Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
bagworm
bagworm
noun
(proscribed) The Eastern tent caterpillar.
A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Fall webworm.
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bandworm
barleymow
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
beamwork
bedwarmer
bedwarmer
noun
(historical) A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaker
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
beswarm
beswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm over; to envelop in a swarm.
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
beswarms
beswarms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beswarm
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birnamwood
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
bohmerwald
borowolframic
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowermay
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bramwell
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
bretwaldadom
brewmaster
brewmaster
noun
A person in charge of beer production at a brewery
broomstraw
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brynmawr
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
byeworkman
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
camberwell
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
drawbeam
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
embrawn
gimberjawed
herbwoman
herbwoman
noun
A woman who sells herbs.
jimberjaw
jimberjawed
marblewood
marblewood
noun
The Australian tree Acacia bakeri.
The ebony Diospyros marmorata.
marrowbone
marrowbone
noun
(humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.
A bone containing edible marrow.
marrowbones
marrowbones
noun
plural of marrowbone
meadowbrook
meadowbur
megaweber
micawber
micawber
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
mowbray
rambow
sawtimber
sawtimber
noun
Wood cut from trees that is suitable for processing as sawlogs.
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
serwamby
stowbordman
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
swampberries
swampberry
swashbucklerdom
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
tribeswoman
tribeswoman
noun
A female member of a tribe.
umbrellawise
umbrellawise
adv
In the manner of an expanding umbrella; spreading out radially.
umbrellawort
umbrellawort
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Mirabilis.
Any of various plants in the genus Tauschia.
unblameworthiness
unblameworthy
unblameworthy
Adjective
Not blameworthy.
unwarmable
unwarmable
adj
Impossible to warm.
waggumbura
wamblier
warmable
warmable
adj
Capable of being warmed.
warmblooded
warmblooded
adj
Alternative spelling of warm-blooded
warrambool
warrambool
noun
(Australia) A shallow watercourse.
waterbloom
wavenumber
wavenumber
noun
(mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
