The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
awkwardnesses
awkwardnesses
noun
plural of awkwardness
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
backwatered
backwatered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwater
backwoodser
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bladderwrack
bladderwrack
noun
Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brookweed
brookweed
noun
A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
candlestickward
cankerweed
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
clockworked
corkscrewed
corkscrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew
dawnstreak
dayworker
dayworker
noun
An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
deadwork
deadwork
noun
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
deckswabber
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
donkeywork
donkeywork
noun
Alternative form of donkey work
donkeyworks
downlooker
downlooker
noun
(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.
Any of various snipe flies of the genus Rhagio.
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
drawknives
drawknives
noun
plural of drawknife
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
dronkelew
drunkelew
drunkenwise
dryworker
duckwater
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
fredericktown
fretworked
fretworked
adj
Adorned with fretwork.
gedecktwork
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
hardwicke
headwark
headwark
noun
A headache.
headwork
headwork
noun
Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
headworker
headworker
noun
One who performs mental or intellectual labour.
headworking
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
herdwick
herdwick
Noun
A sheep of a Cumbrian breed prized for their robust health and durable wool.
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hundredwork
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interworked
interworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwork
ironworked
kendrew
kenward
keyword
keyword
noun
(cryptography) Any word used as the key to a code.
(information science) Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or at least merely listed in the metadata for searches to find.
(information science) Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
(linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.
(programming) A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
verb
(transitive) To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching.
keywords
keywords
noun
plural of keyword
keywrd
kidneywort
kidneywort
noun
hepatica (Hepatica spp.)
navelwort
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
krautweed
lakeward
lakeward
adj
Located, facing or moving toward a lake.
adv
Toward a lake.
landwreck
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
lordswike
lukeward
markweed
meadowbrook
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
neckward
needlework
needlework
noun
The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.
The occupation or employment of a person skilled in embroidery, needlepoint, etc.
The product of such art or process.
needleworked
needleworked
adj
Made in needlework.
needleworker
needleworker
noun
One who carries out needlework.
needleworks
needleworks
noun
plural of needlework
networked
networked
adj
joined by a network, or to form a network
verb
simple past tense and past participle of network
nonforeknowledge
norridgewock
outworked
outworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwork
overworked
overworked
adj
(of a word, phrase, etc.) Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.
Subjected to too much work.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwork
paderewski
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peakward
peakward
adv
Toward a peak.
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
periwinkled
periwinkled
adj
(poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
pickerelweed
pickerelweed
noun
(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
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
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
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
reawaked
reawaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reawake
reawakened
reawakened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reawaken
reedwork
reedwork
noun
The reed stops of an organ.
rewaked
rewaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewake
rewakened
rewakened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewaken
reworked
reworked
adj
worked again
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rework
rockweed
rockweed
noun
Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as knotted wrack.
Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack.
rockweeds
rockweeds
noun
plural of rockweed
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
skewered
skewered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skewer
skewerwood
skiverwood
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
sneckdrawing
sneckdrawn
spadework
spadework
noun
(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
Work done by digging with a spade.
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
subnetworked
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
swashbucklerdom
swordlike
swordlike
adj
resembling a sword
swordmaker
swordmaker
noun
A person who makes swords.
tiddlywinker
tiddlywinker
noun
(tiddlywinks) A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
topworked
topworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of topwork
twodecker
unawkwardness
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
underwalk
underwork
underwork
noun
Subordinate work; petty business.
verb
(intransitive) To do work for inadequate payment.
(intransitive, obsolete) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
(transitive) To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.
(transitive) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
(transitive) To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
(transitive, intransitive) To do less work than necessary (on).