(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
bestrewment
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
beworming
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
byeworkman
byrewoman
byrlawmen
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
cementwork
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
churchwardenism
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterwarmth
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crewman
crewman
noun
(Canada, military) Synonym of armoured crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
crewmen
crewmen
noun
plural of crewman
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
demiwivern
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
discrownment
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
edwardeanism
edwardianism
edwardsianism
elderwoman
elderwomen
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowerment
embowerment
noun
An enclosure like a bower.
The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess).
embrawn
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
embrowned
embrowned
adj
Made brown; browned.
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrown
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empowerment
empowerment
noun
(South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.
The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
empowerments
empowerments
noun
plural of empowerment
enamelware
enamelware
noun
Articles coated with decorative enamel
Cooking utensils that have a corrosion resistant layer of enamel fused to the surface
enamelwares
enamelwares
noun
plural of enamelware
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
encrownment
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
everywoman
everywoman
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
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.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
forewoman
forewoman
noun
(law) A female foreman of a jury.
(management) A female leader of a work crew (a female foreperson or female foreman).
forewomen
forewomen
noun
plural of forewoman
frametown
freedwoman
freedwoman
noun
A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
freedwomen
freedwomen
noun
plural of freedwoman
freewoman
freewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
freewomen
freewomen
noun
plural of freewoman
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
fruitwomen
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
germantown
gewrztraminer
grewsomeness
hardwareman
hardwareman
noun
(obsolete) An ironmonger.
harrowment
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
herbwoman
herbwoman
noun
A woman who sells herbs.
herdswoman
herdswoman
noun
A woman who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep.
herdswomen
herdswomen
noun
plural of herdswoman
homegrown
homegrown
adj
Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional.
Grown at home.
Originating in one's own country.
Raised or brought up in one's own country.
homeowner
homeowner
noun
Someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
Someone who owns a house
homeowners
homeowners
noun
plural of homeowner
horsewoman
horsewoman
noun
a woman who is skilled with horses, a female equestrian
horsewomanship
horsewomanship
noun
A woman's ability to ride a horse.
horsewomen
horsewomen
noun
plural of horsewoman
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
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
intermew
intermewed
intermewed
adj
(of a hawk) Kept in confinement through a molt.
intermewer
intertwinement
intertwinement
noun
A twining together.
intertwinements
intertwinements
noun
plural of intertwinement
interweavement
interweavement
noun
An interweaving.
inwrapment
irishwomen
jobbernowlism
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
journeywomen
journeywomen
noun
plural of journeywoman
jurywomen
jurywomen
noun
plural of jurywoman
laundrywomen
laundrywomen
noun
plural of laundrywoman
lawmonger
lawmonger
noun
(derogatory) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
lawnmower
lawnmower
noun
(preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics using a petrol lawn mower by pulling the starter cord and then pushing the mower forwards to the beat of the music.
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.
A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.
lawrencium
lawrencium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
lawrenciums
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
lowerclassman
lowerclassman
noun
(US) Synonym of underclassman
lowerclassmen
lowerclassmen
noun
plural of lowerclassman
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
mainswear
mainswear
verb
(UK dialectal, Northern England, transitive) Alternative form of manswear
mangelwurzel
mangelwurzel
noun
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
manpowers
manswear
manswear
verb
(transitive, chiefly Britain, dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
manywhere
markswomen
markswomen
noun
plural of markswoman
marrowbone
marrowbone
noun
(humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.