A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birnamwood
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bowdoinham
bowermaiden
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
chittamwood
chittamwood
noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
churchwardenism
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
darwinism
darwinism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.
dembowski
demilawyer
demiowl
demiwivern
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
demiworld
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
diamondwork
diamondwork
noun
masonry with diamond-shaped patterns
ornamentation with diamonds (precious stones)
dimwit
dimwit
noun
(derogatory) A person who is deficient in intelligence.
dimwits
dimwits
noun
plural of dimwit
dimwitted
dimwitted
adj
Alternative spelling of dim-witted
dimwittedly
dimwittedly
adv
In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
dimwittedness
dimwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being dimwitted.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discrownment
disembowel
disembowel
verb
(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
disemboweled
disemboweled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
disembower
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disendowment
disendowment
noun
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
dismaw
disownment
disownment
noun
The act of disowning.
disownments
disownments
noun
plural of disownment
disworkmanship
dombrowski
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
dowdyism
dowdyism
noun
(dated) A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
dowieism
downcoming
downcoming
adj
Moving downwards.
verb
present participle of downcome
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
downtimes
downtimes
noun
plural of downtime
downtrampling
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
dreamwhile
dreamwise
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dwamish
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dwim
dwindlement
dwindlement
noun
The process of dwindling; gradual reduction to nothing.
edwardeanism
edwardianism
edwardsianism
forewisdom
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
himward
himwards
imbowered
imbowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbower
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
impowered
impowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impower
intermewed
intermewed
adj
(of a hawk) Kept in confinement through a molt.
jasminewood
jimberjawed
jimmyweed
jimsonweed
jimsonweed
noun
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
(US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.
jimsonweeds
jimsonweeds
noun
plural of jimsonweed
limawood
limewood
limewood
noun
The wood of the lime (linden) tree.
lindworm
lindworm
noun
A draconic creature, similar to a wyvern.
A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
maidenweed
mainward
manifoldwise
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
meadowing
meadowink
medwin
miaowed
miaowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miaow
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
microword
microwords
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
middlebrow
middlebrow
adj
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middlebrows
middlebrows
noun
plural of middlebrow
middlesworth
middletown
middlewards
middleway
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
middlewoman
middlewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
middlewomen
middlewomen
noun
plural of middlewoman
midewin
midewiwin
midewiwin
Proper noun
A secretive religion of the aboriginal groups of the Maritimes, New England and Great Lakes regions in North America.
midlandward
midtown
midtown
noun
(US) The part of a city between uptown and downtown
midtowns
midtowns
noun
plural of midtown
midward
midward
adv
In or toward the midst.
midwatch
midwatch
noun
(nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.
midwatches
midwatches
noun
plural of midwatch
midway
midway
adj
Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
adv
Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points
noun
(US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
(US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned
A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
The middle; the midst.
midways
midways
noun
(plural only) midway briefs.
plural of midway
midweek
midweek
adj
That happens in the middle of the week
adv
In the middle of the week.
noun
(Christianity, Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, informal) Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.
The middle of the week.
midweekly
midweekly
adj
Occurring midweek.
midweeks
midweeks
noun
plural of midweek
midwest
midwest
name
Alternative spelling of Midwest
midwestern
midwestern
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Midwestern
Of or pertaining to any region identified as midwest
midwesterner
midwesterner
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Midwesterner
midwesterners
midwesterners
noun
plural of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of Midwesterner.
midwestward
midwestward
adv
Toward the Midwest.
midwife
midwife
noun
(rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
verb
(transitive) To act as a midwife.
(transitive, figuratively) To facilitate the emergence of.
midwifed
midwifed
verb
(rare) simple past tense and past participle of midwife.
midwiferies
midwiferies
noun
plural of midwifery
midwifery
midwifery
noun
The practice and science of being a midwife.
midwifes
midwifes
verb
(rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of midwife