(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
ballhawk
ballhawk
noun
(baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
(sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
bethwack
bethwack
verb
(transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
blackhawk
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
breakweather
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buckwash
buckwasher
buckwashing
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullwhack
bullwhack
verb
(US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
chadwick
chadwicks
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chalkworker
changchiakow
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
chawk
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
cheektowaga
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
cheswick
cheswick
Proper noun
A village on the northern border of Bristol, England
chewbark
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chickasaw
chickasaws
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickweed
chickweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
Holosteum - jagged chickweed
Moenchia - upright chickweed
Paronychia - chickweed
Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chickwit
chilliwack
chimalakwe
chmielewski
chokeweed
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckwalla
chuckwalla
noun
An iguana, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coachwork
coachwork
noun
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
disworkmanship
doorhawk
dorhawk
dorhawk
noun
A bird, the European goatsucker.
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dowhacky
duckwheat
dworshak
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
eggwhisk
eggwhisk
noun
Alternative spelling of egg whisk.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fliegerabwehrkanone
frithwork
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gawkhammer
gawkihood
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
hackbarrow
hackbarrow
noun
(historical) A kind of wheelbarrow used to carry new-made bricks to the hacks or racks where they are dried.
hackettstown
hacksaw
hacksaw
noun
A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
verb
To cut with a hacksaw.
hacksaws
hacksaws
noun
plural of hacksaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hacksaw
hackwood
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
haikwan
haikwan
Noun
Chinese maritime customs
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
hammerwork
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
hankow
hardwick
hardwicke
hardwickia
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
hartwick
harwick
haskwort
hawbuck
hawbuck
noun
(obsolete) A vulgar, ignorant country fellow.
hawebake
hawebake
Noun
The baked berry of the hawthorn tree, i.e. coarse fare.
hawick
hawick
Proper noun
A town in the Scottish Borders region
hawk
hawk
noun
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
verb
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
(transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.