(countable, uncountable) Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.
(uncountable, physics) The set of all possible string theories.
swashbucklerdom
swelldom
swelldom
noun
(dated, humorous) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
swindledom
swindledom
noun
The realm or sphere of swindlers.
templeward
thimbleweed
thimbleweed
noun
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone virginiana
Rudbeckia laciniata
thimbleweeds
thimbleweeds
noun
plural of thimbleweed
tumbledown
tumbledown
adj
in disrepair; poorly maintained
tumbleweed
tumbleweed
noun
(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as Russian thistle, witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.
tumbleweeds
tumbleweeds
noun
plural of tumbleweed
twaddledom
twaddlement
twaddlement
noun
twaddle; nonsense
twaddlemonger
twaddlemonger
noun
(rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle
twaddlesome
twaddlesome
adj
Characterised or marked by twaddling
tweedledum
twelfhyndeman
twelvehyndeman
twinkledum
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
underwhelmed
underwhelmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underwhelm
underwhelms
underwhelms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underwhelm
unemboweled
unembowelled
unmellowed
unmellowed
adj
Not mellowed.
unmildewed
unmildewed
adj
Not mildewed.
unoverwhelmed
unoverwhelmed
adj
Not overwhelmed.
unwelcomed
unwelcomed
adj
Not having been welcomed.
unwhelmed
unwhelmed
adj
Not engulfed or submerged; (figuratively) not overcome with emotion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwhelm
unwieldsome
unwieldsome
adj
(obsolete) Not easily wielded or managed.
waddlesome
waddlesome
adj
Characterised by a waddling gait.
wadmaal
wadmaal
noun
Alternative form of wadmal
wadmaals
wadmaals
noun
plural of wadmaal
wadmal
wadmal
noun
Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor.
wadmals
wadmals
noun
plural of wadmal
wadmeal
wadmel
wadmels
wadmol
wadmol
noun
A rough woolen fabric once used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain to make warm or protective clothing
wadmoll
wadmolls
wadmolls
noun
plural of wadmoll
wadmols
waldemar
waldensianism
waldheim
waldheim
Proper noun
A town in Saxony, Germany.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
waldheimia
waldheimia
noun
Any of the extinct brachiopod genus †Waldheimia, now a subgenus of Terebratus.
waldman
waldmeister
waldmeister
noun
A herb used (particularly in Germany and central Europe) for flavouring wines and liqueurs, Galium odoratum.
wambled
wambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wamble
warlordism
warlordism
noun
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
warlordisms
warlordisms
noun
plural of warlordism
warmblooded
warmblooded
adj
Alternative spelling of warm-blooded
warmedly
warmheartedly
warmheartedly
adv
Alternative form of warm-heartedly
wealdsman
wealdsman
Noun
a man from the Weald.
wealdsmen
welcomed
welcomed
adj
Having received a warm welcome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of welcome
weldment
weldment
noun
A part created from an assembly of smaller components that are joined by welding.
weldments
weldments
noun
plural of weldment
westmoreland
westmoreland
Proper noun
a small city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Pottawatomie County.
westmorland
westmorland
Proper noun
A former county in the northwest of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria
whaledom
whaledom
noun
The realm or sphere of whales.
wheedlesome
wheedlesome
adj
Characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling.
wheeldom
whelmed
whelmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whelm
whitefieldism
wilderment
wilderment
noun
(archaic) The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
wilderments
wilderments
noun
plural of wilderment
wildermuth
wildomar
wildsome
wildsome
adj
Characterised or marked by wildness
willemstad
williamsfield
wilmerding
wimbled
wimbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wimble
wimbledon
wimbledon
Proper noun
The principal business area and suburb in the London Borough of Merton.
The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.
wimpled
wimpled
adj
Wearing a wimple.
windmill
windmill
noun
(baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
(basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
(figurative) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
(juggling) The false shower.
A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
The structure containing such machinery.
verb
(intransitive) Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
(transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
windmilled
windmilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of windmill
windmilling
windmilling
noun
The process of milling with a windmill.
verb
present participle of windmill
windmills
windmills
noun
plural of windmill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of windmill
windmilly
windmilly
adj
(informal) Having many windmills.
wisdomful
wisdomful
adj
Full of wisdom.
wisdomless
wisdomless
adj
Without wisdom; foolish.
withholdment
withholdment
noun
The act of withholding.
woldsman
wolfdom
wolfdom
noun
The world of wolves.
womanlihood
womelsdorf
worldmaker
worldmaker
noun
The creator of a world.
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.