The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
ackworth
acworth
anchorwise
anchorwoman
anchorwoman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
archcrown
archilowe
archworker
archworkmaster
bachelorwise
bachelorwise
adv
In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
batchtown
beachwood
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
beechwoods
beechwoods
noun
plural of beechwood
belchertown
benchfellow
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blowtorch
blowtorch
noun
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
verb
To apply a blowtorch to something.
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
bowdichia
bowditch
breechesflower
browache
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cahow
cahow
noun
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
cahows
cahows
noun
plural of cahow
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
cashtown
catchword
catchword
noun
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
(theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.
A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
catchwords
catchwords
noun
plural of catchword
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
catherwood
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chalkworker
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
changchiakow
changchow
changchowfu
chaochow
chaochowfu
chappow
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
chariotway
chariotway
noun
A road for chariots.
charlestown
charlesworth
charlottetown
charlottetown
Proper noun
Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada).
charwoman
charwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
chatsworth
chatsworth
Proper noun
a civil parish in and around district, Derbyshire, England.
a town near Queensland, Australia.
a township and village in Ontario, Canada.
a township in South Africa.
a settlement in province, South Africa.
a small settlement in provice, Zimbabwe.
a neighbourhood in the San Fernando Valley, California, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an incorporated town in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Iowa, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chawbacon
chawbacon
noun
(archaic) An uncultured rustic person.
chawbone
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chaworth
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Nauclea orientalis (Leichhardt tree, yellow cheesewood, Canary cheesewood).
Pittosporum species.
chengchow
chenoweth
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chernow
chestertown
cheswold
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
childcrowing
childwold
chilhowee
chilhowie
chinatown
chinatown
Noun
A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
chinawoman
chinawoman
noun
(obsolete) A female dealer in porcelain.
chinwood
chipwood
chittamwood
chittamwood
noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
chlodwig
chocowinity
choctaw
choctaw
Proper noun
An peoples native to the area currently known as in the
The of the Choctaw tribe.
An in
An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
A in that is a of
Adjective
Relating to the Choctaw tribe or its language.
Noun
A person of Choctaw heritage.
choctaws
choirwise
choirwise
adv
in the manner of a choir; antiphonally
chokeweed
chontawood
chorwat
chorwon
chorzow
chow
chow
noun
(Trinidad and Tobago) Unripe, or partially ripened, fruit seasoned and served as a dish, e.g. pineapple chow or mango chow.
(chiefly Australia, slang, now rare) A Chinese person.
(mahjong) A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.
(slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
A Chow Chow.
A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.
verb
(mahjong) To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.
(slang, South Africa) To eat.
chowanoc
chowchilla
chowchilla
noun
Orthonyx spaldingii, a passerine bird in the logrunner family Orthonychidae, endemic to Australia.
chowchow
chowchow
adj
Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed.
noun
A Chinese preserve.
An American relish, containing pickled green tomatoes, cabbage, and often other vegetables.
chowchows
chowchows
noun
plural of chowchow
chowder
chowder
noun
A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
A thick, creamy soup or stew.
Alternative spelling of jowter
verb
(transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.
chowdered
chowdered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowder
chowderhead
chowderhead
noun
(US, informal, derogatory) An idiot; a dummy.
chowderheaded
chowderheaded
adj
Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.
chowderheadedness
chowderheads
chowderheads
noun
plural of chowderhead
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chowders
chowders
noun
plural of chowder
chowed
chowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chow
chowhound
chowhound
noun
(slang) A foodie or glutton.
chowing
chowing
verb
present participle of chow
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
chowries
chowries
noun
plural of chowry
chowry
chowry
noun
A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
chows
chows
noun
plural of chow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chow
chowse
chowse
verb
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”)
chowsed
chowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowse
chowses
chowses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chowse
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chowtimes
chuanchow
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
churrworm
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clogwheel
clogwheel
noun
(obsolete, Yorkshire) A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
clownheal
clownheal
noun
The herb Stachys palustris, supposedly used to heal wounds to the feet made with a scythe
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clownishly
clownishly
adv
In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
clownishness
clownishness
noun
the state of being clownish
clownishnesses
clownishnesses
noun
plural of clownishness
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
coachway
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
coachwise
coachwoman
coachwoman
noun
A woman who drives a horse-drawn coach; a female coach driver.
coachwood
coachwood
noun
An Australian rainforest tree, Ceratopetalum apetalum, with a straight trunk and a caramel-like fragrance, and greatly prized as a hardwood for its attractive grain.
coachwork
coachwork
noun
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
coachwright
coatsworth
cocashweed
cocashweed
noun
A form of ragwort
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
cochurchwarden
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cogwheel
cogwheel
noun
(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.