A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
copperwing
cowperian
cowperian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
crownpiece
crownpiece
noun
A strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.
dewanship
disweapon
disweapon
verb
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
enwrapping
enwrapping
noun
That which enwraps; a wrapping.
verb
present participle of enwrap
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
growingupness
horsewhipping
horsewhipping
noun
A beating with a horsewhip.
verb
present participle of horsewhip
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
insweeping
inswept
inswept
adj
Narrowed at the forward end; said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.
interownership
interownership
noun
The ownership of a resource by multiple parties.
interwrap
interwrap
adj
Between wraps.
noun
The act or condition of interwrapping.
verb
To intertwine; to wrap together.
interwrapped
interwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwrap
interwrapping
interwrapping
verb
present participle of interwrap
inwrapment
inwrapped
inwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inwrap
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
minesweeper
minesweeper
noun
(uncountable, computing, video games) A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.
A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).
minesweepers
minesweepers
noun
plural of minesweeper
minesweeping
minesweeping
noun
(nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
(slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
nephewship
nephewship
noun
The role or status of a nephew.
newspapering
newspapering
verb
present participle of newspaper
newspaperish
newspaperish
adj
(humorous) Overly professionalist; palpably mechanical in execution.
Prone to using cliché phrases.
Resembling or characteristic of a newspaper.
newspaperized
newspaperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of newspaperize
newsprint
newsprint
noun
An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
newsprints
newsprints
noun
plural of newsprint
nipplewort
nipplewort
noun
A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.
nymphwise
olympianwise
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
overpowering
overpowering
adj
That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
noun
The process of something being overpowered.
verb
present participle of overpower
overpoweringly
overpoweringly
adv
In an overpowering manner.
overpoweringness
overpoweringness
noun
The quality of being overpowering.
overwhipping
overwhipping
verb
present participle of overwhip
ownership
ownership
noun
(business) Responsibility for something.
The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
ownerships
ownerships
noun
plural of ownership
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
panelwise
panelwise
adv
In the manner of a panel.
panowie
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
passionwise
patternwise
pawkiness
pawkiness
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
The quality of being pawky.
pawkinesses
pawkinesses
noun
plural of pawkiness
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
pawnie
pedricktown
pencilwood
pennyweight
pennyweight
noun
A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pennyweights
pennyweights
noun
plural of pennyweight
pennywhistle
pennywhistle
noun
(music) A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range (sometimes a little higher). Stereotypically, they are made out of tin, but in reality they come in all sorts of varieties, including tin, brass, nickel, cane, polymer, etc.
pennywinkle
pennywise
pennywise
adj
Careful with small amounts of money or over small matters.
penwiper
penwiper
noun
A cloth or other material for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
penwomanship
penwomanship
noun
A woman's skill in handwriting.
penwright
periwinkle
periwinkle
adj
Of pale bluish purple colour.
noun
A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
periwinkled
periwinkled
adj
(poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
periwinkler
periwinkler
noun
One who fishes for periwinkles.
periwinkles
periwinkles
noun
plural of periwinkle
pestilenceweed
pestilencewort
pewing
pewing
verb
present participle of pew
pietown
piewoman
piewoman
noun
A woman who sells pies.
pigeonweed
pigeonweed
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (“the plant Phytolacca americana”)
pigeonwing
pigeonwing
noun
(tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.
A certain fancy figure in skating.
A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
pigeonwings
pigeonwings
noun
plural of pigeonwing
pigeonwood
pigeonwood
noun
An evergreen tree, Trema orientalis, which is widely distributed throughout much of the tropics.
Hedycarya arborea, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
pigwidgeon
pigwidgeon
noun
(rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
(rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.
pigwigeon
pigwiggen
pincerweed
pinetown
pineview
pineweed
pineweed
noun
A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum sarothra), common in sandy soil in the eastern United States.
pinewood
pinewood
noun
(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation
(uncountable) The wood of a pine
pinewoods
pinewoods
noun
plural of pinewood
pineywoods
pinkweed
pinnywinkle
pinnywinkles
pinnywinkles
noun
Alternative form of pilliwinks
pinrowed
pinwale
pinwale
noun
A corduroy fabric having narrow ribs.
pinwales
pinwales
noun
plural of pinwale
pinweed
pinweed
noun
Any of the genus Lechea of low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
pinweeds
pinweeds
noun
plural of pinweed
pinwheel
pinwheel
noun
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin.
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
pinwheels
pinwheels
noun
plural of pinwheel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinwheel
pinwrenches
pioneertown
plainswomen
plainswomen
noun
plural of plainswoman
plainview
plainview
Proper noun
a small city in Arkansas, USA.
a CDP in California, USA.
an unincorporated community in Georgia, USA.
an unincorporated community in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA.
a hamlet and CDP in New York, USA.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
plainwell
plankwise
plankwise
adv
(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
plowline
pointwise
pointwise
adj
(mathematics) Occurring or true for each point of a given set.
adv
In a pointwise manner
poisonweed
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
policewomen
policewomen
noun
plural of policewoman
portwine
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
powderiness
powderiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being powdery
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
pownie
praiseworthiness
praiseworthiness
noun
The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
praisworthiness
praisworthiness
noun
The state of being praiseworthy
prayingwise
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preborrowing
preborrowing
adj
(finance) Prior to borrowing.
predrawing
preflowering
preflowering
adj
(botany) Prior to flowering
preinterview
preinterview
adj
Before an interview.
verb
(transitive) To interview (somebody) as a preliminary step, e.g. to plan for a full interview later.