(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
baldcrown
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
becowards
becrawled
becrawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrawl
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
careywood
catchword
catchword
noun
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
(theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.
A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
cedartown
cedarware
cedarware
noun
Articles made from cedar.
cedarwood
cedarwood
noun
The wood of the cedar tree.
childward
citywards
citywards
adv
Towards a city
clearweed
clearweed
noun
A herb with a clear stem; the richweed.
cloudward
cloudward
adj
Synonym of upward
adv
Alternative form of cloudwards
coastward
coastward
adj
towards the coast
coldwater
coldwater
adj
Characterized by the presence or use of cold water.
Located in or near cold ocean waters.
cordewane
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
cowardice
cowardice
noun
Lack of courage.
cowardish
cowardish
adj
(obsolete) cowardly
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crazyweed
crazyweed
noun
locoweed
crownband
crownland
crownland
noun
(historical) In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
drawlatch
drawlatch
noun
(obsolete) A housebreaker or thief
duckwater
gracewood
hardwicke
landwrack
landwreck
larchwood
larchwood
noun
A wood (group of trees) containing larch trees
The wood of the larch tree (Larix)
mcandrews
oceanward
oceanward
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
adv
Toward the ocean.
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
rockwards
screwhead
screwhead
noun
The head of a screw, into which a screwdriver fits.
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
snickdraw
spaceward
spaceward
adv
towards outer space
wadcutter
wadcutter
noun
(firearms) a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities.
watchword
watchword
noun
(military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.
wiseacred
wiseacred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wiseacre
woodcraft
woodcraft
noun
(uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.
Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
verb
To carve or craft from wood.
wordcraft
wordcraft
noun
Skill with words; clever use of words or speech, rhetoric.