(chemistry) a narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture
(glassblowing) a long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown
a weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blowpit
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
bretwaldaship
bullwhip
bullwhip
noun
A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a bullwhip.
bullwhipped
bullwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullwhip
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bullwhips
bullwhips
noun
plural of bullwhip
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
coplowing
cowslip
cowslip
noun
(Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
cowslipped
cowslipped
adj
Adorned with cowslips.
cowslips
cowslips
noun
plural of cowslip
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downslip
downtrampling
elbowpiece
fellowheirship
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
fireplow
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
galliwasp
galliwasp
noun
Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.
hepplewhite
lampwick
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
lapwai
lapwai
Proper noun
A city/town in Idaho.
lapwing
lapwing
noun
A silly man.
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
lapwings
lapwings
noun
plural of lapwing
lawyership
lawyership
noun
The state or business of a lawyer.
lewisport
lilliwaup
limpwort
lipwork
lipwork
noun
Articles made from straw.
Synonym of lip service (“promising but empty talk; words absent of real action or intention”)
llanfairpwllgwyngyll
llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Proper noun
A town in Anglesey, Wales, full name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
mapleview
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
nipplewort
nipplewort
noun
A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.
nonplantowning
olympianwise
overpoweringly
overpoweringly
adv
In an overpowering manner.
owlspiegle
pailow
palewise
palewise
adv
(heraldry, archaic) In the manner of pales, divided by perpendicular lines.
pallwise
pallwise
adv
In the manner of a pall.
palmwise
palmwise
adv
With the palm (of the hand) foremost.
pamphletwise
pamphletwise
adv
In the form of a pamphlet.
panelwise
panelwise
adv
In the manner of a panel.
parallelwise
parallelwise
adj
parallel
adv
parallelly
parcelwise
parcelwise
adj
In parcels or allotments; piecemeal, fragmented.
adv
In a parcelwise fashion.
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
paulownia
paulownia
noun
Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
pawkily
pawkily
adv
In a pawky manner.
pawling
pawling
verb
present participle of pawl
pencilwood
pennywhistle
pennywhistle
noun
(music) A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range (sometimes a little higher). Stereotypically, they are made out of tin, but in reality they come in all sorts of varieties, including tin, brass, nickel, cane, polymer, etc.
pennywinkle
periwinkle
periwinkle
adj
Of pale bluish purple colour.
noun
A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
periwinkled
periwinkled
adj
(poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
periwinkler
periwinkler
noun
One who fishes for periwinkles.
periwinkles
periwinkles
noun
plural of periwinkle
pestilenceweed
pestilencewort
petalwise
petalwise
adv
In the manner of a petal or petals.
phillilew
phosphowolframic
photoplaywright
photoplaywright
noun
(dated) A screenwriter for movies.
pickerelweed
pickerelweed
noun
(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
pickleweed
pickleweed
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Batis (family Bataceae).
Any flowering plant of the genus Salicornia (family Amaranthaceae).
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
pickwickianly
piecemealwise
pigflower
pigswill
pigswill
noun
(figuratively) nonsense, rubbish
swill: slops fed to pigs
pilaw
pilaws
pilaws
noun
plural of pilaw
pilcrow
pilcrow
noun
Synonym of paragraph mark: ¶.
pileweed
pilework
pilework
noun
A structure built of piles; piling.
pileworm
pileworm
Noun
The teredo.
pilewort
pilewort
noun
Erechtites hieraciifolius, or fireweed, a plant in the aster family;
Ficaria verna (formerly Ranunculus ficaria), lesser celandine, a plant in the buttercup family.
pileworts
pileworts
noun
plural of pilewort
pilgrimwise
pillarwise
pilliwinks
pilliwinks
noun
(chiefly Scotland, historical) A torture device for squeezing the fingers; a thumbscrew.
pillow
pillow
noun
(engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
(geology) A pillow lava.
(nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
(uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
The socket of a pivot.
verb
(transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
pillowbeer
pillowbeer
noun
A pillowcase.
pillowber
pillowbere
pillowcase
pillowcase
noun
A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
pillowcases
pillowcases
noun
plural of pillowcase
pillowed
pillowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pillow
pillowing
pillowing
noun
Material used to make pillows.
verb
present participle of pillow
pillowless
pillowless
adj
Without a pillow.
pillowlike
pillowlike
adj
Resembling a pillow.
pillowmade
pillows
pillows
noun
plural of pillow
pillowslip
pillowslip
noun
A pillow case.
pillowslips
pillowslips
noun
plural of pillowslip
pillowwork
pillowy
pillowy
adj
Resembling a pillow: soft and fluffy
pillworm
pillworm
noun
(rare) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm.
pillwort
pillwort
noun
Any plant of the genus Pilularia, a minute aquatic fern with small pill-shaped sporangia.
pilottown
pilotweed
pilotweed
noun
Silphium laciniatum, a flowering plant in the aster family.
pilwillet
pinnywinkle
pinnywinkles
pinnywinkles
noun
Alternative form of pilliwinks
pinpillow
pinwale
pinwale
noun
A corduroy fabric having narrow ribs.
pinwales
pinwales
noun
plural of pinwale
pinwheel
pinwheel
noun
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin.
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
pinwheels
pinwheels
noun
plural of pinwheel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinwheel
pipewalker
pistolwise
plainswoman
plainswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a plainsman.
plainswomen
plainswomen
noun
plural of plainswoman
plainview
plainview
Proper noun
a small city in Arkansas, USA.
a CDP in California, USA.
an unincorporated community in Georgia, USA.
an unincorporated community in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA.
a hamlet and CDP in New York, USA.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
plainward
plainwell
plaistow
plaitwork
plankwise
plankwise
adv
(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
plasterwise
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
playwright
playwright
noun
A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
playwrighting
playwrighting
noun
Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
playwrightry
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
playwriter
playwriter
noun
One who writes plays; a playwright.
playwriting
playwriting
noun
(authorship) The writing of plays.
playwritings
playwritings
noun
plural of playwriting
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
ploughwright
ploughwright
noun
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of plowwright
plowfish
plowgraith
plowing
plowing
noun
Alternative form of ploughing
verb
(snowboarding): riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.