(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
butterworker
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowsucker
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
drunkelew
drunkenwise
duckwater
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
houseworks
housewrecker
hundredwork
joukerypawkery
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
journeyworker
journeyworker
noun
A journeyman (tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman).
journeyworks
krautweed
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
louverwork
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
muskflower
muskflower
noun
The monkeyflower Erythranthe moschata.
outworked
outworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwork
outworker
outworker
noun
(dated) One who takes away work to do at home.
(dated) One who works outdoors.
A subcontractor who carries out work at an off-site facility.
outworkers
outworkers
noun
plural of outworker
quakertown
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
rubblework
rubblework
noun
A form of masonry made of large stones loosely thrown together and then optionally grouted.
shrewstruck
squawker
squawker
noun
(slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
(slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
A person who complains or protests noisily.
Something that squawks.
squawkers
squawkers
noun
plural of squawker
squawkier
squawkier
adj
comparative form of squawky: more squawky
stuccoworker
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subnetworked
subnetworks
subnetworks
noun
plural of subnetwork
subworker
subworker
noun
A subordinate worker or helper.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
superweak
superweak
adj
(physics) Describing a class of particles (superWIMPs) that interact with others very weakly
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
tewkesbury
tewkesbury
Proper noun
a town in Gloucestershire, England
tewksbury
tubework
tubework
noun
An assemblage of tubes.
tubeworks
tutworker
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).
underworked
underworked
adj
Ineffectively or inadequately utilized.
underworker
underworker
noun
An inferior or subordinate workman.
One who underworks.
underworking
underworking
noun
lower or underlying workings
verb
present participle of underwork
underworkman
underworkman
noun
An inferior or subordinate labourer.
underworkmen
underworkmen
noun
plural of underworkman
unforeknowable
unforeknowable
adj
Not foreknowable.
unforeknown
unforeknown
adj
Not known in advance.
unlawyerlike
unlawyerlike
adj
Not lawyerlike.
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unskewered
unskewered
adj
Not skewered.
unstewardlike
unwarlike
unwarlike
adj
Not warlike.
unwarlikeness
unwarlikeness
noun
The quality of being unwarlike.
unwaterlike
unwaterlike
adj
Not waterlike.
unwatermarked
unwatermarked
adj
Not watermarked.
unwhiskered
unwhiskered
adj
Without whiskers.
unworkable
unworkable
adj
Not workable or operable; not practical; unmanageable.
noun
Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work.
unworkableness
unworkableness
noun
The quality or state of being unworkable; lack of workableness.
unworked
unworked
adj
(archaeology) Describing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity.
Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
unworkedness
unworkedness
noun
The quality of being unworked.
unworker
unworkmanlike
unworkmanlike
adj
Not workmanlike.
unwreaked
unwreaked
adj
(obsolete) Not wreaked.
unwreaken
unwrecked
unwrecked
adj
Not wrecked.
unwrinkle
unwrinkle
verb
(intransitive) To stop being wrinkly; to become flat or smooth.
(transitive) To remove wrinkles from.
unwrinkleable
unwrinkleable
adj
Not wrinkleable.
unwrinkled
unwrinkled
adj
Without wrinkles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwrinkle
unwrinkles
unwrinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unwrinkle
unwroken
unwroken
adj
(obsolete) Unavenged.
upperworks
upperworks
noun
(nautical) superstructure
(slang) head; brains
volkerwanderung
warklume
waterbuck
waterbuck
noun
A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
waterbucks
waterbucks
noun
plural of waterbuck
waterquake
waterquake
noun
An earthquake that happens underwater, usually in an ocean or lake.
waukrife
weeksbury
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
wickenburg
windsucker
windsucker
noun
(derogatory) A term of abuse.
A horse with the habit of windsucking.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
wonderstruck
wonderstruck
adj
Filled or overcome with wonder.
workhouse
workhouse
noun
(Britain, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(archaic) A factory; a place of manufacture.
verb
(Britain, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
workhoused
workhoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of workhouse
workhouses
workhouses
noun
plural of workhouse
worldquake
wreakful
wreakful
adj
(poetic or obsolete) Vengeful; angry, furious.
wreckful
wreckful
adj
(poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous.
wrinkleful
wunderkind
wunderkind
noun
A child prodigy; a phenom.
A highly talented or gifted individual, especially one who is successful at a young age.