(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
candlestickward
candlewaster
candlewaster
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cankerflower
carrolltown
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
channelwards
channelwards
adv
Towards a channel.
charlestown
charlottetown
charlottetown
Proper noun
Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada).
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clewgarnet
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
cornwall
cornwall
Proper noun
A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
the country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England, consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly
A town in Connecticut
A town in New York
A city in Ontario
A borough in Pennsylvania
A town in Prince Edward Island
A town in Vermont
cornwallis
cornwallises
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
cornwallville
counterlaw
counterlaw
noun
A law that counteracts or opposes another law.
counterwall
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
cranwell
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crawlingly
crawlingly
adv
(figurative) In a humble or sycophantic manner.
With a crawling motion.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crownal
crownland
crownland
noun
(historical) In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
darwinical
darwinically
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
landwrack
landwreck
lawrence
lawrence
Proper noun
name, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.
a city in Kansas, USA
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
lawrenceburg
lawrenceburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
lawrenceville
lawrenceville
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
A city in Illinois in the United States
An unincorporated community in Indiana in the United States.
An unincorporated community and CDP in New Jersey in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Ohio in the United States.
A small borough in Pennsylvania in the United States.
A neighbourhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A town in Virginia, USA
A village municipality in Quebec, Canada.
lawrencian
lawrencian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1885–1930), English writer and painter.
lawrencite
lawrencite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine, iron, and nickel.
lawrencium
lawrencium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
lawrenciums
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lowerclassman
lowerclassman
noun
(US) Synonym of underclassman
lowerclassmen
lowerclassmen
noun
plural of lowerclassman
lowrance
nightcrawler
nightcrawler
noun
(chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preallowance
racewalking
racewalking
noun
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
verb
present participle of racewalk
racewalkings
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
reallowance
scotlandwards
scrawliness
scrawliness
noun
The quality of being scrawly.
scrawling
scrawling
noun
Something scrawled.
verb
present participle of scrawl
scrawnily
scrawnily
adv
In a scrawny manner.
superacknowledgment
superallowance
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
tanglewrack
uncallower
undercrawl
unscrawled
unscrawled
adj
Not having been scrawled upon.
Not scrawled.
unscrawling
unscrewable
unscrewable
adj
That can be unscrewed.
That cannot be screwed.
walcheren
walpurgisnacht
walpurgisnacht
Noun
Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.