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
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.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
candlestickward
cankerweed
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
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
duckwater
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
forebackwardly
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
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.
kenward
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
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
paderewski
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peakward
peakward
adv
Toward a peak.
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
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
rewaked
rewaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewake
rewakened
rewakened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewaken
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.
superacknowledgment
swashbucklerdom
swordmaker
swordmaker
noun
A person who makes swords.
unawkwardness
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
underwalk
underworkman
underworkman
noun
An inferior or subordinate labourer.
unstewardlike
unwatermarked
unwatermarked
adj
Not watermarked.
unwreaked
unwreaked
adj
(obsolete) Not wreaked.
volkerwanderung
wadmaker
wakeboarder
wakeboarder
noun
Someone who takes part in wakeboarding.
wakeboarders
wakeboarders
noun
plural of wakeboarder
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
wardlike
wardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ward.
warked
warked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wark
waterlocked
watermarked
watermarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watermark
watersoaked
watersoaked
adj
Soaked with water.
weakbrained
weakbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of weak-brained
weakhearted
weakhearted
adj
fainthearted
weakheartedly
weakheartedly
adv
In a weakhearted manner.
weakheartedness
weakheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being weakhearted.
whiskerando
whiskerandoed
whiskerandos
windbreak
windbreak
noun
(agriculture) A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind.
The act of breaking wind; flatulence.
windbreaker
windbreaker
noun
A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
windbreakers
windbreakers
noun
plural of windbreaker
windbreaks
windbreaks
noun
plural of windbreak
windowmaker
windowmaker
noun
Someone who makes windows.
wisecracked
wisecracked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack