(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
archcrown
archilowe
archworker
archworkmaster
bachelorwise
bachelorwise
adv
In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
backarrow
backarrows
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwoodser
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
backwort
baldcrown
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
barrowcoat
becoward
becowarded
becowarding
becowards
becrowd
becrowd
verb
(dated) To crowd.
becrowded
becrowded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrowd
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
becrown
becrown
verb
(transitive) To place a crown upon; crown.
belchertown
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blowtorch
blowtorch
noun
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
verb
To apply a blowtorch to something.
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
borowolframic
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
bowgrace
bowgrace
noun
(nautical) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from damage.
breechesflower
brickwork
brickwork
noun
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
brockway
brockwell
browache
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
brownistic
brownistical
browpiece
browsick
brucetown
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
caldoracaldwell
callower
callower
adj
comparative form of callow: more callow
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
cancerwort
cancerwort
noun
(obsolete) A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort)
Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort)
Linaria vulgaris, the common toadflax.
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
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
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
caperwort
caperwort
noun
Any plant of the family Capparaceae
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
carassow
carassow
noun
Archaic form of curassow.
carassows
carassows
noun
plural of carassow
careworn
careworn
adj
Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
careywood
carlow
carlow
Proper noun
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Carlow, Ireland.
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
carpetwoven
carrolltown
carrotweed
carrotweed
noun
The ragweed Ambrosia elatior
carrotwood
carrotwood
noun
An Australian soapberry tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides
carrow
carrow
noun
(archaic) A strolling gamester in Ireland.
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
caseworker
caseworker
noun
a social worker
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
caseworks
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
caseworms
caseworms
noun
plural of caseworm
cassowaries
cassowaries
noun
plural of cassowary
cassowary
cassowary
noun
A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.
catchword
catchword
noun
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
(theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.
A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
catchwords
catchwords
noun
plural of catchword
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
catercornerways
catherwood
catwort
catwort
noun
Synonym of catnip (plant)
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
cawnpore
cedartown
cedarwood
cedarwood
noun
The wood of the cedar tree.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
cementwork
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chalkworker
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chariotway
chariotway
noun
A road for chariots.
charlestown
charlesworth
charlottetown
charlottetown
Proper noun
Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada).
charwoman
charwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
chatsworth
chatsworth
Proper noun
a civil parish in and around district, Derbyshire, England.
a town near Queensland, Australia.
a township and village in Ontario, Canada.
a township in South Africa.
a settlement in province, South Africa.
a small settlement in provice, Zimbabwe.
a neighbourhood in the San Fernando Valley, California, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an incorporated town in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Iowa, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chaworth
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
cheeseflower
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chernow
chestertown
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.