(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
beardstown
bondelswarts
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
candlestickward
candlewaster
candlewaster
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
daisytown
dallastown
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darwinist
darwinist
Noun
A believer in Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
darwinistic
darwinistic
Adjective
Relating to Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
darwinists
dawnstreak
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downcastly
downcastly
adv
In a downcast manner.
downcastness
downcastness
noun
The quality of being downcast.
downcasts
downcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downcast
downheartedness
downheartedness
noun
The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
downstairs
downstairs
adj
Located on a lower floor.
adv
(figurative) In or to hell.
Living, stepping, or coming down the stairs.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) The genitalia.
The lower floor of a house, at ground level; especially the servants’ quarters.
downstate
downstate
adj
(US) Of the southern section of a state.
adv
(US) To the southern section of a state.
noun
(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
downstater
downstater
noun
A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
downstaters
downstaters
noun
plural of downstater
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
drawstrings
drawstrings
noun
plural of drawstring
drawtongs
dustwoman
dustwoman
noun
(Britain) Female equivalent of dustman; a woman employed to collect domestic refuse.
enswathed
enswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enswathe
frontwards
frontwards
adj
Oriented towards the front.
gerrardstown
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handwrist
handwrites
handwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handwrite
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
hollowheartedness
hollowheartedness
noun
Alternative form of hollow-heartedness
howardstown
inswathed
inswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inswathe
katsuwonidae
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
mountainwards
mountainwards
Adverb
Towards a mountain or mountains.
narrowheartedness
netherwards
netherwards
adv
Synonym of netherward
newsstand
newsstand
noun
an open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public
newsstands
newsstands
noun
plural of newsstand
newstand
newstands
nightwards
northeastward
northeastward
adj
In or toward the northeast.
adv
Toward the northeast.
northeastwardly
northeastwardly
adv
Towards the northeast.
northeastwards
northeastwards
adj
northeastward
northwards
northwards
adv
northward; in a northerly direction
northwestward
northwestward
adj
In or toward the northwest
adv
Toward the northwest
northwestwardly
northwestwardly
adv
Towards the northwest.
northwestwards
northwestwards
adj
northwestward
norwestward
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
outwardness
outwardness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being outward.
(uncountable) The quality of being outward.
overshadowment
overshadowment
noun
overshadowing
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
pseudosweating
randallstown
readstown
roadworthiness
roadworthiness
noun
The property of being roadworthy.
sandalwort
sandalwort
noun
Synonym of sandalwood
sandwort
sandwort
noun
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
sandworts
sandworts
noun
plural of sandwort
santalwood
santalwood
noun
Alternative form of sandalwood
sateenwood
sateenwood
noun
Wood of Euxylophora paraensis.
satinwood
satinwood
noun
Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
satinwoods
satinwoods
noun
plural of satinwood
saunderstown
scotlandwards
shorthandwriter
slackwittedness
slowheartedness
southernward
southernwards
standardwise
standardwise
adv
According to, or in terms of standard(s).
standaway
standaway
adj
(clothing) Denoting a kind of rolled collar that stands away from the neck.
standelwelks
standelwort
standerwort
standerwort
noun
Synonym of standergrass
stannwood
stanwood
sternward
sternward
adj
Towards the stern, aft.
adv
sternwards
sternwards
sternwards
adv
(nautical) Towards the stern
stewarding
stewarding
verb
present participle of steward
stewardson
stonewalled
stonewalled
adj
Surrounded or defined in size and shape by a wall of stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stonewall
stonewashed
stonewashed
adj
Of cloth or clothing, having been tumbled with stones in order to soften the fabric.
stowbordman
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
strandward
strangleweed
strangleweed
noun
dodder, a parasitic plant (genus Cuscuta)
superacknowledgment
swathband
sweatband
sweatband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the wrist or head during sports to absorb perspiration.
A band of fabric, inside the crown of a hat, designed to absorb perspiration.
sweetheartedness
sweetland
switzerland
switzerland
Proper noun
sovereign country in south central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation.
tailwinds
tailwinds
noun
plural of tailwind
takedowns
takedowns
noun
plural of takedown
tandemwise
tandemwise
adj
Arranged in tandem (one behind the other).
tavernwards
tawdriness
tawdriness
noun
The property of being tawdry.
tawdrinesses
tawdrinesses
noun
plural of tawdriness
teardowns
teardowns
noun
plural of teardown
tentwards
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thorwaldsen
thousandweight
towardliness
towardliness
noun
The state or quality of being towardly.
towardness
towardness
noun
The quality or state of being toward.
townsendia
townwards
townwards
adv
Towards a town; townward.
tradesmanwise
tradeswoman
tradeswoman
noun
A female skilled manual worker
tradeswomen
tradeswomen
noun
plural of tradeswoman
twisthand
twohandedness
understeward
understeward
noun
Alternative form of under-steward
understewardship
understewardship
noun
The role or status of understeward.
undersweat
underwaist
underwaistcoat
underwaists
underwaters
underwaters
noun
plural of underwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underwater
unstewardlike
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.