(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
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
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
duckwheat
hawbuck
hawbuck
noun
(obsolete) A vulgar, ignorant country fellow.
hawknut
hawknut
noun
Synonym of kippernut
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
houseworks
housewrecker
hukawng
hundredwork
huskanaw
huskanaw
noun
(historical) A Powhatan initiation ritual for boys, involving fasting and narcotics.
huskwort
kawaguchi
kiungchow
kumshaw
kurthwood
kwethluk
leeuwenhoek
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
mishikhwutmetunne
mousehawk
nashwauk
outthwack
pawhuska
pawhuska
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
roughwork
roughwork
verb
(dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
rushwork
shewchuk
shrewstruck
shukulumbwe
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbucklerdom
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
throughknow
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unhawked
unhawked
adj
Not hawked.
unhoodwink
unhoodwink
verb
To disabuse of a deception.
To remove a blindfold or blinder from.
unhoodwinked
unhoodwinked
adj
Not hoodwinked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoodwink
unshipwrecked
unshipwrecked
adj
Not shipwrecked.
unshowmanlike
unshowmanlike
adj
Not showmanlike.
unthwacked
unwhiglike
unwhisked
unwhisked
adj
Not whisked.
unwhiskered
unwhiskered
adj
Without whiskers.
wahkiacus
wahkuna
wahpekute
wangchuk
waukesha
weakmouthed
weighbauk
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
whapuka
whapukee
whapuku
whauk
whekau
whekau
noun
laughing owl
whilkut
whiskful
whiskful
noun
As much as a whisk will hold.
whulk
whuskie
witchuck
witchuck
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The sand martin, or bank swallow.
woodchuck
woodchuck
noun
A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
woodchucks
woodchucks
noun
plural of woodchuck
workhouse
workhouse
noun
(Britain, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(archaic) A factory; a place of manufacture.
verb
(Britain, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
workhoused
workhoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of workhouse