An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
ballgown
ballgown
noun
A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
verb
(intransitive, UK, live action role-playing games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
bandsawn
bandsawn
verb
past participle of bandsaw
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bangalow
bangalow
noun
bangalow palm
bankweed
barnwell
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beanweed
beanweed
noun
Scytosiphon lomentaria, a littoral brown filamentous seaweed.
begnawed
begnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begnaw
bendways
bendways
adv
Bendwise.
bewaring
bewaring
verb
(archaic or nonstandard) present participle of beware
boneshaw
botswana
bowerman
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brawnier
brawnier
adj
comparative form of brawny: more brawny
brawnily
brawnily
adv
In a brawny manner.
browband
browband
noun
A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
brownian
brownian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brownian.
brynmawr
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungwall
bungwall
noun
A species of fern, Telmatoblechnum indicum, native to Australia and Southeast Asia.
bylawman
chawbone
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
gnawable
gnawable
adj
Capable of being gnawed.
habrowne
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
jawboned
jawboned
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of jawbone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jawbone
jawboner
jawboner
noun
One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade.
jawbones
jawbones
noun
plural of jawbone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jawbone
knowable
knowable
adj
Capable of being known, understood or comprehended.
mawbound
newsbeat
newsboat
newsboat
noun
(historical) A boat used to relay news from one place to another.
obwalden
obwalden
Proper noun
A canton of Switzerland.
pawnable
pawnable
adj
Suitable for being pawned.
rainbows
rainbows
noun
plural of rainbow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rainbow
rainbowy
rainbowy
adj
Pertaining to a positively viewed diversity in gender and/or sexuality.
Resembling a rainbow.
rawboned
rawboned
adj
(of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
rawbones
sawbones
sawbones
noun
(slang) A surgeon.
schwaben
scowbank
slawbank
snowball
snowball
adj
Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect.
noun
(US) A type of ice dessert.
(figuratively) Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
A type of cake.
verb
(intransitive) To play at throwing snowballs.
(intransitive) To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
(intransitive, slang) To receive ejaculated semen in one's mouth, and to then pass it back and forth between one’s mouth and another person’s mouth.
(transitive) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
snowbank
snowbank
noun
A heap of snow.
swabbing
swabbing
noun
The act of one who swabs.
verb
present participle of swab
tubwoman
twinable
unbeware
unbeware
adv
(obsolete) unawares
unbrawny
wabbling
wabbling
noun
The motion of something that wabbles.
verb
present participle of wabble
waibling
wainable
wainable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
wainbote
wainbote
noun
(historical) Wood allotted to a tenant for use in repairing wagons.
wambling
wambling
noun
(dialect) A churning of the stomach accompanied by nausea.
verb
present participle of wamble
warbling
warbling
noun
A sound that warbles.
verb
present participle of warble
washburn
washburn
Proper noun
a small city in North Dakota, USA
a city in Wisconsin, USA
wastebin
wastebin
noun
A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
watanabe
waveband
waveband
noun
(physics) A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio.
weanable
weanable
adj
(typically, of a farm animal) Able to be weaned
weberian
weberian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1864–1920), influential German sociologist and political economist.
Of or relating to (1795-1878), a German anatomist and biologist.
whizbang
whizbang
noun
(by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
(dated) A small artillery shell
(dated) A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding
wideband
wideband
adj
Describing a communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband
windable
windable
adj
Capable of being wound.
windbags
windbags
noun
plural of windbag
windball
windboat
windslab
windslab
noun
Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.
wineball
wineball
noun
Alternative form of wine ball
winebaum
wingable
wingback
wingback
noun
(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
A wingback chair.
One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
wingbeat
wingbeat
noun
A single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings.