A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
buckwashing
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
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).
chalkworker
cheektowaga
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
hawkishness
hawkishness
noun
The characteristic of being hawkish.
headworking
jinrickshaw
kawchodinne
khwarazmian
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kwangchowan
kwashiorkor
kwashiorkor
noun
(pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.
kweihwating
lakshadweep
lakshadweep
Proper noun
Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
mawkishness
mawkishness
noun
The property of being mawkish.
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
schwarzkopf
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
shacklewise
sheepwalker
sparrowhawk
sparrowhawk
noun
(falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
Alternative form of sparrow hawk; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
Any of numerous other relatively small Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
starchworks
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
switchbacks
switchbacks
noun
plural of switchback
thankworthy
thankworthy
adj
Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
thwackstave
tomahawking
tomahawking
verb
present participle of tomahawk
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
weakhearted
weakhearted
adj
fainthearted
weakishness
weakishness
noun
The quality or state of being weakish; minor weakness.
weakmouthed
wealthmaker
wealthmaker
noun
One who generates wealth.
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathersick
wewahitchka
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
wheatflakes
wheatflakes
noun
plural of wheatflake
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whinchacker
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
whiskerando
workaholics
workaholics
noun
plural of workaholic
workaholism
workaholism
noun
The urge of a person to work excessively.
workmanship
workmanship
noun
The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.