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.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
harpwaytuning
hyperwrought
newburyport
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
pasturewise
ploughwright
ploughwright
noun
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of plowwright
poundworth
poundworth
noun
The amount that can be bought for a pound.
pumpwright
purplewort
purplewort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Trifolium.
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.
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
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
turnipweed
turnipwise
turnipwood
turnplow
turpantineweed
turpentineweed
understewardship
understewardship
noun
The role or status of understeward.
underswept
unpraiseworthy
unpraiseworthy
adj
Not praiseworthy.
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upgrowths
upgrowths
noun
plural of upgrowth
upstreamward
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.
uptowner
uptowner
noun
A person who comes from uptown.
uptowners
uptowners
noun
plural of uptowner
upwreathe
upwreathe
verb
Alternative form of upwreath
upwrought
upwrought
adj
wrought-up
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.
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
westpreussen
whiterump
whiterump
noun
A bird, the black-tailed godwit.
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.