterlike
unwaterlike
adj
Not waterlike.
unwatermarked
unwatermarked
adj
Not watermarked.
waiterlike
waiterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
walkerite
walkerton
walkertown
wantroke
wartlike
wartlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wart.
warwickite
warwickite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron magnesium titanium borate mineral occurring as brown to black prismatic orthorhombic crystals.
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
waterbank
waterblink
waterbok
waterbok
noun
Alternative form of waterbuck
waterbuck
waterbuck
noun
A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.