A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
catawampous
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
counterpower
counterpower
noun
A political or other kind of power capable of challenging and potentially removing the power of another.
counterpowers
counterpowers
noun
plural of counterpower
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
downspout
downspout
noun
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
harpwaytuning
hyperwrought
newburyport
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outsweep
outsweep
noun
(swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm outward, away from the body.
verb
To sweep outward.
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outwallop
outweapon
outweaponed
outweep
outweep
verb
(transitive) To weep more than.
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
outweeps
outweeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweep
outwept
outwept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweep
outwwept
pasturewise
pawcatuck
pawtucket
pawtucket
Proper noun
A large city in Rhode Island.
piwut
ploughwright
ploughwright
noun
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of plowwright
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
poulticewise
poulticewise
adv
In the manner of a poultice.
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
pseudosweating
pumpwright
punxsutawney
purplewort
purplewort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Trifolium.
putdown
putdowns
putdowns
noun
plural of putdown
puttyblower
puttywork
rupturewort
rupturewort
noun
A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides), somewhat resembling burstwort.
A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially Herniaria glabra, formerly used in the treatment of hernia and for other medicinal purposes.
southpaw
southpaw
noun
(baseball) A left-handed pitcher.
(informal, idiomatic) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.
A boxer who leads with the right hand and guards with the left
southpaws
southpaws
noun
plural of southpaw
sparrowtongue
spurgewort
spurgewort
noun
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
spurnwater
spurnwater
noun
(nautical) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
spurwort
spurwort
noun
Sherardia arvensis, a flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family.
stirrupwise
struwwelpeter
stumptown
stumpwise
sulphurwort
sulphurwort
noun
the plant hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)
superacknowledgment
supergrowth
supergrowth
noun
(countable) A growth upon something else.
(uncountable) Very rapid growth.
supergrowths
supergrowths
noun
plural of supergrowth
supersweet
supersweet
adj
Extremely sweet
supersweetly
supersweetness
supertower
supertower
noun
(informal) A very tall building.
superwealthy
superwealthy
adj
Very wealthy
superwrought
triumphwise
trumpetweed
trumpetweed
noun
Any of the joe-pye weeds, herbaceous composite plants of genus Eutrochium, often having hollow stems, bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads, native to eastern North America.
The sea trumpet.
trumpetwood
trumpetwood
noun
A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the nettle family, whose hollow stems can be used for wind instruments.
tulipflower
tulipwood
tulipwood
noun
The striped, variegated wood of the tulip tree.
turnipweed
turnipwise
turnipwood
turnplow
turpantineweed
turpentineweed
tushepaw
understewardship
understewardship
noun
The role or status of understeward.
underswept
unpathwayed
unpathwayed
adj
Without a path.
unpraiseworthy
unpraiseworthy
adj
Not praiseworthy.
unswept
unswept
adj
Not swept
unwept
unwept
adj
Not wept.
Unmourned.
unwhipt
unwhipt
adj
Archaic spelling of unwhipped.
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upgrowths
upgrowths
noun
plural of upgrowth
upstreamward
upswept
upswept
adj
curved or swept upwards
upthrew
upthrew
verb
simple past tense of upthrow
upthrow
upthrow
noun
(geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
(geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
(geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
upthrowing
upthrowing
verb
present participle of upthrow
upthrown
upthrown
verb
past participle of upthrow
upthrows
upthrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upthrow
uptower
uptower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To tower above; to loom.
uptown
uptown
adj
(chiefly Canada, US) In the upper part of a town.
(chiefly Canada, US, by extension) Of or relating to an affluent area or population.
adv
(chiefly Canada, US) To or in the upper part of a town.
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) the residential part of a city, away from the commercial center
uptowner
uptowner
noun
A person who comes from uptown.
uptowners
uptowners
noun
plural of uptowner
uptowns
uptowns
noun
plural of uptown
uptwined
uptwist
upwaft
upwaft
verb
(archaic, poetic, intransitive) To waft upward.
upwafted
upwafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upwaft
upwafting
upwafting
verb
present participle of upwaft
upwafts
upwafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upwaft
upwent
upwent
verb
simple past tense of upgo
upwith
upwreathe
upwreathe
verb
Alternative form of upwreath
upwrought
upwrought
adj
wrought-up
wahpekute
waiilatpuan
walpurgisnacht
walpurgisnacht
Noun
Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
walpurgite
walpurgite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated arsenate/oxide of bismuth and uranium.
wapacut
watercup
waterspout
waterspout
noun
A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.
A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an impact or explosion.
A true tornado that passes over a body of water.
A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
waterspouts
waterspouts
noun
plural of waterspout
waterstoup
watsup
westpreussen
wetumpka
whitecup
whitecup
noun
The solanaceous plant Nierembergia rivularis.
whiterump
whiterump
noun
A bird, the black-tailed godwit.
wipeout
wipeout
noun
(surfing) The act of falling off one's surfboard
The act of colliding or crashing.
Total destruction or elimination.
wipeouts
wipeouts
noun
plural of wipeout
wistrup
woodburytype
woodburytype
Noun
A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and pressed against a metal plate, producing an intaglio.