Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
chairwarmer
chairwarmer
noun
(derogatory) One who occupies a post or employment but does no useful work.
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
charmwise
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
chemawinite
chimalakwe
chmielewski
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chowtimes
churchwardenism
clamehewit
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
combwise
combwise
adv
In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.
cometwise
cometwise
adj
In the manner of a comet.
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
committeewomen
committeewomen
noun
plural of committeewoman
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
councilwomen
councilwomen
noun
plural of councilwoman
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
discrownment
lawrencium
lawrencium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
lawrenciums
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mankiewicz
mauricetown
mcewensville
mechanicstown
micawber
micawber
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
mickiewicz
microbrewer
microbrewer
noun
The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
microbrewers
microbrewers
noun
plural of microbrewer
microbrewery
microbrewery
noun
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
microwave
microwave
noun
An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
Ellipsis of microwave oven..
verb
(transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
(transitive, slang) To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.
microwaves
microwaves
noun
plural of microwave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microwave
microweber
microweber
noun
A unit equal to one millionth of a weber.
midwatches
midwatches
noun
plural of midwatch
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misallowance
misallowance
noun
A bad or wrong allowance; something allotted in error.
moiseiwitsch
nonwelcoming
oswiecim
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
piecemealwise
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
policewomen
policewomen
noun
plural of policewoman
prewelcoming
schwarmerei
schwarmereis
screwmatics
screwmatics
noun
(Britain, colloquial, dated) Rheumatism.
scrimshawed
scrimshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrimshaw
servicewoman
servicewoman
noun
A woman who serves in the armed forces.
servicewomen
servicewomen
noun
plural of servicewoman
shrewmmice
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
switchmen
switchmen
noun
plural of switchman
thermoswitch
thermoswitch
noun
(biochemistry) A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England
unwelcoming
unwelcoming
adj
Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
unwhimsicalness
wachenheimer
weathercockism
welcoming
welcoming
adj
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
noun
An act of giving welcome.
verb
present participle of welcome
welcomingly
welcomingly
adv
In a welcoming manner.
whimsicalities
whimsicalities
noun
plural of whimsicality
whimsicalness
whimsicalness
noun
Whimsicality.
whitecomb
wilcweme
williamsoniaceae
winchmen
winchmen
noun
plural of winchman
winckelmann
winnemucca
winnemucca
Proper noun
A city in Nevada, USA, and the county seat of Humboldt County.
wiseacredom
wiseacredom
noun
The realm or sphere of wiseacres.
wiseacreism
wiseacreism
noun
The behaviour or utterance of a wiseacre; know-it-allism.