Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
bartholomewtide
bellowsmaking
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
betweenmaid
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bowermaiden
bowmansville
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
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.
chemawinite
chimalakwe
churchwardenism
clamehewit
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
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
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
demilawyer
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
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
edwardeanism
edwardianism
edwardsianism
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
farmwife
farmwife
noun
A farmer's wife.
The wife in a married couple engaged in farming; a wife who shares in the duties of farming, such as farm management, homemaking on the farm, fieldwork, sales and marketing, or other work.
firmware
firmware
noun
(computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.
Software intended for such embedded computer applications.
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gewrztraminer
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
halmawise
hamewith
hammerwise
hammerwise
adv
In the manner of a hammer.
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
hemingway
hemingway
Proper noun
(1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
highwaymen
highwaymen
noun
plural of highwayman
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
hwangmei
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
inswathement
interweavement
interweavement
noun
An interweaving.
inwrapment
jasminewood
jimberjaw
jimberjawed
lawrencium
lawrencium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
lawrenciums
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
lawyerism
lawyerism
noun
(countable) An utterance characteristic of a lawyer; legal jargon.
The attitudes or practices of lawyers.
lewisham
lewisham
Proper noun
a town in south-east London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
limewash
limewash
noun
A mixture of slaked lime in water.
verb
(transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
limewater
limewater
noun
(inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
lowmansville
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
maidenweed
mailwomen
mailwomen
noun
plural of mailwoman
mainswear
mainswear
verb
(UK dialectal, Northern England, transitive) Alternative form of manswear
makaweli
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
malinowskite
manifoldwise
mankiewicz
manwise
manwise
adv
(not comparable) In terms of a man.
In a way befitting a man.
manywise
manywise
adv
In many different ways; variously.
mapleview
mapwise
mapwise
adv
In terms of a map.
In the manner of a map.
marketwise
marketwise
adj
In terms of the financial market.
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
matthiew
mauricetown
mawkishness
mawkishness
noun
The property of being mawkish.
mawkishnesses
mawkishnesses
noun
plural of mawkishness
mawsie
maxwellian
maxwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory.
(Pertaining to a distribution) Obeying Maxwell statistics.
Noun
A supporter of James Clerk Maxwell.
mayview
meadowing
meadowink
mealywing
mealywing
noun
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).
meanwhile
meanwhile
adv
At the same time, but elsewhere.
During the time that something is happening.
In contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned.
noun
The time between two events.
meanwhiles
meanwhiles
noun
plural of meanwhile
measuringworm
mechanicstown
meilewagon
metahewettite
metahewettite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
miaowed
miaowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miaow
miaower
miaower
noun
A cat that miaows.
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
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
middlewards
middleway
middlewoman
middlewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
midwatches
midwatches
noun
plural of midwatch
midwestward
midwestward
adv
Toward the Midwest.
mileway
mileway
noun
(UK) Any of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.
(obsolete) A time period of 20 minutes.
millwater
miltwaste
miltwaste
noun
A small European fern (Asplenium ceterach) formerly used in medicine.
milwaukee
milwaukee
Proper noun
A city in Wisconsin, United States, which is the county seat of
milwaukeean
milwaukeean
Adjective
Of or relating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
milwaukie
minnewaukan
minnewaukan
Proper noun
a small city in North Dakota, USA, which is the county seat of
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misallowance
misallowance
noun
A bad or wrong allowance; something allotted in error.
misanswer
misanswer
noun
a bad, wrong, or incorrect answer
verb
(transitive) to answer badly, wrongly, or incorrectly
(transitive, archaic) to answer scornfully or abusively