The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dwarfing
dwarfing
noun
The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.
verb
present participle of dwarf
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
finedraw
finedraw
verb
(transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
finedrawing
finedrawing
verb
present participle of finedraw
firewarden
firewarden
noun
An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
forwardation
forwardation
noun
Synonym of contango
forwarding
forwarding
noun
The act by which something is forwarded.
verb
present participle of forward
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handsawfish
handsawfishes
ludwigshafen
manifoldwise
newfangledism
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
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.
wallingford
wanfried
waterfinder
waynesfield
whitefieldian
windfall
windfall
noun
(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.
A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
Something that has been blown down by the wind.
windfallen
windfallen
adj
Blown down by the wind.
windfalls
windfalls
noun
plural of windfall
windfanner
windflaw
windflaw
noun
A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.
windflaws
windflaws
noun
plural of windflaw
winedraf
woodcraftiness
woodcraftiness
noun
The quality of possessing woodcraft skills for outdoor survival in woodland habitats.